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i imagine the spirits of sauron, saruman and the balrogs lived on weakly... and remember, saruman made his own ring, so maybe he is destined to recorporate at some point
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"For I am Saruman, the Wise, Saruman the Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours."
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i've read most of the supplementary tolkien material and saruman's ring was never mentioned again as far as i remember
i always thought it could make an interesting sequel... sam's great grandson planting a new garden in front of bagend near where saruman was killed when suddenly... "what's this... a ring... how preciousss it looks..." ![]()
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![]() I found this, it's a theory about Saruman's ring though I don't know how accurate could it be...check it out: "A Theory about Grima of Rohan From a rec.arts.books.tolkien posting dated 19 July 1995. Okay, here's a new theory concerning Saruman and Grima. Saruman, who was a Maia of Aule just as Sauron once was, became learned in Ring-lore as he studied Sauron's evil works. Too well learned, as it turned out; for Saruman gradually turned to evil himself, emulating Sauron's works. Saruman also experimented with the making of a Ring of his own. Here's part of Gandalf's account to the Council of Elrond (Fellowship of the Ring, pp. 271-2 hardback, italics mine): "'...and there he [Saruman] met me and led me up to his high chamber. He wore a ring on his finger... "'..."For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!"'" But if Saruman were to experiment with making Rings of Power, he wouldn't make only one, would he? No; I think he'd make at least one other, and try to get his ring to exert an influence over the wearer of the other. And who would he give such a ring to? Grima Wormtongue seems the obvious answer, since he was so completely under Saruman's control. ...Kind of helps you see Saruman in a new light, doesn't it? Sure, Sauron may have had the Nazgul, the Ringwraiths; but perhaps Saruman in his turn had Grima, the Ringworm! ![]() |
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Saruman and Sauron died - they truly died, the way Gandalf did. Sauron was weakened further and further by spreading his evil and became bound to the final incarnation he held at the time of the War of the Ring (permanent incarnation, as Morgoth too experienced). Because of the nature of the Istari incarnation, they too were bound to their bodies, and if that body were to die, their spirit would leave Middle-earth. This makes it apparent that the balrogs share the same fate.
Gandalf's spirit did the same, which is why Eru himself sent Gandalf back - he wasn't reembodied in Mandos nor did his spirit return to Aman at all. It left the confines of the world. Even Morgoth himself was subject to these conditions and was in fact killed. Tolkien writes about it in Myths Transformed : Quote:
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I disagree with the thought that their deaths are different - why would Sauron and the balrogs' spirits remain in the world? There is no difference in principle with the Istari, no point, and no reason to think they would. Eru permitted the Valar to send emissaries; he did not send them himself.
The balrogs and Sauron could *not* return, whether their spirits remained in Arda or not. To quote a friend... Evidently, Melkor could eventually have regenerated to the point of reincarnating himself (were he to enter back into the World), but Sauron could not, after the Ring had been destroyed. Why? Above, Tolkien indicates that it was due to Melkor's relative greatness. Remember also, however, that Sauron's power had been infused into and concentrated within the Ring, and then utterly destroyed with it -- it was actually in creating the Ring that Sauron provided a means for his own defeat. Melkor, on the other hand, disseminated his power throughout all the physical matter of Middle-earth; therefore, as long as Middle-earth existed for him to draw upon, Melkor could not be wholly destroyed in the same manner that Sauron was. Melkor thus guaranteed his persistance, if only as a depleted shadow of his former greatness. Tolkien wrote, in addition to the passage I quoted earilier: Quote:
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Sorry! Not Maiar in general; only those mentioned here that were incarnate: the Istari, Sauron, the balrogs. Maybe my statements make more sense now? :-)
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It does make more sense - but that isn't to say I necessarily agree with you.
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My favourite maia is of course Gandalf(he is my 2nd favourite character in all of Tolkien's work, second only after Gollum).
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