Thread:Eras of Arda Team/@comment-148.252.129.86-20170714204826

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Username: _Devil Role: Sauron Lore: Sauron, (the Abhorred, the Abominable, also known as Gorthaur) greatest of the servants of Morgoth- He was originally a Maia of the Valar Aule the smith under the name Mairon, (The Admirable). He was taught by Aule the arts of forging and crafting, and became a great craftsman, mighty in the lore of Aule’s people. Although he was only a Maiar, he became one of the most powerful Maiar, surpassing the strength of even Olorin and Curumo. During this time he was as Eru had meant him to be; good and uncorrupt, striving for order and perfection. However, as time passed, Mairon began to see the power within Morgoth that would help him achieve his goals faster than he ever could on his own.

Originally, Mairon’s allegiance was minor and quiet, where he appeared to be loyal to the other Valar, feeding Morgoth information for as long as he could. Only when Morgoth had settled his base in Arda did he leave the Blessed Realms and openly declare his allegiance to the Dark Lord, forever naming himself an enemy of the Valar and the free-peoples of Middle-earth- and eventually earning the name Sauron, meaning The Abhorred in Quenya Why I am suitable to that role: I believe that I am suitable for the role of Sauron because of my previous experience in roleplaying, especially outside of MC and because I personally believe that I understand Sauron’s character well enough that I am able to roleplay him in a way that would resonate well with Tolkien’s vision- and that would be for the following reasons: Sauron is a master manipulator. I believe that I could play Sauron well because I understand to emphasize his greater skill: manipulation. It is well known that Sauron’s deceiving nature is one of his most prominent characteristics- and while he is an extremely powerful being, he never does anything in the foreground: rather, he works in the shadows- plotting. I believe that I have the ability to resemble (definetly not match) Sauron’s ability to plot and deceive as he does in the books, seeing as I am currently social sciences and therefore had to learn a lot about human behavior and deception. Besides, the fact that Sauron was a shapeshifter would simply make all of his endeavours more fun. Sauron is a (semi-) brilliant military strategist & diplomat. Despite some of his greater mistakes once Morgoth was gone (mainly due to him trying to duplicate Morgoth’s successes by flooding his enemies with sudden onslaughts, when he didn’t have the advantages, resources or positioning available), he proved to be a very good strategist under Morgoth’s command and later in the Third Age (and while a formidable opponent in combat, he was even more mighty in his planning and intellectual strength). I believe I fit that quite well because I consider myself to be somewhat of a military-history fanatic that has studied everything from Early Modern Swiss mercenaries to how the Ancient Romans successfully deployed foreign Auxiliaries to balance their javelin-heavy Legionaries. Combined with my extensive knowledge of MC PVP makes me akin to Sauron in the sense that I am a greater foe from afar. On the other hand, while you may not hear this alot: I consider Sauron to be a good diplomat considering his ability to not only conceive and deceive his enemy, but to also successfully infiltrate their ranks and use his diplomatic skills to his advantage, in which he did twice: in invading the Numenorean ranks and tricking the Elves into crafting the Great Rings of Power. While he has shown other knowledge of greater diplomacy, I won’t go into it too much, other than to say that as a former MUN participant, psychology student and (as previously mentioned) a military-history fanatic, I believe I fit the category rather well- including that I, personally, consider myself to be a natural leader when it comes to organizing tasks and what not. And finally Sauron is a nigh-emotionless, monster. Alright, while I don’t fit this very well, as I mention below I roleplay a lot, much more than I should and I believe that, while the burden is rather large I can work with the information that Tolkien has given us and my personal creativity to adapt to any situation and roleplay accordingly. Experience: I have roleplayed plenty of times before (including on MC) but never on S.A, despite being accepted for a role. I am fairly fluent in english but I apologize for any minor mistakes that might pop up in my writing- (mostly only in accidentally capitalizing nouns, but only because in german it is required and I have to alternate between the two languages constantly) Hubris: I also consider myself to be very determined and well-organized, considering that I spent several day / weeks doing tasks such as: devising a social hierachy within evil, and cooperating with all players on the evil discord to sort it out effectively organizing a warband system to use for new evil players that allows them to improve rank / pvp skills developing a home-made substitute for black-speech that is not only a translation of english words but also uses it’s own form of grammar that can be understood and used effectively (with no contradictions to canon black-speech). Because of this, I believe that I am a nigh-perfect candidate for Sauron, considering my skills, (not so) qualifications and experience. I believe I am fit for his role because of his personality and skills but also because I consider myself active and a fairly decent builder (having been a builder on several servers) and a decent leader(despite being more of a second in command)

Thanks for reading! 