Turbulent Times in Old Middle Earth: 1944-2050 Third Age

[Valandil]

OK - here's the old thread I made, and I'm making good on my threat to revive it. It was even longer ago than I remembered - I had just been at Entmoot a few months.

So I'll raise this question again. Was Sauron inclined to make a push forward and declare himself openly - almost a thousand years before he actually did - until checked by Gandalf's visit to Dol Guldur? As there was so much turmoil at once, is this a reasonable conclusion?