https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Mouth_of_Sauron&feed=atom&action=historyMouth of Sauron - Revision history2024-03-28T11:24:42ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Mouth_of_Sauron&diff=384093&oldid=prevÉowyn at 02:53, 25 December 20232023-12-25T02:53:10Z<p></p>
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</table>Éowynhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Mouth_of_Sauron&diff=384089&oldid=prevAeglos: /* Late Third Age */The text makes his mount’s identity seem dubious.2023-12-24T22:23:07Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Late Third Age: </span>The text makes his mount’s identity seem dubious.</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared on a huge and hideous black horse when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 888-892</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared on a huge and hideous black <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>horse<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] or horse-like creature </ins>when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 888-892</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Aegloshttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Mouth_of_Sauron&diff=380869&oldid=prevJR Snow: Fixing typo2023-10-01T07:39:00Z<p>Fixing typo</p>
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</table>JR Snowhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Mouth_of_Sauron&diff=380861&oldid=prevHyarion: Changed protection settings for "Mouth of Sauron": No longer necessary ([Edit=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite))2023-09-30T22:26:56Z<p>Changed protection settings for "<a href="/wiki/Mouth_of_Sauron" title="Mouth of Sauron">Mouth of Sauron</a>": No longer necessary ([Edit=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite))</p>
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</td></tr></table>Hyarionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Mouth_of_Sauron&diff=358040&oldid=prevLorenzoCB: /* Other versions of the legendarium */ Better explained2022-09-24T11:00:44Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Other versions of the legendarium: </span> Better explained</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In a manuscript of an outline of Book V , the name of Sauron's messenger at Dagorlad is ''Mordu''.<ref>{{WR|3|III}}, p. 256 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and note 32 </del>Christopher Tolkien notes that the last two letters of the name might be read as ''du'', p. 267</ref> Paul Strack <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suggests </del>that ''Mordu'' is a [[Noldorin]] name, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which means </del>"Black Night" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and is a compound of </del>''[[morn<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|mor(n)</del>]]'' ("black") <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>''[[dû]]'' ("night").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2485707341.html|articlename=N. ''Mordu'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 September 2022<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013</del>}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In a manuscript of an outline of Book V, the name of Sauron's messenger at Dagorlad is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>''Mordu<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>''.<ref>{{WR|3|III}}, p. 256<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; [[</ins>Christopher Tolkien<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>notes that the last two letters of the name might be read as ''du'', p. 267<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, note 32</ref> Following Mark Fisher's suggestion,<ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ins></ref> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Paul Strack<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] explains </ins>that ''Mordu'' is a [[Noldorin]] name, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">probably meaning </ins>"Black Night"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, from </ins>''[[morn]]'' ("black") <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">+ </ins>''[[dû]]'' ("night").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2485707341.html|articlename=N. ''Mordu'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 September 2022}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an earlier draft of the chapter <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>The Black Gate Opens<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </del>the Mouth was described as a living man, that was captured as a youth and in a later draft as the son of a house of wise and noble men in Gondor who desired evil knowledge and entered the service of the Dark Tower.<ref>{{WR|3|XIII}}, p. 431</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an earlier draft of the chapter <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>The Black Gate Opens<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">", </ins>the Mouth was described as a living man, that was captured as a youth and in a later draft as the son of a house of wise and noble men in Gondor who desired evil knowledge and entered the service of the Dark Tower.<ref>{{WR|3|XIII}}, p. 431</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron was a [[Black Númenóreans|Black Númenórean]] who "entered the service of the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] when it first rose again".<ref group=note>It has been noted that this reference is difficult to interpret; according to [[Appendix B]] the Dark Tower arose first some time after {{SA|3320}} and again in {{TA|2951}}. If the Mouth <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Sauron </del>lived in the Second Age, he would be one of the [[King's Men]] of [[Númenor]], and probably prolonged his life with sorcery (cf. {{HM|Guide}}, p. 274); in the second interpretation he would serve Sauron only for 68 years, and this would make him a Black Númenórean of [[Umbar]] or [[Harad]]. The second interpretation is more feasible (and supported by [[Michael Martinez]]) but both have been considered.</ref> He had forgotten his original name, which is not remembered in any tale<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.<ref name=Gate/></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron was a [[Black Númenóreans|Black Númenórean]] who "entered the service of the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] when it first rose again".<ref group=note>It has been noted that this reference is difficult to interpret; according to [[Appendix B]] the Dark Tower arose first some time after {{SA|3320}} and again in {{TA|2951}}. If the Mouth lived in the Second Age, he would be one of the [[King's Men]] of [[Númenor]], and probably prolonged his life with sorcery (cf. {{HM|Guide}}, p. 274); in the second interpretation he would serve Sauron only for 68 years, and this would make him a Black Númenórean of [[Umbar]] or [[Harad]]. The second interpretation is more feasible (and supported by [[Michael Martinez]]) but both have been considered.</ref> He had forgotten his original name, which is not remembered in any tale.<ref name=Gate/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Mouth of Sauron learned great sorcery and knew much of the Dark Lord's plans as a servant of Sauron. Being cunning and more cruel than any [[Orcs|Orc]], he rose in power and favour, until he eventually became the Lieutenant of the Tower of [[Barad-dûr]], an important commander in the land of [[Mordor]]. Its associated details and duties were unknown, but at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], it was borne by the [[Men|Man]] known as the Mouth of Sauron</del>.<ref name=Gate/></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:John Howe - </del>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lieutenant </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Black Tower </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Barad-dur.jpg|thumb|'</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Lieutenant </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Black Tower of Barad-dûr'' by </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">John Howe]]</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mouth </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron learned great sorcery and knew many </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Dark Lord</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s plans as a servant </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron. Being more cruel than an </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Orcs|Orc</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and cunning, he rose in power and favour.<ref name=Gate/></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Late Third Age ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Late Third Age ===</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared on a huge and hideous black hourse when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 888-892</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared on a huge and hideous black hourse when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 888-892</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Sauron</del>'s fate is nowhere recorded, but it is probable he died in the assault before the Morannon.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 274</ref> If he had survived, it is likely that he would have been one of the leaders in the retreat of Sauron's evil servants after the fall of Barad-dûr.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth's fate is nowhere recorded, but it is probable he died in the assault before the Morannon.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 274</ref> If he had survived, it is likely that he would have been one of the leaders in the retreat of Sauron's evil servants after the fall of Barad-dûr.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other names ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other names ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name "Mouth of Sauron" poses a possible inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that Sauron did not <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">permit his </del>name (which means "Abhorred" in [[Quenya]]) to be written or spoken <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by his servants</del>.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}, p. 416</ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the name "Sauron" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in it</del>. However, it is possible that the Mouth of Sauron did not use this title in the presence of Sauron and only used it when he was speaking to someone who was not a servant of Sauron.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name "<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Mouth of Sauron" poses a possible inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that Sauron did not <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">allow the </ins>name <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron </ins>(which means "Abhorred" in [[Quenya]]) to be written or spoken.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}, p. 416</ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the name "Sauron". However, it is possible that the Mouth of Sauron did not use this title in the presence of Sauron and only used it when he was speaking to someone who was not a servant of Sauron.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other versions of the legendarium ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other versions of the legendarium ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In a manuscript of an outline of Book V , the name of Sauron's messenger at Dagorlad is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</del>''Mordu<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</del>''.<ref <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">group=</del>note<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>[[</del>Christopher Tolkien<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>notes that the last two letters of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Mordu'' are unclear, but that they </del>might be read as ''du''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ref><ref name="Mordu">{{WR|3|III}}</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">p. 256, note 32 on </del>p.267</ref> Paul Strack suggests that ''Mordu'' is a [[Noldorin]] name <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meaning </del>"Black Night" and is a compound of ''[[morn|mor(n)]]'' ("black") and ''[[dû]]'' ("night<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, night-fall, late evening</del>").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2485707341.html|articlename=N. ''Mordu'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In a manuscript of an outline of Book V , the name of Sauron's messenger at Dagorlad is ''Mordu''.<ref<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>{{WR|3|III}}, p. 256 and </ins>note <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">32 </ins>Christopher Tolkien notes that the last two letters of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the name </ins>might be read as ''du'', p. 267</ref> Paul Strack suggests that ''Mordu'' is a [[Noldorin]] name<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, which means </ins>"Black Night" and is a compound of ''[[morn|mor(n)]]'' ("black") and ''[[dû]]'' ("night").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2485707341.html|articlename=N. ''Mordu'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an earlier draft of the chapter ''The Black Gate Opens'' the Mouth <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Sauron </del>was described as a living man <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who </del>was captured as a youth<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, but soon gained Sauron's favor due to his cunning nature. In </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">subsequent </del>draft<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, the Mouth of Sauron was described </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a renegade, being </del>the son of a house of noble <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and wise </del>men in Gondor<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, but over time took a liking to </del>evil knowledge and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">became a servant </del>of the Dark Tower<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, where he quickly gained Sauron's favor due to his servility, cunning nature, and the cruelty of his mind</del>.<ref>{{WR|3|XIII}}, p. 431</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an earlier draft of the chapter ''The Black Gate Opens'' the Mouth was described as a living man<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, that </ins>was captured as a youth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and in </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">later </ins>draft as the son of a house of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wise and </ins>noble men in Gondor <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who desired </ins>evil knowledge and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entered the service </ins>of the Dark Tower.<ref>{{WR|3|XIII}}, p. 431</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Portrayal in adaptations ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Portrayal in adaptations ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:The extended DVD cast commentary mentions that Jackson considered different depictions of the character, such as having Kate Winslet (who starred in ''Heavenly Creatures'', another Jackson film) play the role, partially to emphasize the temptations Aragorn was facing.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:The extended DVD cast commentary mentions that Jackson considered different depictions of the character, such as having Kate Winslet (who starred in ''Heavenly Creatures'', another Jackson film) play the role, partially to emphasize the temptations Aragorn was facing.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:In the movie itself, Aragorn decapitates the Mouth of Sauron with [[Andúril|his sword]]. This sequence is often criticized by purist and outsider alike; through human history it was considered a crime of war to execute messengers or heralds. In the book, the Mouth <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Sauron </del>specifically points out that as an ambassador<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>he is protected by the laws of war, and Gandalf acknowledges this:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:In the movie itself, Aragorn decapitates the Mouth of Sauron with [[Andúril|his sword]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>This sequence is often criticized by purist and outsider alike; through human history it was considered a crime of war to execute messengers or heralds. In the book, the Mouth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">actually </ins>specifically points out that as an ambassador he is protected by the laws of war, and Gandalf acknowledges this:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>'''Mouth of Sauron''' was a servant and emissary of [[Sauron]] at the end of the [[Third Age]]. He was a tall [[Men|man]] that was robed in black and wore a high helm.<ref name=Gate>{{RK|Gate}}, p. 888</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== History ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== History ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Origins ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Origins ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron was a [[Black Númenóreans|Black Númenórean]] who "entered the service of the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] when it first rose again".<ref group=note>It has been noted that this reference is difficult to interpret; according to [[Appendix B]] the Dark Tower arose first some time after {{SA|3320}} and again in {{TA|2951}}. If the Mouth lived in the Second Age, he would be one of the [[King's Men]] of [[Númenor]], and probably prolonged his life with sorcery (cf. {{HM|Guide}}, p. 274); in the second interpretation he would serve Sauron only for 68 years, and this would make him a Black Númenórean of [[Umbar]] or [[Harad]]. The second interpretation is more feasible (and supported by [[Michael Martinez]]) but both have been considered.</ref> He had forgotten his original name, which is not remembered in any tale.<ref name=Gate/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron was a [[Black Númenóreans|Black Númenórean]] who "entered the service of the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] when it first rose again".<ref group=note>It has been noted that this reference is difficult to interpret; according to [[Appendix B]] the Dark Tower arose first some time after {{SA|3320}} and again in {{TA|2951}}. If the Mouth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Sauron </ins>lived in the Second Age, he would be one of the [[King's Men]] of [[Númenor]], and probably prolonged his life with sorcery (cf. {{HM|Guide}}, p. 274); in the second interpretation he would serve Sauron only for 68 years, and this would make him a Black Númenórean of [[Umbar]] or [[Harad]]. The second interpretation is more feasible (and supported by [[Michael Martinez]]) but both have been considered.</ref> He had forgotten his original name, which is not remembered in any tale<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.<ref name=Gate/></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Mouth of Sauron learned great sorcery and knew much of the Dark Lord's plans as a servant of Sauron. Being cunning and more cruel than any [[Orcs|Orc]], he rose in power and favour, until he eventually became the Lieutenant of the Tower of [[Barad-dûr]], an important commander in the land of [[Mordor]]. Its associated details and duties were unknown, but at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], it was borne by the [[Men|Man]] known as the Mouth of Sauron</ins>.<ref name=Gate/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mouth </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron learned great sorcery and knew many </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Dark Lord</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s plans as a servant </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron. Being more cruel than an </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Orcs|Orc</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and cunning, he rose in power and favour.<ref name=Gate/></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:John Howe - </ins>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lieutenant </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Black Tower </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Barad-dur.jpg|thumb|'</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Lieutenant </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Black Tower of Barad-dûr'' by </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">John Howe]]</ins>]]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Late Third Age ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Late Third Age ===</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared on a huge and hideous black hourse when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 888-892</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared on a huge and hideous black hourse when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 888-892</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth's fate is nowhere recorded, but it is probable he died in the assault before the Morannon.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 274</ref> If he had survived, it is likely that he would have been one of the leaders in the retreat of Sauron's evil servants after the fall of Barad-dûr.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Sauron</ins>'s fate is nowhere recorded, but it is probable he died in the assault before the Morannon.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 274</ref> If he had survived, it is likely that he would have been one of the leaders in the retreat of Sauron's evil servants after the fall of Barad-dûr.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other names ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other names ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>Mouth of Sauron" poses a possible inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that Sauron did not <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">allow the </del>name <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron </del>(which means "Abhorred" in [[Quenya]]) to be written or spoken.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}, p. 416</ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the name "Sauron". However, it is possible that the Mouth of Sauron did not use this title in the presence of Sauron and only used it when he was speaking to someone who was not a servant of Sauron.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name "Mouth of Sauron" poses a possible inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that Sauron did not <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">permit his </ins>name (which means "Abhorred" in [[Quenya]]) to be written or spoken <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by his servants</ins>.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}, p. 416</ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the name "Sauron" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in it</ins>. However, it is possible that the Mouth of Sauron did not use this title in the presence of Sauron and only used it when he was speaking to someone who was not a servant of Sauron.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other versions of the legendarium ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other versions of the legendarium ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In a manuscript of an outline of Book V , the name of Sauron's messenger at Dagorlad is ''Mordu''.<ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{WR|3|III}}, p. 256 and note 32 </del>Christopher Tolkien notes that the last two letters of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the name </del>might be read as ''du'', p. 267</ref> Paul Strack suggests that ''Mordu'' is a [[Noldorin]] name<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, which means </del>"Black Night" and is a compound of ''[[morn|mor(n)]]'' ("black") and ''[[dû]]'' ("night").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2485707341.html|articlename=N. ''Mordu'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In a manuscript of an outline of Book V , the name of Sauron's messenger at Dagorlad is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</ins>''Mordu<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</ins>''.<ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">group=note</ins>><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Christopher Tolkien<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>notes that the last two letters of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Mordu'' are unclear, but that they </ins>might be read as ''du''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ref><ref name="Mordu">{{WR|3|III}}</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">p. 256, note 32 on </ins>p.267</ref> Paul Strack suggests that ''Mordu'' is a [[Noldorin]] name <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meaning </ins>"Black Night" and is a compound of ''[[morn|mor(n)]]'' ("black") and ''[[dû]]'' ("night<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, night-fall, late evening</ins>").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2485707341.html|articlename=N. ''Mordu'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an earlier draft of the chapter ''The Black Gate Opens'' the Mouth was described as a living man<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, that </del>was captured as a youth <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and in </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">later </del>draft as the son of a house of wise <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and noble </del>men in Gondor <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who desired </del>evil knowledge and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entered the service </del>of the Dark Tower.<ref>{{WR|3|XIII}}, p. 431</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an earlier draft of the chapter ''The Black Gate Opens'' the Mouth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Sauron </ins>was described as a living man <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who </ins>was captured as a youth<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, but soon gained Sauron's favor due to his cunning nature. In </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">subsequent </ins>draft<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, the Mouth of Sauron was described </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a renegade, being </ins>the son of a house of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">noble and </ins>wise men in Gondor<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, but over time took a liking to </ins>evil knowledge and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">became a servant </ins>of the Dark Tower<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, where he quickly gained Sauron's favor due to his servility, cunning nature, and the cruelty of his mind</ins>.<ref>{{WR|3|XIII}}, p. 431</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Portrayal in adaptations ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Portrayal in adaptations ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of </del>the Mouth of Sauron <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">itself </del>poses <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an </del>inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that the name <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Sauron<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </del>(<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meaning </del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Abominable</del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) is the name used by his enemies, and according to </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aragorn</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Sauron himself did not permit it pronounced</del>.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}</ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">word </del>"Sauron".</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>the Mouth of Sauron<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>poses <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a possible </ins>inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron did not allow </ins>the name Sauron (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which means </ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Abhorred</ins>" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Quenya</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) to be written or spoken</ins>.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, p. 416</ins></ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name </ins>"Sauron"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. However, it is possible that the Mouth of Sauron did not use this title in the presence of Sauron and only used it when he was speaking to someone who was not a servant of Sauron</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">early manuscript</del>, the name of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>messenger is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">said to be '''</del>''Mordu''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''',</del><ref <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name=Mordu</del>>{{WR|3|III}}, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pp</del>. 256<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, 267 (</del>Christopher Tolkien notes that the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reading is uncertain</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del></ref> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">apparently meaning </del>"Black <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Darkness</del>" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or </del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Black Night</del>".<ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Other versions of the legendarium ==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a manuscript of </ins>an <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outline of Book V </ins>, the name of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron's </ins>messenger <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at Dagorlad </ins>is ''Mordu''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins><ref>{{WR|3|III}}, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">p</ins>. 256 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and note 32 </ins>Christopher Tolkien notes that the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">last two letters of the name might be read as ''du'', p</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">267</ins></ref> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Paul Strack suggests that ''Mordu'' is a [[Noldorin]] name, which means </ins>"Black <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Night" and is a compound of ''[[morn|mor(n)]]'' (</ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">black</ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) and ''[[dû]]'' ("night</ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2485707341.html|articlename=N. ''Mordu'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 September 2022}}</ref></ins><ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Other versions of the legendarium ==</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an earlier draft </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chapter </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Black Gate Opens</ins>'' the Mouth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was described </ins>as a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">living man</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that was captured as a youth </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in a </ins>later <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">draft as the son of </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">house of wise and noble men in Gondor who desired evil knowledge and entered the service of the Dark Tower</ins>.<ref>{{WR|3|XIII}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, p. 431</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Mouth of Sauron''' was the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dark Lord</del>]] [[Sauron]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s servant and emissary </del>at the end of the [[Third Age]]. He <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had the title Lieutenant of </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Barad-dûr</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, since he </del>was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so strongly devoted to the Dark Lord. The Mouth of Sauron was one of the [[Black Númenóreans]]</del>.<ref name=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Gate<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>>{{RK|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">V10</del>}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Mouth of Sauron''' was the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lieutenant of the Tower of </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Barad-dûr</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, a servant and emissary of </ins>[[Sauron]] at the end of the [[Third Age]]. He <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was a tall </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Men|man</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </ins>was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">robed in black and wore a high helm</ins>.<ref name=Gate>{{RK|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gate</ins>}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, p. 888</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A [[Men|Man]] of great stature, the </del>Mouth of Sauron was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potentially the equal of the </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dúnedain</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, but had fallen into darkness. It is stated that </del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">he </del>entered the service of the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] when it first rose again".<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="Gate"/></del><ref group=note>It has been noted that this reference is difficult to interpret; according to [[Appendix B]] the Dark Tower arose first some time after {{SA|3320}} and again in {{TA|2951}}. If the Mouth lived in the Second Age, he would be one of the [[King's Men]] of [[Númenor]], and probably prolonged his life with sorcery (cf. {{HM|Guide}}, p. 274); in the second interpretation he would serve Sauron only for 68 years, and this would make him a Black Númenórean of [[Umbar]] or [[Harad]]. The second interpretation is more feasible (and supported by [[Michael Martinez]]) but both have been considered.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>Mouth of Sauron was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Black Númenóreans|Black Númenórean</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who </ins>"entered the service of the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] when it first rose again".<ref group=note>It has been noted that this reference is difficult to interpret; according to [[Appendix B]] the Dark Tower arose first some time after {{SA|3320}} and again in {{TA|2951}}. If the Mouth lived in the Second Age, he would be one of the [[King's Men]] of [[Númenor]], and probably prolonged his life with sorcery (cf. {{HM|Guide}}, p. 274); in the second interpretation he would serve Sauron only for 68 years, and this would make him a Black Númenórean of [[Umbar]] or [[Harad]]. The second interpretation is more feasible (and supported by [[Michael Martinez]]) but both have been considered.</ref<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> He had forgotten his original name, which is not remembered in any tale.<ref name=Gate/</ins>></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He had </del>learned <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">much </del>sorcery <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">during his time under Sauron, </del>and knew many of the Dark Lord's plans. Being more cruel than an [[Orcs|Orc]] and cunning, he rose in power and favour<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. In any case, the Mouth had even forgotten his original name</del>.<ref name=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Gate<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Mouth of Sauron </ins>learned <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">great </ins>sorcery and knew many of the Dark Lord's plans <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a servant of Sauron</ins>. Being more cruel than an [[Orcs|Orc]] and cunning, he rose in power and favour.<ref name=Gate/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is not known if the messenger who came from Mordor to King [[Dáin Ironfoot]] on a horse during the night in {{TA|3017}} and asked about the whereabouts of a [[Hobbit]] and for the return of a little ring that was stolen by this Hobbit was the Mouth of Sauron.<ref>{{FR|Council}}, p. 240</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is not known if the messenger who came from Mordor to King [[Dáin Ironfoot]] on a horse during the night in {{TA|3017}} and asked about the whereabouts of a [[Hobbit]] and for the return of a little ring that was stolen by this Hobbit was the Mouth of Sauron.<ref>{{FR|Council}}, p. 240</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name="</del>Gate<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on a huge and hideous black hourse </ins>when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the [[Black Gate|Morannon]], trying to convince [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] to give up and let Sauron win the battle for [[Middle-earth]]. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the [[mithril coat]] of [[Frodo Baggins]] to make them think that the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of [[Barad-dûr]] upon them.<ref<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>{{RK|</ins>Gate<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}, pp. 888-892<</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</ins>></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth's fate is nowhere recorded, but it is probable he died in the assault before the Morannon.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 274</ref> If he had survived, it is likely that he would have been one of the leaders in the retreat of Sauron's evil servants after the fall of Barad-dûr.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mouth's fate is nowhere recorded, but it is probable he died in the assault before the Morannon.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 274</ref> If he had survived, it is likely that he would have been one of the leaders in the retreat of Sauron's evil servants after the fall of Barad-dûr.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other names ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Other names ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name of the Mouth of Sauron itself poses an inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that the name "Sauron" (meaning "Abominable") is the name used by his enemies, and according to [[Aragorn]], Sauron himself did not permit it pronounced.<ref>{{TT|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">III1</del>}}</ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the word "Sauron".</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name of the Mouth of Sauron itself poses an inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that the name "Sauron" (meaning "Abominable") is the name used by his enemies, and according to [[Aragorn]], Sauron himself did not permit it pronounced.<ref>{{TT|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Departure</ins>}}</ref> Therefore it would be strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the word "Sauron".</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an early manuscript, the name of the messenger is said to be '''''Mordu''''',<ref name=Mordu>{{WR|3|III}}, pp. 256, 267 (Christopher Tolkien notes that the reading is uncertain.)</ref> apparently meaning "Black Darkness" or "Black Night".<ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In an early manuscript, the name of the messenger is said to be '''''Mordu''''',<ref name=Mordu>{{WR|3|III}}, pp. 256, 267 (Christopher Tolkien notes that the reading is uncertain.)</ref> apparently meaning "Black Darkness" or "Black Night".<ref>{{webcite|author=Mark Fisher|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/mouthofsauron.html|articlename=Mouth of Sauron|dated=|website=EoA|accessed=14 December 2013}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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