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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Who is your favorite "Bad Guy".
I voted Saruman, but after reading the replys, i've changed my mind.
Saruman - The arguement was made that Saruman was the baddest because he was a Maiar and became a traitor. By that logic Melkor would be the baddest, as a former Vala. By TA 3000 he was being heavily influenced by Sauron vai the palantir, much the same way Denethor II was. He was simply powerhungry. And sure he was spiteful, but many would be after such a fall from glory.
Gollum - The guy you love to hate, but he really wasn't that bad, blame it on the ring.
Witch King - Its really hard to say how bad this guy was, i've not read about him as he was previous to becoming a slave to Sauron. With Sauron in complete control of him through the ring, he might have been a mere puppet, a long distance reflection of Sauron himself. Who knows if his true nature shown through any at all.
Sauron - I don't doubt there are passages in HOME expressing the full extent of his maliciousness, but in the big picture, he was just playing his cards trying to take over middle-earth. I don't see any great deeds of terror from him.
Melkor - The greatest of traitors. Cause of all evil and wrong in Arda. Leader of the rebellion including several Maiar. The light of the Two Trees would not have been ended by Ungoliant had it not been for him. His theft of the Silmarilli led to the loss of two of them. While Sauron may have been content with Middle-Earth, there can be little doubt that Melkor wanted it all. "Bad Guy"
P.S. None of these guys come even close to the grotesque evil horor that is Lord Foul. -Thomas Covenant Chronicals by Steven Donaldson.
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