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Sauron probably didn't know for a fact whether Ar-Pharazon would win. He just wanted to get back at the Numenoreans since they had the most powerful empire at that time. His main goal was to cause the corruption and destruction of Numenor. He definitely accomplished that, I'd say. Even if Ar-Pharazon attacked the Valar, Sauron didn't care. He knew that the Valar would have kicked Ar-Pharazon's butt eventually, and in the meantime, he could have completely taken over Numenor, and done what he wanted with it. That was his objective. For all he cared, Ar-Pharazon could go to bloody hell. It was Numenor and its power that he wanted.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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