Why did Olorin seem the least of the Istari?

[Yavanna Kementari]

Forgot to add this. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

On the strength of the Maiar. They are all strong. I would venture to say equally strong, ahh wait, ... but in different areas!

Yes Saruman kept Gandalf prisoner, but Gandalf had th power to deal with a Balrog.... I think Gandalf let Saruman beat him, because he had Narya, one of the Rings of Power and if he would have used it to over come him Sauron would know of one of the Elven rings.
Wich brings me to my second point.

Sauron didn't exactly have the power to 'choose' his victim so to speak. Saruman had been messing with Saurons own dealings; he delved to deeply into his, and he was easily and had already been ensnared by the Shadow. He wanted the Ring for himself, so Sauron thought that if Saruman got hold of the ring first he would just take it from him. In my previous post Gandalf had a show down with Sauron and he fled before him. Thats saying something!!

As for Sauron not knowing that the Istari were Maiar, I think he knew very well and thats why he used Saruman to help him build his army, after all Sauron is a Maiar too. He served Aulë, remember?

Just another nugget of joy [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] lol
~(~<~> Yavanna