The True Master.

[Gurthang]

Originally posted by Turgon Philip Noldor
Yes I see what you are saying. Even though Sauron made the Ring, it seems that it has come to master him. Though if he has the Ring, he uses it. He still has power over it, does he not? When he puts the Ring on, he is using its power as a tool or weapon. I have not given much thought to this topic. It is very intriguing.

You could almost just as easily say that the Ring used Sauron as a tool. The Ring's will and Sauron's were the same. If they were together, there is really no way to see which is ruling the other, because they would do the same things regardless.

This is why I pointed out that, without the Ring, Sauron acted much like Gollum did, insomuch that he bent much of his available resources into its retreival(sp). This seems to show to me that the Ring had a power over Sauron, so that Sauron wanted it more than he would ordinarily want a 'tool'.

I just thought of an analogy. It's not extremely accurate, but it's kind of funny. A dog and its tail! At first, the dog(Sauron) seems to be the master, and the tail(Ring) is just an extension. But when a dog chases its tail, it seems that the tail has the upper hand. Two things could happen: (a) the dog doesn't catch his tail or (b) the dog catches its tail, but by biting his tail, he is really bitiing himself. In either case it seems that the tail comes out on top. Either it doesn't get caught, or it hurts the dog as much as it is hurt!

(Obviously, this is full of holes. Sauron wouldn't want to hurt the Ring nor is it running from him. It was just too funny not to share! )