Quote Originally Posted by Palanan View Post
This seems as far-fetched as some of the other speculation in this thread, and it’s highly unlikely this is the origin of the proto-hobbits. Morgoth and Sauron don’t create, only warp and twist, and the products of their twistings seem to be invariably evil.
Not to mention, why would they go to the trouble of creating a species whose only real advantage over regular Men is that they find it easier to hide due to their size? They have plenty of much better spies already.