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"...but having allowed me to serve the mightiest ruler in Arda is already a lavish favour."

HA!  Mairon's feigned obsequiousness reminds me starkly of a guy I used to work with during mmy first gig post-post-doc.  Said co-worker had a combination of charm and a certain, well, Dr. B. wasn't sinister exactly, but trusting him was at your own peril.  In RL, the stakes were not the destruction of an island and almost wholly wiping out a civilization.

Anyway, a very neat double drabble!  Is this the first time you've written first-person Sauron?  



I'm glad he reminds you of someone real, I've met one or two "charmers" in the corporate world, too. Maybe not truly sinister but definitely of the backstabbing kind.

Yes, this is first time first person Sauron for me, except for the mixed first / second person (not sure what it is, actually) piece in "Five Things..." where I couldn't use the letter "e". But this time my choice was deliberate, not forced by what words were out of bounds.

Thank you for popping by and leaving a review, Pandë!

 

 

Hi GG! I could have written pages on this scene alone, it was hard to refrain from adding more. Yes, I imagine Sauron watching like a hawk for signs of ageing or weakness in the King, and perhaps offering his own remedies. Pleased, definitely, because he's been playing on Pharazôn's fear of death and finally his arguments will find a far more fertile soil and thrive, as we know.

I'm squeeing, thanks for reviewing!

 

Ha ha, yes, he is blind to flattery, isn't he? But then, hindsight is a wonderful thing to have in the world of the Silmarillion. I also feel sorry, but not for him, if he was arrogant enough to think he could hold Sauron hostage as a sort of trophy. I feel sorry for all the people of Númenor.

Thanks for popping round to leave a review, Himring!

I reread this today and realized I didn't leave a thank you here!  You've shown the relationship between the patient spider Sauron and the increasingly feeble fly in the web, Ar-Pharazon, so beautifully and succintly here.  "Build him a temple."  *Shivers*  Thank you for your kingly gift.



You're so good, I didn't expect more thank yous after so long. I'm glad you liked my spider-like Annatar. I actually wrote him thinking about yours, as smooth and seemingly compliant after ten years of faithful service in Númenor as when he first seduced the king in "Elegy". I enjoyed myself writing in his POV, too.