Athrael (S. "opposing the Stars") was a black demon. Once a servant of Mandos, Melkor seduced him during his imprisonment and lured him to Angband where he made him the master of Undeath and captured souls.
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Original form in Angband: Azrael
Azrael is originally the angel of death in Islamic tradition and is mentioned in a Hadith.
| Boromir: "Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing!" - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring II:10 |