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Aster!
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I. Gandalph said than not even Ancalagon could melt One Ring. But... 1) how could he know for sure? 2) while One Ring is ther greates Sauron creation, Ancalagon was arguably the greatest Melkor creation. And Melkor >>> Sauron in terms of power/
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What exactly dragons were, and how they stood with respect to their "spirits" is debatable. Be that as it may, Sauron was a divine angelic being, powerful even among that class of creature. While Morgoth was certainly a greater power than Sauron, a "creation" of his would have been inferior to Sauron, just as the Nazgûl were less powerful than the Istari.
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III. Why was Gandalph so sure that Smaug was dangerous because we would be willing to align with Sauron? Sauron in that time was not really strong, he could not otder dragon not being his master, and Smauh hardly would be interested in anything Sauron could offer to him (since he was more than happy to sleep in cave full of treasures).
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Gandalf was looking forward to what he saw as the inevitable return of Sauron as the major power of evil in Middle-earth. Samug would have been attracted to that evil, and Sauron could have offered him opportunities for plunder, as well as the simple joy of killing.
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IV. Why did Melkor lose? I mean, it was obvious that he should lose being a bad gut, but still... what led to his fall in War of Wrath? What strategical/tactical mistakes hi commited in his conquest of Arda? Overspread forces, relied too much on quantity, something else?..
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Morgoth had destroyed a good part of the Noldor and Edain, and after he accomplished the sack of Gondolin, he was convinced there would never be any assault on him from the West. It was really only that, brought about by Eärendil (an unforeseeable event from Morgoth's perspective) that brought his downfall.