Did Sauron know they were trying to destroy the Ring?

Sauron knew that Frodo had the Ring, but It didn’t even occur to him that Frodo or anyone else would try to destroy the Ring. Sauron had the cardinal weakness of evil: you think everyone is as rotten as you are. He most likely thought that they would try to use the Ring against him, and he could then just take it.

Why didnt Sauron know where the Ring was?

They were better able to perceive Frodo himself than the Ring. Furthermore, Sauron did not send the Nazgul to look for the Ring until he learned that it had actually been found. Sauron and his servants had to know the Ring was being worn and they had to be relatively close to the Ring to even sense it.

Does Sauron know where the Ring is?

Gollum, released from Mordor, was captured by Aragorn. Gandalf learned from Gollum that Sauron now knew where to find the Ring. The hobbits, followed by Gollum, reached Mount Doom, where Frodo was overcome by the Ring’s power and claimed it for himself.

What was Sauron thinking when Frodo put on the Ring?

Sauron’s intent was to enhance his own power and exercise control over the other Rings of Power, which had been made by Celebrimbor and his people with Sauron’s assistance. In this way, Sauron hoped to gain lordship over the Elves and all other peoples of Middle-earth.

When did Smeagol find the Ring?

July T.A. 2941
In July T.A. 2941, during the Quest of Erebor, Bilbo stumbled upon the subterranean lake on which Gollum lived and found the Ring. Gollum had lost the Ring in the network of caves leading to the lake, though in fact it is more proper to say that the Ring abandoned Gollum, for it was known to have a will of its own.

When did Tolkien create Middle Earth?

Somewhere in the early 1930s Tolkien placed the name “Middle-earth” on one of the maps. That was the first time he used that name for his imaginary history. In the course of the 1930s Tolkien published The Hobbit, but in preparing the story for publication he excised much of the Silmarillion-related material.

What happened to Saruman’s ring after Sauron died?

After the death of Sauron Saruman remained the only living maker of a Ring of Power, but because he devised his Ring according to the lore he had studied (which was the remnant of the secrets of the Elven-smiths of Eregion and such of Sauron’s teachings as had been preserved) Saruman’s ring was also subject to Sauron’s One Ring.

What does it mean when Saruman says it will be a grey ship?

‘It will be a grey ship, and full of ghosts.’ He laughed, but his voice was cracked and hideous. Here Saruman appears to be referring to the failure of the Rings of Power, which all “went out” the moment the One Ring was destroyed.

What does Saruman’s taunt to Galadriel and Elrond mean?

Saruman’s taunt to Galadriel and Elrond seems to suggest that they were going to begin fading, or had already begun to fade, and so would soon be rendered no more than dis-embodied ghosts.

Did Gandalf really want Saruman at Orthanc?

‘You know the answers,’ said Gandalf: ‘no and no. But in any case the time of my labours now draws to an end. The King has taken on the burden. If you had waited at Orthanc, you would have seen him, and he would have shown you wisdom and mercy.’ ‘Then all the more reason to have left sooner,’ said Saruman; ‘for I desire neither of him.