Legalos
”bombur, you must take into account that by that time, Morgoth had been weakened as his power was spread too thin.”
Indeed, but still he was vala, and also Sauron was betting heawily in his armies.
Luinadar:
”It probably has less to do with power - how do you measure that kind of mystic strength anyway? - and more to do with motivation, will and ethics.”
Yes, basically I agree. But it has got to do with power as well. I mean, being offered the one ring Gandalf is very tempted. He knows, thet hie power would increase even more if he had the one ring, and THEN he went apocalyptic.
I do not think the war of the ring and the role of the Istari are merely about ”letting the kids handle it themselves.” I think it is about taking the apocalyptic influence of Maiar and Valar AWAY from mortal lands. I mean, if this is the MAIN goal, then it can hardly be acchieved by unleaching five more maiar with no restraints upon Middle Earth. We shoul remembered that the Valar have history of a serie of literally earth shattering conflicts to think about. They know that it is just not ”how it all was meant to be.”
Janne Harju
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