Namelessness and the Loss of Self: How a Person Becomes the Mouth of Sauron

A nameless one is always a prisoner.

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“The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man. The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr he was, and his name is remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it, and he said: ‘I am the Mouth of Sauron.’”

What happens when we forget our name? We start defining ourselves thr…