saruman

Just consider.... Have you ever imagined what wouldn't have happened if Saruman didn't ally himself with Sauron? I'm going to do a list of very important events that wouldn't have happened. #1: The Fellowship wouldn't have gone through Moria, and there wouldn't be a Gandalf the White, #2...

Nope. He'll repent (he'll pull a Darth Vader) and leave Middle-Earth with Grima and Gandalf and co. It'll be a happy ending.

Who do you think would win a duel? Gandalf the White or Saruman?? I personally think Gandalf would win. Anybody else??

Originally I thought I had Saruman's motives figured out regarding the whole 'waking Carahdras/controlling the storm thing.' I figured he knew Gandalf would want to avoid Moria ("If the mountain defeats you, will you risk the more dangerous road?....Moria, you fear to go that way....You know...

Assuming that the One Ring was never created, who would be more powerful, Saruman or Sauron? I know they are both of the Maiar but is the only reason Sauron is more powerful than Saruman because of the ring?

After Gandalf the Grey became Gandalf the White, did Saruman lose his magical power? And if he did still have that power, was Gandalf then stronger than him?

If Saruman was faithful!!! If Saruman was faithful to Sauron would the comapany have succeded? I think not coz if he was he would have told Sauron as soon as he knew about the whereabouts of the company/ring and he knew that the ring was found before Sauron, so Sauron would have known to...

saurumons ring when gandalf goes to isengard first tolkien points out that saurumon is wearing a ring.I know that one of saurumons names is "maker of rings" but i was wondering if there is a story behind the ring. I have a theory that the ring could have been given as a gift from sauron and...

Questions, questions (part II) Ok, this has been bugging me for a while. 1. Do Sauron and Saruman actually die; or do their spirits live on, just with absolutely no power. For some reason, I've always thought Saruman died, and Sauron endured, but with no chance of a comeback this time...

Was this Saruman's soul? I was always thought so. And if so why did it bother looking into the west? you would think he knew he had no chance of returning, but maybe he thought he'd give it a shot? Or maybe he was then regretting what he had done towards the end of his days and hoping to go...

I was in a few Wal-Mart's the last week and they were showing the FoTR by the stands and in the tech section. I watched from the Shire until after Bree before Weathertop and I must say that I still can't stand the way that they portrayed Saruman. First Saruman tells Gandalf "We must join...

What was Sarumans reasoning for choosing his many colours persona? Now I know the spin about white being a starting point and all that, but there is more to it than this. What are your thoughts? Why the need for change as dramatic as this? Why forge a ring and what was its significance...

I am pretty sure that the book version of LOTR did not have an alliance betweeen Sauron and Saruman - Saruman was seeking the one ring for his own personal power trip. Am I correct, and if so, why did the movie version invent an alliance between the Sauron and Saruman?

What if Saruman hadn't been corrupted by evil? Would the War of the Ring had taken a different course? Obviously there would be no war in Rohan and the Rohirrim would have arrived much sooner. If Saruman had remained true to his mission,would the White Council have ousted Sauron from Dol Guldur...

Saruman... was that weird to you too? I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way i do, or has a better explanation for me about in the LOTR, when Saruman shows up and scares away the horses, it has been a while so i don't remember exactly when this was but i remember that when Gandalf...

Where did Saruman go In the book, when Wormtongue slits Saruman's throat, Saruman's spirit (I suppose) rises as a big white shadowy figure over his dead body and wavers towards the West. However, from the West the cold wind comes and blows him away. I interpret this as the West...

I was just wondering, if Saruman was so jealous of Gandalf's ring of fire. How come he didn't just take it when he imprisoned Gandalf at Orthanc?

When the Fellowship was trying to cross Caradhras, was it the mountain itself or Saruman's magic that turned them back. How? And why? Personally, I believe that the mountain was just cruel, like K2, and it had nothing to do with Saruman. I'd love to know what y'all think though.

(from the silmarillion "Valaquenta".) Quote: "Wisest of the maia was Olorin (gandalf). He too dwelt in Lorien, but his ways often took him to the house of Neinna and from her he learnt patience and pity". I piced this up from another tread, i've not read the silmarillion yet, i'm at...

JRRT made an interesting writing somewhere that it was a possibiluty that the Balrog of Moria was indeed not a Balrog, but Saruman himself! However, it was discarder as Saruman (if he was a balrog) would have died and would then not have been seen later in LotR. However, it is an incredibly...