Didn't Tolkien say something to the effect of Evil can't create anything so it corrupts stuff instead? It's that principle playing out. These people are morally depraved hobgoblins who can only destroy things that others have made. Frankly in centuries past they'd have been ostracized or hunted as the heretics they are.
Didn't Tolkien say something to the effect of Evil can't create anything so it corrupts stuff instead? It's that principle playing out. These people are morally depraved hobgoblins who can only destroy things that others have made. Frankly in centuries past they'd have been ostracized or hunted as the heretics they are.