Servant or Master?

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

That would include contempt for his sidekick, yes?

Yes, Tolkien did say that Melkor would destroy anyone and anything in his pursuit of his goal. Which makes one wonder about Sauron. Did he not see this in Melkor? Did he turn a blind eye to it? Did he hope that he would be spared, somehow? Did he believe that someday he might become powerful enough to overthrow Melkor and take his place? Melkor was a masterful dissembler, but did he keep Sauron's loyalty through lies, or....? Food for thought.