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The White CouncilRe: How tough were orcs, trolls, and balrogs?Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: How tough were orcs, trolls, and balrogs?Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Gandalf on May 02, 2000 at 16:57:28 In Reply to: Re: How tough were orcs, trolls, and balrogs? posted by Tar-Elenion on May 01, 2000 at 18:39:43:
: : In power, it had great merits. But in aiding it's holder in combat, it had no virtues. For the purposes of this argument, Vilya's powers were pretty insignificant. : What powers did the One Ring, or any of the others, have to aid their weilders in combat? : : : : That was his plan before the White Council drove him out of the Mirkwood. It says it right in the UT. He could not because he was driven out by the White Council. : : Sauron's plan was to flee all along. He had forseen the stroke of the White Council, and had pretended to flee before them. He didn't plan to attack from Dul Guldor. In fact, if byt eh War of the Ring Sauron's military was greater than Morgoths' ever was, then during the Hobbit, he could have swept through Lorien with ease. He MUST have known that Galadriel would hold one of the three. If they were that important, he would have had them immediately. : : Gandalf : Unless, of course, he realized that he was not yet powerful enough to challenge the Keepers of the Three with NO chance of failure. Well, I think the powers of the One was to bend the will of others to it, and to enforce powers which it's wielder already had. So it magnifies existing powers, and bends lesser wills to it basically. As for not being sure, well, if he sent a couple of nazgul, with a hoard of orcs and trolls, he could probably take out Lorien quickly enough. Provided that he sent enough orcs of course. Given how large his army was reputed to be, I think he had enough force around 100 years before the war of the rings to take out the Elven havens. Gandalf
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