Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 10 May 2006 to 11 May 2006 (#2006-93) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 12/05/2006, 17:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There is 1 message totalling 73 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Orcs and inherent evil ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:36:20 -0700 From: Daniel Gioffre Subject: Re: Orcs and inherent evil You know, I was thinking of Sauron's second repentance. I had totally forgotten about this episode. Which reminds me...must read "The Silmarillion" again...by far the best thing JRRT ever did... -Dan NP: IQ "Dark Matter" --- Thorfinn Tait wrote: > Dan said: > > Ville, I don't think that Sauron's "repentence" > was ever > genuine. It was more an attempt to save his own > skin than a > genuine recognition of fault. > > It's definitely up for debate. If I remember right, > Sauron's repentance at > the fall of Thangorodrim was such that he managed to > convince the Valar - > and possibly even himself, for a time. I think he > was always destined to > fall back to evil in the end, but nevertheless there > were points where he > could clearly have chosen to go back to the side of > good. But like his old > master before him he was so good at lying that it's > hard to make a clear > judgement. > > I seem to recall Tolkien mentioning in his > description that it's possible > Sauron did in fact reform, for a while at least. I'd have to check the > Silmarillion to be sure, though. > > Thorf > > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com > To unsubscribe, send email to > LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 10 May 2006 to 11 May 2006 (#2006-93) ***************************************************************