Sauron, devoted servant of Melkor?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I think Sauron would have realised Morgoth from the Void, We don’t know if he knew that Melko wanted to completely destroy Eá. I don’t think he would have joined him in the first place if he did, Sauron was promised to ruler over much of the world, so that would seem to be the incentive for him to become evil. I still think he was faithful to Morgoth as in Numenor he tyres to persuade them to worship him, as he says;

His name is Melkor, Lord of All, giver of freedom, and he shall make you stronger than they.
Found in "The Silmarillion" Akallabéth

It would seem that even after his master's downfall, he was willing to do anything to get him back. Sauron perhaps realised how powerful Melkor was and so though that if he was going to take over, then he'd need Melkor to do it. Perhaps that is why he made the one ring, to try and increase his own power as he was robbed of Melkor.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but it’s the best explanation I could think of for the actual making of the ring. Look at it from Sauron's point of view, he'd think to himself
"Without Melkor I need more power, Why not make a ring? Why not go mad?"

I know a lot of this has been said, but this is what i think. Using Melkor as a symbol seems unlikely. Whether it was at this point or not, but I think its Gandalf who says;

The only measure known to Sauron is desire, desire for power...

This shows that Sauron would probably try to get power at any cost, even if that meant becoming second best for a time. I suspect that, soon enough, he would have devised a plan to over through Melkor, as Sauron was a cunning little Miar, so If he had released Morgoth (If he realised there was no other way he could win) he would have planned to overthrow him once he had done the hard work for him... what an evil little creature he is. >=D.