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Who said he wasn't corrupting it? Sauron may be bound to destroy all of the Valar's creations but he isn't dum, he wouldn't let something like the Shire go to waste sure he'd burn the buildings but he would use the land for his own gain and he wouldn't gain anything by defiling the entirety of the Shire and not leaving some of it for uses like farming and other things. He wouldn't leave something completely untouched but he would not completely destroy it either. Take lothlorien for instance: He'd burn some of it then leave the rest for farming and other purposes. While Sauron and his orcs may feel the need to destroy all we cannot forget that Sauron is also very very smart. Take nurn for instance he could've turned it to a mordor like thing but he didn't he left it to farm. While he could have just destroyed it he would gain nought for having no farmable land would starve his armies. Now sure he could have made it a very desolate place making it hard to farm. But what would he gain? Making his slaves work harder so they die of overwork? no because he wants them alive despite all appearances, so they can farm. Showing he's evil? well he already has done plenty of deeds to prove that, hasn't he? Does he want people to hate him for destroying such a beautiful thing? He could do the same by simply keeping it for farming if he makes it more fertile than Gondor think how angry you would be? Overall he gains nothing by making Nurn desolate but he does gain some by making it fertile.