Why didnt he fortify Mount Doom and set all of his army arount it and just send the Nazguls to search for The One?
Why didnt he fortify Mount Doom and set all of his army arount it and just send the Nazguls to search for The One?
Why didnt he fortify Mount Doom and set all of his army arount it and just send the Nazguls to search for The One?
He literally did all of that
What? Frodo and Sam almost literally walked freely into the mountain once they were in Mordor
All the guards were lured outside by Aragorn's forces, so it was completely undefended when they entered.
This:
And Gollum knew a secret way.
I hate you so much. Did you even read the books?
He was 100% convinced Aragorn had the ring
He never considered they would try to destroy it.
>He was 100% convinced Aragorn had the ring
>He never considered they would try to destroy it.
He sense Frodo wearing the ring multiple times during his journey. He was very aware where was he heading. On top of that his orcs captured Frodo and Sam in the entrance of Mordor. So Sauron knew very well the presence of Frodo in Mordor.
>He sense Frodo wearing the ring multiple times during his journey. He was very aware where was he heading.
He cant tell hobbits apart. He thought hobbit with the ring was captured by Saruman
>On top of that his orcs captured Frodo and Sam in the entrance of Mordor. So Sauron knew very well the presence of Frodo in Mordor.
Only Frodo. They lost track of him later, but had no idea he had the ring.
>He cant tell hobbits apart. He thought hobbit with the ring was captured by Saruman
>up until Osgiliath as thats where a Nazgul even saw Frodo the last time and could have sensed the One Ring
So, he sees Frodo wearing the Ring just in front of Mordor, but still thinks he is in Ortank. Dont you think its pretty strange he still cant figure out what is happening at this point?
>So, he sees Frodo wearing the Ring just in front of Mordor, but still thinks he is in Ortank. Dont you think its pretty strange he still cant figure out what is happening at this point?
Osgiliath is halfway between the Black Gates and Minas Tirith, since then he had his armies wrecked by the good guys with Aragorn leading an army of indestructible ghosts
for all Sauron could tell Aragorn already had the Ring
Sauron is unable to comprehend that they wanted to destroy the ring, one of his faults is that he perceives people as having the same motive and perspective as him, after all the seven rings he gave to the dwarves didn't what the effect he thought they would
>The only way to fully destroy Sauron is for The One Ring to be destroyed at Mount Doom
>Sauron doesnt even consider this
So, he is just dumb as frick then
If someone like Gandalf took the ring he could have made sauron his slave
It's called hubris. He is blinded to the fact that he sows the seeds of his own destruction by his supreme sense of correctness. More of a character flaw than mere stupidity.
He knew no one could willingly destroy the ring, and he was absolutely right
But Sauron believes that anybody who has the ring would rather use it's power for themselves and would never even consider destroying it
he literally cannot imagine someone being able to destroy it. he is essentially just as corrupted by its power as everyone else
No he just thinks everyone is as power hungry, selfish and corrupted/corruptible as he is, it seems that one of the most obvious themes in the book/film just glides over that smooth brain of yours
>He sense Frodo wearing the ring multiple times during his journey.
up until Osgiliath as thats where a Nazgul even saw Frodo the last time and could have sensed the One Ring, afterwards he actually didnt wear it until he reached Mount Doom. Even when he lost the Ring it was Sam who took it but didnt actually use it either.
>He was very aware where was he heading.
the orcs at Cirith Ungol were more busy fighting each other over the Mithril cuirass than taking the hobbits to Sauron.
>So Sauron knew very well the presence of Frodo in Mordor.
citation needed, because we only have evidence to the contrary both in the books and the movie
none of what you wrote happens
All sauron could sense from someone putting on the ring was that it was being used somewhere. He could spot the ring bearer if he used it in certain spots like Amon Hen, but only because of the mystical power of that place acting like a beacon for a wizard like sauron. He would have zeroed in on Frodo when he used the ring there but Gandalf was able to distract him. The closer the ring bearer gets to mount doom the easier it is for sauron to sense the ring’s power but it doesn’t instantly give its position away like a gps
>muh le books
They are shit while the movies are kino
they are awesome
>Frodo frequently uses the Ring
>somehow Sauron thinks the Ring is with Aragorn
homie had it comin'
>somehow Sauron thinks the Ring is with Aragorn
and what if Aragorn DOES have it? at worst Sauron will have to delay his conquest while he waits for the ribg to corrupt Aragorn
the real danger is that ring being near the volcano
He could be killed and Aragorn gets his charisma and abilities
aragorn could potentially wrest the ring from sauron's control
Aragorn with ring + Gandalf could wreck his ass
why didn't he use landmines
why didn't he turn off the volcano
>Ring of Power is shit
>woketards on suicide watch (as usual)
>now trashing the trilogy to cope
KEK
That's what he did you fricktard
So loregays if he got the ring back is he able to retake his natural form or what?
>if he got the ring back is he able to retake his natural form or what?
he had already rekindled his physical body. The ring just restored the bulk of the power that was stored in it to himself.
>he had already rekindled his physical body.
No, he didn't.
Because the biggest threat in his mind was that someone like Gandalf, Galadriel, Saruman, or Aragorn could figure out how to use the ring and overthrow him with it, so his strategy was to be as aggressive as possible so that whoever found the ring wouldn’t have enough time to master it.
>the black gates
>minas morgul
>cirith ungol
>durthang
>all outposts built by Gondor in the 2nd age
Could that Black person even fortify anything? He was literally just squatting in Mordor.
Sauron had different fortifications in many those places during the second age but they were all razed to the ground during the last alliance. Even though Cirith Ungol was built by the numenoreans, the fact that it collapsed after the ring was destroyed implies that it was built on top of the foundation of an earlier fortress that sauron had constructed.
He couldn't even comprehend that somebody would want to destroy the ring. As far as he was concerned, it would be brought to him by whoever decided that they could defeat his armies if they wielded the ring's power
You are absolutely correct, but after he finishes dilating, OP will simply repost this thread. And again tomorrow, etc. We really all need to start ignoring all these "Aha! LotR Plothole!" threads.
All he had to do was put a fence over the Mt Doom entrance.
Put a fence, dig a frickin giant trench with lava all around it, guard all the paths, put a traps all over the place, cealed all the entrances, put orc troops to patrol, having at least one Nazgul to 24/7 watchs the paths from above, have a wargs everywhere, put cave trolls at caves, put a giant Stone gate at the lava entrace, or frickin put a giant condom all over the Mountain.
Something? Anything? Nah, just let everyone walk freely like a parade.
Nazguls are huge jobbers and cowards. They literally run away from a 6v1 because Aragorn can fight and isnt afraid of them.
Also you could just sit in boat with the ring and they'd be like
>nope, fine keep it then.
Their real power is fear and necromancy
The orcs are Cirith ungol are terrified of them because they can rip souls out of your body and leave you cold and alone in the outer dark
Sauron sought only power, intelligent as he was his blind spot was that he couldn't conceive that any creature would seek to destroy the One Ring rather than wield it.
Atheists cannot understand lord of the rings