The Mouth of Sauron is a mysterious character leading to many theories surrounding him. In this Tolkien video, I explore this character and his brief appearance in The Lord of the Rings. I look specifically at three popular theories I have seen pop up time and time again on various sites, offering my thoughts on them and if they have any merit.

► Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:39 Theory 1 The Messenger at the Gate
4:12 Theory 1 The Mouth or a Ringwraith?
5:03 Theory 1 The speech and terror of Ringwraiths
8:00 Theory 1 Antagonists of The Fellowship of the Ring
9:00 Theory 1 Messenger not Emissary
10:13 Theory 1 The use of Sauron's name
12:55 Theory 1 The speech of the Mouth of Sauron
14:58 Theory 1 The Timeline of the Nazgûl
17:10 Theory 1 Who is the Messenger?
19:08 Theory 2 The age of the Mouth of Sauron
21:15 Theory 2 Exploring Quote 1
22:10 Theory 2 Exploring Quote 2
24:54 Theory 2 The Rings of the Dwarves
25:50 Theory 2 "When it first rose again"
27:30 Theory 2 Decades, Centuries, or Millenia?
28:55 Opinion Willing servants of Sauron
30:31 Theory 3 The Last King of Gondor
32:14 Theory 3 Wraith? Wight? Shade?
33:20 Theory 3 Different versions of text
34:23 Theory 3 Secrets and twisting the text
35:34 Theory 3 It is told, it is said, it is believed...
38:29 Opinion A willing servant of evil
40:18 Outro Rings & Kings

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