saruman

It doesn't mean he can't try and go for Rohan too, in fact, if he had his own realm of Isengard, the realm of Rohan, and the realm of Gondor on his side, even without the One Ring, he could at least keep Sauron busy long enough to try and take it from the Fellowship. (Truthfully, that was a BIG...

Imagine: You are Gandalf. You have just broken Saruman's staff, and now it is time for you to decide how to punish him. Would you make the same choice as Gandalf - to lock him up in his tower - or would you do something different? Something a bit more interesting? So, how would you punish...

Having just had a General Election in the UK and with other important elections happening this year in so many places (India, France and soon the USA) there is definitely some applicability (letter 202 to Faith Tolkien) in this chapter! "White man speak with forked tongue" though I don't know if...

Unlike Morgoth and his nihilism, Sauron and Saruman are both a case study of how good intentions lead to evil. Both Sauron and Saruman are the Maiar of Aule. This may in fact be the root origin of their mistake: the tendency to look at the world, society and even individuals as nothing but...

As Obi-wan Kenobi would put it, he would find out "These are not the Hobbits you're looking for", and, what's more, would realize that he just revealed to Sauron that he was a traitor by trying to take the Ring for himself. While capturing them may have helped prevent the two from rousing the...

Saruman appears to have long turned against Rohan and the Ents and been planning the downfall of Rohan with Grima. It seems that by the point of The Two Towers, I think Gandalf told them outright that Saruman was an enemy after his escape in Fellowship, they were more or less at open war with...

Why did Gandalf have to outright tell Saruman that he wouldn't join him? Why didn't he play along, "agreeing" with Saruman so that he'd be free to leave Isengard, perhaps feigning to go fetch the Ring for Saruman, and then go find Frodo or warn someone of Saruman's treachery?

As is always my inclination, I was wondering about what would happen if Saruman HAD gotten the One Ring? While he's shown to be less strong-willed than Sauron (as his corruption via the Palantír and Sauron's condescending tone towards him) Tolkien has also stated (in NoME) that being further...

All the Palantir users could intercept all the message between all the users synchronously, thus...how did Saruman avoid Denethor's message interception? Any idea?

What if Gandalf decided to join Saruman?

Why Did Gandalf Refuse To Allow The Hobbits to fight the Balrog But Allowed Them To Fight Saruman In The Shire On Their Own?

Mainly because the way i got the impression from reading the Lord of the Rings. Is Gandalf is pretty strict, and Christopher Lee does have that vibe to him. While Saruman is mainly arrogant (Dont know how else to describe him of how i get the imagination from the books)

On another board, we had a discussion on why Saruman tried to conquer Shire - which, clear as a day, was not going to last forever. So this is what I wrote: What do you think of that explanation?

if gandalf took the one ring what would have occurred as a result of that? And if saruaman clamed the one ring what would have been the result of that?

It’s my belief that Tolkien never wrote that Saruman had crossed bred Men with Orcs. That is just a line from the movies. I defy anyone to prove me wrong. There certainly were Orc females, and Saruman definitely could have helped speed up the process and added some additional powers of his own...

Yeah, here're the big doubt I list 1. Celebrities like Gandalf, Barliman and Bilbo have already make Shire not isolated anymore via commercial, adventure and all kinds of activities. This proved that Shire's role in ME has already a bit important on all kinds of aspects. Shire must not be so...

Do we know how exactly did Saruman create his army? How much time it took him, and what did he use to build it?

Hello guys, Do we know anything about the physical description of Saruman in JRRT’s works? Thanks a lot in advance...

Has anyone ever though about the history between Sauron and Saruman before the events at the end of the Third Age. As Mairon and Curumo respectively, they were both affiliated with the Valar Aule. As such, surely they must have known each other in their youth? Might this have played a part in...

That is in truth why I brought you here. For I have many eyes in my service, and I believe that you know where this precious thing now lies. Is it not so? Or why do the Nine ask for the Shire, and what is your business there? Most of us will recognize this as what Saruman said to Gandalf at the...