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Let's assume, for the sake of it, that Sauron succeeded in ensnaring 9 leaders of men, 7 leaders of dwarves, and 3 leaders of Elves. Who is to say that all the Men, Elves, and Dwarves would go along with their leaders, once it became clear that they were puppets of Sauron, rather than merely...
This could include even the Second Age, by the way, not just the Third Age.
Do you think it was:
1.) His underestimating the alertness of the Elves with his plans to use his One Ring to control their leaders through the Three Rings.
2.) His losing his fair form after Numenor was sunk, when his...
Huorn is very interested in your perspectives on what Sauron and Gandalf actually represent to Tolkien, and to his work(s).
Huron says no more at this time...just wanting your thinking.
(If you have any questions or need any clarification do ask.)
... What do you think would have happened if he had given them to nine more people?
Would the Nine RIngwraiths have disappeared? Ceased to exist? Would they survive, but rebel against Sauron? Or could they? Would they be enslaved to the new ringbearers? Could Sauron accumulate numerous...
When exactly during the first age did Morgoth make wargs and werewolves?
Was it during the war for the sake of elves or after he returned to ME?
Or was it all Sauron's work?
I was reading an interesting post by @BalrogRingDestroyer about why Sauron wasn’t denied a return to Barad-dûr after his first defeat. Especially his remark about the connection between the Ring(s power) and the foundations of Barad-dûr prompted me to do some pondering.
To understand why the...
This thought came to me recently during my current re-read of the Trilogy. It is mentioned by Gloin to Frodo during their time at the Hall of Fire in Rivendell that a messenger of Sauron came to Dain and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and attempted to barter with him for knowledge of Bilbo...
I think it's certain that had the elves kept the Three Rings on when Sauron made the One Ring, they'd have fallen under his control. But I'm a bit curious, if, say, an early Third Age Saruman, Gandalf, and maybe Radaghast or one of the Blue Wizards wore them, could the three of them be strong...
As you all know, the sindar prince of doriath, celeborn, actively fought in some wars in the war of the ring and all the wars in war of the elves and sauron, even in war of the last alliance. But the only thing that tolkien doesn't dwell on about celeborn is whether celeborn participated in the...
Does the following quote imply that if someone was of strong enough character they could take the ring, defeat Sauron and not become corrupted by the Ring? Later in the quote the Ring's lust is noted to be irresistible, do these sentences contradict each other?
But to achieve this he had been...
The following law school prompt was made by and for law students in preparation for their Contracts final.
Sauron v. Frodo
Frodo possessed a plain gold ring. One day, Gandalf told him to throw it into the fire. Retrieving it from the fire, Frodo noticed fiery markings appearing on the...
Would his ill effects still linger enough that nothing decent could grow or that nobody would dare go near it (kind of like how people didn't want to go near the bones of Smaug in the Long Lake even though he was long dead.)? Could nice things be built there, could it be farmed? Or would it...
Gandalf does say that having it with the intention of taking it to destroy it would result in the Ring's evil being very slow working. I know that the Ring was already affecting Frodo in Bag End, even without really, presumably, looking at it that much, and never using it at all, when Gandalf...