01-30-2003, 04:34 PM | #41 | |
Elven Warrior
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I read the Istari chapter in Unfinished Tales the other day for the first time, and came upon the passage (which I've read here on Entmoot in the past) which describes a council held by the Valar, deciding who among their servants should go to Middle Earth and attempt to put an end to Sauron's tyranny.
The following quote from that passage says a lot about the very real gulf in power between Gandalf (Olorin) and Sauron: Quote:
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Then hate overcame Fëanor's fear, and he cursed Melkor and bade him be gone, saying 'Get thee gone from my gate, thou jail-crow of Mandos!' And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of all dwellers in Eä. |
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01-30-2003, 05:05 PM | #42 | |
The Original Corruptor
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01-31-2003, 07:29 PM | #43 |
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A question. What about Olorin’s power after the War of the Ring? How that may have affected his inner power?
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