Hilde - yes, absolutely, in that she both craves power and feels entitled to it.
More from Elora:
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When Sauron returns to Middle Earth, Naiore is waiting for him. As Menecin and her people sought her, Naiore found herself in a new place. She was both welcomed and mistrusted. ... Her talents were encouraged and grown. ...Her kindred saw her and recoiled at what she had become.
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Concerning Naiore after the fall of Sauron, Elora adds:
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The fall of Sauron brought Naiore's career to a sudden end. .... She had no answers still and the prospects of ever finding them were remote. ... Bereft of ambition, and having sacrificed everything for a knowledge she did not have, Naiore is faced with a crisis. She had been waiting for the day when Sauron would have dominion over the lands. Revenge on those who had taken her future from her galvanized her into action...
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With that in mind, I think Naiore put great value on her successes under Sauron and harbors great bitterness at the ultimate failure of Mordor to dominate Middle Earth. Regardless of her mocking of those who seek revenge in her last post, revenge against those who made her fail and who still seek to destroy her is her chief motivation. (How dare these inferior creatures attempt to thwart me!) As an individual without empathy or conscience where others are concerned, she will use and discard others without remorse. While she generally will not lie outright, she will mislead by manipulation and twisting the truth, i.e. the way she used the motivation of revenge against Lespheria while all the while it is the strongest driving force within herself. She is a master at self-serving rationalization.
Because of her excessive pride and sense of inate superiority, I don't think that her bitterness could be turned against her in any positive way. It seems to me that any attempt to do so would just annoy her.