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earthquake, crashes and roars, etc happened when the Ring was destroyed, not when anyone claimed it as their own
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But it was said that the Tower of Barad-dur trembled from its foundations. Is that supposed to mean that Sauron is literally the tower?
Now, subtracting Gollum and Bilbo, who were both too far away for Sauron to notice as many have suggested, Isildur should have been the Secong Dark Lord. Obviously, there can been evidence against that as well because, Prof T himself wrote that Gandalf is probably the only one who is powerful enough to claim Sauron's power for himself.
But this irresistable lust to claim the Ring baffles me. Virtually everyone is after the Ring because it lures people to its power. But the Ring chose to stay in Frodo's hands while he is travelling towards Mordor, for the obvious reason of reuniting with Sauron. But at Mount Doom, the Ring surely would have known that it has reached its "home". Why does it still lure Frodo into claiming it? Was it because, by that time, Frodo himself was corrupted with greed and desire for power even without urgings from the Ring?
If the Ring knows its Master, it would have rejected Frodo just at the point when the Black Gates open for the Witchking of Angmar to pass. The Ring had plenty of opportunity of disengaging itself from Frodo all the while he was in Mordor, but it did not...
So is it true that the Ring is betraying Sauron as well?