Board Thread:Lore/@comment-25931200-20150501173444/@comment-25931200-20150501193225

Thorin Stonehelm wrote:

Madman198237 wrote: I would like to point out that Gandalf operated under rules-he was forbidden to subdue ANY people using force. He could not, and did not, use his full power during the LoTR series.

With the Ring, he would forsake these rules. If, of course, the Ring actually managed to corrupt him. Gandalf is, after all, Olorin, wisest of the Maiar. And probably one of the strongest as well. He would then become orders of magnitude stronger that Sauron, because Sauron would lose the strength in the Ring (Which he hasn't had for ages anyway) and is already a diminished version of his former self. Who was, of course, reinforced by the power of Morgoth.

So, in summary: Corrupted Gandalf with Ring? Oh...my...goodness. Thank goodness he's the WISEST of the Maiar. :) He admitted that the ring could corrupt him, and sauron was one of the most powerful, in unfinished tales olorin even admitted that he feared sauron meaning that he is much less powerful than sauron, and in the books even when sauron did not have the ring sauron was more powerful than gandalf. If gandalf had the ring he would not become several orders of magnitude stronger than sauron, he would be the same power level as sauron was in the beginning but sauron's power would decrease by several orders of magnitude I believe Sauron was still leaching some power from the ring, even from such a great distance, as he was banished immidietely upon it's destruction, however if Gandalf claimed the ring that power would be denied to him, passing onto Gandalf instead.