It seems I worded my objection to Saruman's relationship to Sauron improperly.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Why would he want to try and stop the Nazgul? If he did wouldn't that alert Sauron to his deceit?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Let me backtrack. I should not have said that he would have tried to "stop" the Nazgul. That would, as has been mentioned before, be ridiculous. However, I think that, because Gandalf fully explained the situation with Frodo and the Ring to Saruman, it did not make sense that Saruman would sit back and allow the Nazgul to try and capture Frodo and thus the Ring. In the books, this was avoided because Saruman did not yet know that a hobbit possessed the Ring, so he would have no reason to circumvent the attempts of the Ringwraiths to reach the Shire. In the movies, he knew full well of Frodo's plight and the whereabouts of the Ring, and thus it did not make sense that he decided to sit back and let the Black Riders do the job; if they had taken the Ring, Saruman would have been unable to achieve his own deceitful purposes.<P>Sorry for the confusion.<P>Cheers!<BR>-Angmar
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