Before the events of
She already feels an outcast after Gil-galad tried to send her back to the Undying Lands, and she fears that if she reveals what she has done, it will be the final nail in the coffin. Instead, when Elrond pulls her from the river Glanduin, and she races back inside to Celebrimbor's forge, she chooses to stay silent.
Galadriel is tempted by the thought of the power of the ring but she knows she would be risking her soul in many ways. We see a glimmer of the darkness that would taint her otherwise power of light. She says “In place of a dark lord, you would have a queen! Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the dawn!
Galadriel has been so obsessive in her search for Sauron that she's particularly wary of becoming what she hates the most. “I think because she took such risks and it cost so much, she won't take those risks again,” Clark says. “She kind of has an idea of herself as an atomic bomb in some ways.
Galadriel's rejection of Sauron clears the way of Celeborn's return. But we're going to need some idea of where he's been since he was lost in the war against Morgoth. It's strange that Galadriel spoke so often of her dead brother but only once about her dead husband.
Even if Galadriel had the One Ring, Sauron would destroy her instantly. Her plan, in desiring the Ring; was to use the One Ring in order to become the beloved queen over all men and Elves, and have them destroy Sauron.
Galadriel has very strong magical powers, and she is said to be the greatest of the Ñoldor after Fëanor. The majority of her powers come from her Ring of Power, Nenya, the Ring of Water.
Elrond discovered the scroll that revealed that Halbrand couldn't be King of the Southlanders, so it's likely that he realized that Halbrand was Sauron and that he escaped. Knowing that Sauron is on the loose, he could warn the dwarves of the growing evil and encourage them to forge their own rings.
Her brash, bloodthirsty need for revenge against the Dark Lord Sauron has been steeped in her desire to avenge the brutal death of her brother Finrod (Will Fletcher), and while that's completely understandable for any fantasy character, Galadriel has a long and complex history that many fans feel is being ignored.
So, are Galadriel and Gandalf in love in Lord of the Rings books, unfortunately, the answer is NO. But that doesn't mean they don't have any relationship. In Battle of the Five Armies, Galadriel and Gandalf continue their relationship where they left it in An Unexpected Journey.
There was no better way to ensnare her than to be in the right place at the right time, just when she is alone in a dark ocean, and really needs a friend in order to survive. Sauron at this moment conveniently saves Galadriel's life and earns her trust.
She's an Elf, So Has a Very Long Lifespan
The first and most obvious reason Galadriel gets to hang on to her Ring – Nenya, the Ring of Water – from beginning (i.e. its forging) to end (the destruction of the One Ring) is that she lives long enough to do so.
It was as if the Ring had granted him a vision of what could happen if the great Elf were to wield its power. Jackson, on the other hand, used Galadriel's dark form as a visual cue for the audience. Specifically, it represented how she would become evil if she gave in to her deepest desire.
Under the guise of Annatar (the bearer of gifts), Sauron worked with Celebrimbor to forge the rings. However, Sauron left before the Elven rings were forged and Celebrimbor realized Sauron's deception and 'changed the recipe' of the Elven Rings to prevent Sauron from controlling them.
Sauron Thought Frodo Was Just a Spy
Even though Sam has hold of the Ring, the Orcs could question Frodo and piece together what was going on. And Sauron is likely made aware of Frodo's intrusion, as the Mouth of Sauron (his loyal messenger) learns about the Hobbit and the mithril armor he carries.
Frodo even offers her the one ring. Galadriel admits she has long awaited the chance to seize the powerful token. But, she says, if she took it, she would become corrupted herself and rule over Middle-earth as a beautiful but tyrannical queen.
The nazgul fear the light. The souls of powerful elves that have seen the Light of the Trees, like Galadriel, burn like shining fires in the spirit world the nazgul see. It's unbearable to them unless directly driven on by the will of Sauron himself.
Though neither is someone you'd wish to annoy, Galadriel is generally considered more powerful than Elrond in Lord of the Rings. Not only is she older than her Rivendell counterpart, but Galadriel witnessed the light from Valinor's Two Trees, giving her a mystic quality.
The Galadriel of the movies is a beautiful and wistful version of a character who took thousands and thousands of years to reach the wisdom and self-assuredness depicted, whereas the Rings of Power Galadriel is more accurate to who she was for the thousands of years leading up to that point, whilst she was still on her ...
To win the elves over, Sauron goes to Eregion disguised as Annatar, the Lord of Gifts. He helps Celebrimbor and the other smiths gain an even higher mastery of their crafts, but he leaves once they begin crafting the Rings of Power.
Tolkien stated in his Letters that although he did not think "Absolute Evil" could exist as it would be "Zero", "in my story Sauron represents as near an approach to the wholly evil will as is possible." He explained that, like "all tyrants", Sauron had started out with good intentions but was corrupted by power, and ...
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.
Edit: to clarify, Galadriel wins without the need for weapons. I thought it was obvious in how I said she can stand up to Sauron. My point is, she doesn't need a weapon to defeat Legolas. That's how much she outclasses him.
Why is Gandalf so much weaker than Sauron? Because Sauron is a ''free'' Ainu. He has no limitations on the use of his power or on his majestic form. Gandalf was sent by the Valar with restricted powers, both by choice and by natural limitations.
She also resisted being offered the ring of power by Frodo following his vision in the mirror of Galadriel, an immense test given the ring's seductive powers. Yet Gandalf's power level exceeds even that of Galadriel, as shown by his rebirth in the Two Towers.