Q: What Happened to the Nazgûl When the One Ring Was Destroyed? ANSWER: A reader submitted this question in January 2023: Sauron has his ring […]
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Why Did Sauron Retreat from Dol Guldur in 2941?
#middleearth #fantasy #tolkien Q: Why Did Sauron Retreat from Dol Guldur in 2951? ANSWER: I received the following questions in March 2022: In TA 2941 […]
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Did Any Orcs and Trolls Fight against Sauron in the War of the last Alliance?
Q: Did Any Orcs and Trolls Fight against Sauron in the War of the last Alliance? ANSWER: I have rephrased a question I received in […]
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What Was the Course of Ar-Pharazôn’s Last Campaign Against Sauron?
Q: What Was the Course of Ar-Pharazôn’s Last Campaign Against Sauron? ANSWER: This question has nothing to do with the Amazon production. A blog reader […]
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Would the One Ring Make Sauron Invisible?
Q: Would the One Ring Make Sauron Invisible? ANSWER: This is one of those quantum questions about Middle-earth where almost every possible answer would be […]
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Why Did Sauron Not Give Rings of Power to the Orcs?
Q: Why Did Sauron Not Give Rings of Power to the Orcs? ANSWER: The answer to this question may appear to be obvious to some […]
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Did Sauron Really Believe the One Ring Had been Destroyed?
Q: Did Sauron Really Believe the One Ring Had been Destroyed? ANSWER: A reader posed the following question to me a few months ago: …When […]
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Could Sauron have Unmade the One Ring?
Q: Could Sauron have Unmade the One Ring? ANSWER: As given above, this question does not adequately represent what I was originally asked but it […]
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Did Sauron Die When the One Ring was Destroyed?
Q: Did Sauron Die When the One Ring was Destroyed? ANSWER: Yes, Sauron died a physical death of the body, the same as any Elf, […]
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How Could the Númenóreans Defeat Sauron in the Second Age?
Q: How Could the Númenóreans Defeat Sauron in the Second Age? ANSWER:This is one of the classic “Tolkien fan questions” that was included in the […]
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What Happened to the One Ring While Sauron Was Under Ar-Pharazôn’s Custody?
Q: What Happened to the One Ring While Sauron Was Under Ar-Pharazôn’s Custody? ANSWER: J.R.R. Tolkien explained this in Letter No. 211, which he wrote […]
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How Could Saruman have Defeated Sauron’s Much Larger Army?
Q: How Could Saruman have Defeated Sauron’s Much Larger Army? ANSWER: This is not the exact question I was asked. In fact, I was asked […]
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How Would a Rival Use the One Ring to Defeat Sauron?
Q: How Would a Rival Use the One Ring to Defeat Sauron? ANSWER: I have seen some interesting discussion about this topic but all the […]
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What Could Sauron Have Done Had He Regained the One Ring?
Q: What Could Sauron Have Done Had He Regained the One Ring? ANSWER: Everything that the Elves (and Gandalf) had accomplished with the Three Rings […]
Continue readingCould Sauron Have Risen Again after the One Ring Was Destroyed?
Q: Could Sauron Have Risen Again after the One Ring Was Destroyed? ANSWER: J.R.R. Tolkien all but completely ruled out the possibility that Sauron might […]
Continue readingHow Did the One Ring Survive the Downfall of Numenor?
Q: How Did the One Ring Survive the Downfall of Numenor? ANSWER: J.R.R. Tolkien answered this question in part in Letter No. 211, where he […]
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