Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-4712589-20131214122800/@comment-70.188.250.164-20131224200515

In reply to Sauron190, I would like to point out that at the time of The Hobbit, Morgoth(formerly Melkor) was still imprisoned in the void by the Valar and unable to escape. While he still served Morgoth and was unable to leave his service, Sauron was not directly influnced by Morgoth, instead only working for his own goals and purposes. Perhaps if he had gained more power, he would have eventually tried to free Morgoth from the void. However, that is unlikely as even Sauron could not openly oppose the Valar. He was only a maiar, not one of the Valar like Morgoth was, and could not even hope to be half as powerful.

Sincerely,

LOTRGeek