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Kickratgames1101 wrote: Personally I believe the true power of the Ring to lie in it's connection to the wraith-world. I believe that Sauron was trying to somehow manipulate the connection to the wraith-world to allow him to further increase the strength of his army(by mixing their souls into the wraith world thus making them wraiths) and to eventually try and free Morgoth from the void... somehow. No, access to the wraith-world was just a side effect that happened to appear for mortals who used it. Sauron (and the Noldor who came from Valinor) could already see in the Unseen at will, and needed no Rings to do it.

Sauron was also unable to mix souls into the wraith-world, and didn't want Morgoth back. Their goals were different--Morgoth was a nihilistic, hotheaded madman, while Sauron was a collected, ordered, control freak. Having Morgoth return would see Sauron a servant again, and interfere with his divine restructering of the world for its greater efficiency and his supreme power.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)