... define the role of fate and prophecy. As the story begins, Beren's father, Barahir, travels with a group of twelve men, one of which, Gorlim, betrays the group to Sauran. When Sauron meets with Gorlim, he says to him, " I hear now that thou wouldst barter with me. What is thy price?" These words recall the biblical account of Jesus's betrayal when Judas ... ...

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