This seems possible as Sauron's idea was to dominate all of Middle-earth. It is possible the Necromancer referred to all the free people's living East of the Misty Mountains in Rhovanion in addition to Gondor.Īs I have just come to realise in my comment, the East could mean Endor in it's entirety, where the West means Aman, the Blessed Realm and the East meant Endor, Middle-earth.
Sauron (the Necromancer) had a personal hatred for the Men of Gondor (and previously Arnor) as they were the 'faithful' of Númenor, who opposed his control of Ar-Pharazon and his attempts to make war on the Valar.
Naturally the progression from there would be to destroy the other (Eastern) kingdom too. While the North East is indeed where the story of The Hobbit takes place I think for the Necromancer, and in terms of the Kingdom of Angmar, "The East" is more likely to refer to the Eastern kingdom of Men, Gondor.Īs I've explored in another answer about the Witch-king's motivations the motivations of the stronghold Angmar was to destroy the Kingdom(s) of Men in the North West, which they had managed successfully. While I think Mike Scott makes an interesting point I'm not sure he's hit the nail quite on the head.
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