Lords and Ladies of the Rings - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estella Brandybuck · 05-24-2003, 06:43 PM

Well, this is quite an interesting discussion...

I hope I'm not getting off-topic with what I'd like to ask... Everyone has discussed who could have taken the Ring and used it against Sauron, but what I was wondering - who would have? It's been said that only Gandalf could have defeated Sauron utterly. But he wouldn't have done so, would he? I was under the impression (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong) that Gandalf refused to match Sauron in battle because the Valar had command the Istari not to do this. We all know that Saruman certainly didn't pay attention to this in the end, but wasn't Gandalf completely loyal to the Valar? If so, would Sauron have known this? Again, sorry if this is off-topic, it's just something I was wondering about. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

05-24-2003, 06:43 PM	#26
Estella Brandybuck Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Satellite of Love Posts: 73	Well, this is quite an interesting discussion... I hope I'm not getting off-topic with what I'd like to ask... Everyone has discussed who could have taken the Ring and used it against Sauron, but what I was wondering - who would have? It's been said that only Gandalf could have defeated Sauron utterly. But he wouldn't have done so, would he? I was under the impression (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong) that Gandalf refused to match Sauron in battle because the Valar had command the Istari not to do this. We all know that Saruman certainly didn't pay attention to this in the end, but wasn't Gandalf completely loyal to the Valar? If so, would Sauron have known this? Again, sorry if this is off-topic, it's just something I was wondering about. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "But the Rohirrim sang no more. Death they cried with one voice loud and terrible, and gathering speed like a great tide their battle swept about their fallen king and passed, roaring away southwards." - RotK Do you enjoy reading and writing LotR fanfiction?