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Nikkolas · 01-01-2014, 01:12 AM

Morgoth and Sauron, in their degeneration to evil, fell down two separate roads.

Morgoth, in his fury and jealousy and frustration to have his will equal that of Eru, came to detest absolutely everything in existence. His goal was nothing short of the absolute destruction of all, from the tallest mountain to the tiniest molecule. He is what might be called Chaotic Evil.

Sauron is on the other side of the evil spectrum ie. Lawful Evil. Rather than smash everything down, he wanted to build everything up. According to his designs and under his authority of course but his goal and repentance after the First Age was to take the smoking wreck of the world with its many warring peoples and fix it all by having them all under his dominion.

Yet Sauron was Morgoth's top servant and was attracted to Morgoth in the beginning because he longed for what Morgoth could do. Morgoth could order all things according to his whim (in Sauron's eyes anyway) and Sauron is all about order, control.

Did he never know the true mind of his master? That if the forces of evil had prevailed and the Host of the West not come, Melkor probably would have done nothing but perhaps start reducing his grand empire to rubble?

01-01-2014, 01:12 AM	#1
Nikkolas Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 55	The Inherent Incompatibility of Morgoth and Sauron Morgoth and Sauron, in their degeneration to evil, fell down two separate roads. Morgoth, in his fury and jealousy and frustration to have his will equal that of Eru, came to detest absolutely everything in existence. His goal was nothing short of the absolute destruction of all, from the tallest mountain to the tiniest molecule. He is what might be called Chaotic Evil. Sauron is on the other side of the evil spectrum ie. Lawful Evil. Rather than smash everything down, he wanted to build everything up. According to his designs and under his authority of course but his goal and repentance after the First Age was to take the smoking wreck of the world with its many warring peoples and fix it all by having them all under his dominion. Yet Sauron was Morgoth's top servant and was attracted to Morgoth in the beginning because he longed for what Morgoth could do. Morgoth could order all things according to his whim (in Sauron's eyes anyway) and Sauron is all about order, control. Did he never know the true mind of his master? That if the forces of evil had prevailed and the Host of the West not come, Melkor probably would have done nothing but perhaps start reducing his grand empire to rubble? Last edited by Nikkolas; 01-01-2014 at 01:15 AM.