Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, the show that explores the background of Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. So here I am sitting above the rushing waters down below.

Having just seen what happened with Glorong and Turin.

And before I get into the rest of the details, we're getting very close to the end of the

story, I have to think about their conflict, the nature of Turin and Gloram.

And specifically,

Glorong as a villain,

he's an interesting character.

And as I think about this,

I start to notice certain things about his character.

And if I were to sum up the the characteristics about glorong that make him a villain, you can't include things like drive or a will to succeed.

I mean, these are just general qualities that are tools, and they're good

in the hands of somebody with good intentions, and they're evil in the hands of somebody with

evil intentions. So what makes glorong truly evil? And I believe that it lies in his manipulation of others.

The fact that his main go-to weapon when it comes to Turin or Neonor is deception.

He takes away their ability to make their own choices.

He confuses them. He puts them in a fog.

It's not just that he's a big, strong, toxic, fiery villain or monster.

It's that he is manipulative and he limits the freedoms of the people he comes across.

And if we expand out our view and we think about the other villains in the stories,

characters like Morgoff or Sauron or Saurumon.

We end up coming across something very similar.

Not only do these characters seek to control, they seek power.

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