How would you have gone about more successfully toppling Sauron ?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Fordim Hedgethistle

Me, I would have asked the Eagles to fly me down to Mordor so I could drop the Ring in the fire right away rather than plodding all the way there. (The only concern I'd have had on the way, of course, would have been the balrog of Moria who might have easily used his fully functional wings to fly up and attack me.)

An alternative, but similar strategy, would be to ask the Balrog to fly the Ringbearer to Mount Doom, using his fully functioning wings.

The Balrog's incentive, of course, would be that there would be a vacancy for the position of Middle-earth resident Dark Lord once the Ring was destroyed.