When Sam was wearing the ring, why didn't Sauron and the
In the books it's clear that Sauron did not know that the ring was being borne into Mordor and rather he is deliberately made to guess that Aragorn is wielding the ring and is marching on his gates.
He only becomes aware of someone if they put it on and claim it as their own possession, while they are relatively close to him. This is why - in the books - Sauron only becomes aware of Frodo when he puts the Ring on in Mount Doom and says "The Ring is MINE!".
Contrary to popular belief, Sauron never had a way of detecting his One Ring. With how the Ring's power grows stronger throughout The Lord of the Rings, it's easy to assume that Sauron has some kind of radar and can feel how close it is to him. But this was never the case.
Because when Gollum got the ring, Sauron's spirit was still quiescent. When Gollum was hidden under the mountains for so long, and just being used for small things, it would have been undetectable.
The first is that Bilbo is a hobbit, and as such, is particularly difficult to manipulate or corrupt. Hobbits have a natural resistance to the influence of the ring, because they are fully content in their simple lives and have no desires for power or war.
It was only after capturing Gollum, and him revealing that the ring was with 'Shire, Baggins' that they knew it had resurfaced, and knew where to start the search to recover it. The second reason is thanks to the ring itself. Rather than being an inanimate object, the ring is a character all on its own.
As Olsen said, Sauron does not have a real body, so he is not affected in the same way. The Ring only affects mortal beings, and because Sauron is an immortal Maia spirit, he doesn't experience the same side effect of invisibility.
Sauron does survive in some form after the destruction of the Ring. However, since he put so much of his own power into the Ring, he only exists as an evil spirit and cannot do anything. Instead of having control over all the people of Middle Earth, Sauron barely has control over his own fate.
Sauron intended it to be the most powerful of all Rings, able to rule and control those who wore the others. Since the other Rings were powerful on their own, Sauron was obliged to place much of his own power into the One to achieve his purpose. Creating the Ring simultaneously strengthened and weakened Sauron.
As it turns out, even after forging the One Ring, Sauron was still capable of feeling fear and regret. Actually, even during the War of the Ring and at the height of his power.
Because the Hobbits cared nothing for power, Sauron was not able to detect them. He also let his guard down since he did not view the race as a threat. When the Ring was destroyed, Sauron was banished to The Void, and the Tower of Barad-dûr shook the Earth when it collapsed.
More likely, the Eye of Sauron represented the Dark Lord's influence. The readers or audience could interpret the Eye in nearly the same exact way as the Orcs who wore its symbol. It was a physical manifestation of the looming threat of Sauron. To cross him was to cross an ancient being even more powerful than Gandalf.
Well, folks, we did it. After eight episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and tirelessly poring over hints, teases, and near-literal winks to the camera, the Amazon Prime Lord of the Rings prequel has finally revealed that we were all right, and that Sauron is in fact Halbrand (Charlie Vickers).
Although the finale, “Alloyed,” opens with the reveal that the Stranger is Sauron, that's a fakeout, and the trio of white-cloaked women who were after him was mistaken. We later learn that Halbrand is Sauron, while the Stranger is one of the Istari — the formal name for wizards in Middle-earth.
Answer and Explanation: Yes, Sauron knew about the balrog in Moria, as did Saruman, Sauron's lieutenant. However, Sauron did not attempt to recruit the Balrog to his side. The Balrog is a supernatural being who is on a similar level with Sauron.
Sauron's deepest fear was that Aragorn would use the Ring against him. With its powers of domination, Aragorn could comfortably take over the entirety of Sauron's dark army. Though this would eventually corrupt Aragorn, it would allow him to destroy Sauron and take his place.
And some hold that this was not at first falsely done, but that Sauron in truth repented, if only out of fear,” as written in The Silmarillion. But Eönwë did not have the authority to forgive Sauron and said that Sauron needed to beg the Valar, and work long and hard to truly be redeemed.
The episode starts, however, with a fake-out from the three mysterious, white-cloaked witches claiming that the Stranger (Daniel Weyman) is actually Sauron. Later in the episode, it's revealed that he's not Sauron, but actually a powerful wizard known as an Istari, like Gandalf and Saruman from “The Lord of the Rings.”
Inversely, the hobbits' good-naturedness and lack of ambition makes them less susceptible to the Ring's promises of power, as in Frodo and Samwise Gamgee, who are able to handle the Ring for extended periods of time.
Perhaps most usefully, the Ring was capable of augmenting the abilities and powers of whatever being held it. Also, the wielder of the One Ring might not have possessed most if not all the powers of the Ring. Only Sauron or someone similar in power and experience with the Ring would be able to wield its full power.
The Ring's power was its greatest at Mt Doom. According to Tolkien, Frodo at this point had grown in spirit strong enough the Nazgul would be unable to lay a finger on him with the ring.
He did. This dialogue - and, more importantly, Sauron's finding of the mithril shirt - seems to indicate that he already knew a Hobbit had been present in Mordor.
With the One Ring destroyed, the bond that kept Sauron and his minions alive was broken. The Nazgul were forever diluted along with their master.
The Nazgûl actually died before Sauron had finished his death throes, since they rushed towards Mount Doom when Sauron had finally realized his danger and were caught in the eruption and destroyed. However, had they not, they still would have perished soon after.