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would she, under the Ring's influence, have become a Dark Power in her own right, or would she have been subordinated to Sauron's will?
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They are one, the Ring and the Dark Lord. I think eventually and inevitably. Perhaps the
power of the Ring she may have mastered, but the
will of the Ring (which is what is giving us the most problem in understanding) would have worked on her mind ceaselessly, could she hold out for decades, centuries or millenia? Which poses one more question, that I think there is an answer for, but I don't know it: What if Sauron were vanquished but the Ring yet existed? Would it be impossible to complete destroy him without destroying the Ring? And a follow up question:
If Gollum had lived through it, would he get to sail to Valinor with the rest of the Ringbearer gang?
[ February 26, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ]