[Lothiriel Silmarien]

That does make a lot of sense. I don't know what other people think but I think you may be right in a way because Sauron was actually originally a follower of Aule, as most of you know, and Aule isn't bad, which wouldn't make Sauron bad BUT he became a follower of Morgoth so he obviously turned evil. And he only turned evil because of Morgoth which would mean that Sauron got his "evilness" from Morgoth and Sauron has a bit of Morgoth's "essence". That does sound stupid and confusing (sorry about that) but hopefully you'll catch what I'm saying. Bottom line-Sauron wouldn't have been evil if it wasn't for Morgoth. And I guess I'm trying to say that Morgoth must be in a way apart of Sauron if Sauron spent all those years following Morgoth. Morgoth must have rubbed off on him! And even if Sauron didn't catch his spirit or whatnot, as you were saying (which is also a really good point) it wouldn't matter as much (well, kinda. a little bit) but it wouldn't matter as much because in a way, Sauron is Morgoth, not really but he is basically a mini Morgoth and did all the things that would make Morgoth proud. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] And from all my babbling, you would generally make the assumption that Morgoth is in fact in the One Ring, as you said. Was that good, cuz I lost myself a couple of times and forgot what I was actually trying to say!