Werewolves of Middle-earth: Morgoth's Wolf-Demons
What are the werewolves of Middle-earth, and why did Sauron keep them? In Tolkien's Silmarillion they are not cursed men but fell beasts housing dreadful spirits, and this deep dive follows them from Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves, to the gates of Angband.Finrod dies in a pit killing one barehanded. Huan, the Hound of Valinor, may fall only to the mightiest wolf that will ever walk the world. Draugluin falls, then Sauron in wolf shape. Beren and Lúthien reach Angband wearing a werewolf's hide, and Luthien's spell lulls the wolf at the gate, but Carcharoth, the Red Maw, wakes and…
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