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What I think I was trying to get across was that it would be odd indeed if Sauron was piebald and had hands of two different colors. Nor can we suppose that the Ring-hand was somehow burned black; it was Sauron who heated the Ring, not vice-versa. It would be more sensible if we assumed that Sauron (post-Numenor) was black all over, with flaming eyes and a body that emitted burning heat. If that sounds a little Balrogish-- well, why not? There is a certain logic to Sauron regressing in that direction.
And again, consider T's essay on Sigelhearwan.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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