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  Posted by Akhronath on July 17, 1998 at 13:14:55
In Reply to: Re: The greater power. posted by TreeBeard on July 15, 1998 at 07:16:20:



------ I don't remember Elrond saying he would fall before the might of Sauron. Fall before the might of what Sauron represented maybe, including allies(The Nine etc..). If I am wrong here my apologies but it is possible that Elrond may have meant(and this is how it sounded to me)that it would take the combined might of Sauron and any other allies/powers at his disposal and that Sauron would need to crush all others first and then bring to bear everything he has on Bombadil. ------

But would Sauron even care to defeat Bombadil before that? Tom simply wanders around without doing anything outside of his territorial premises. He doesn't seem to pose an actual threat to Sauron at all. Bombadil's power, I think, is bound with the land itself, similar to how Sauron's is bound with the Ring. As is stated in the texts, Tom is the Master of the land, and Sauron is the Lord of the Ring.

The passage may have been that Sauron would not need to bring his attention to Bombadil until all else was conquered. Once he does, there isn't much Bombadil can do to prevent Sauron's ultimate victory. Power to defy the Enemy is not in him.



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