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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Intrope" data-source="post: 1410290" data-attributes="member: 3591">Actually, I think they were actually an entirely new breed of troll, and were naturally (if that means anything for an evil pit-spawned creature) sunlight immune. The same as Uruk-hai, that weren't weakened by sunlight.I can't believe I forgot that he was a Black Numenorean. 100 years might still see him in his grave naturally, though. I'd expect his sorcery to work (to the extent we know anything about magic in Arda, it appears to derive from the caster). Of course, all the examples are Valar/Maia, so that's not really definitive.I kind of think that the inhabited part of the north is all to the southwest of the highway that runs from Bree to Isengard--all the lands east were depopulated during the Angmar era, and not repopulated (possibly because Orcs from the Misty Mountains would come out to raid? who knows...) I'd have to mention that I don't think it makes logical sense that the whole region has been depopulated since the fall of Angmar...just that that seems to be the implication of the books. Maybe it was some sinister plot of Sauron's, to keep the north from rising again? Anyway, hope that helps!</blockquote>