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It's worth mentioning the antiquarian perspective- that in the Old Dispensation Tolkien included some later Maiar among the Valar (e.g. Osse); and also postulated Children of the Valar, specifically Fionwe (> Eonwe), and Kosomot (= Gothmog) son of Morgoth! So, was Gothmog even mightier than Sauron?
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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