Dragons, Balrogs and other nasties - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Orald · 01-18-2001, 10:55 AM

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Re: Dragons, Balrogs and other nasties

Most of this is pure speculation. With that said here goes. Wasn't it you, Mithadan, that said that Sauron with the Ring was more powerful than Morgoth at the end of the First Age? If this is true, was it mainly due to the power of the Ring or because Morgoth's power was depleted? You see, if the power of Morgoth had weakened, then why would any of the greater creatures still follow him. So the Ring must have made Sauron much greater than he inherently was.

Another thing would be that the One Ring is called the ruling ring, maybe it didn't just give him dominion over the other rings. It could have helped him to control the other creatures that were servents of Morgoth.

You look at it from the point of Sauron not having the ring, maybe Gandalf was looking at Sauron with the ring.

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01-18-2001, 10:55 AM	#2
Orald Shadow of Malice Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: right behind you Posts: 843	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 277</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Dragons, Balrogs and other nasties Most of this is pure speculation. With that said here goes. Wasn't it you, Mithadan, that said that Sauron with the Ring was more powerful than Morgoth at the end of the First Age? If this is true, was it mainly due to the power of the Ring or because Morgoth's power was depleted? You see, if the power of Morgoth had weakened, then why would any of the greater creatures still follow him. So the Ring must have made Sauron much greater than he inherently was. Another thing would be that the One Ring is called the ruling ring, maybe it didn't just give him dominion over the other rings. It could have helped him to control the other creatures that were servents of Morgoth. You look at it from the point of Sauron not having the ring, maybe Gandalf was looking at Sauron with the ring. </p>