May 10, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min · 30 segments
Saruman has no time for the simples of peasants; Alan and Matt wouldn’t mind if things were simpler. Join The Man of the West and The Nerd of the Rings as we get an in-depth look at Saruman’s…
Uh, I mean [laughs] it's not in the text, but I'm pretty sure that that was his reaction.
So nearly 100 years later after that, in Second Age 1697, Eregion gets wiped out, right? Sauron captures both the house of the Mirdain.
He also captures Celebrimbor, who after refusing to tell Sauron anything about the Three was promptly turned into a pin cushion and battle banner.
Now, let's shift gears and take a look at Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age in The Silmarillion.
There we read that Sauron gathered into his hands all the remaining Rings of Power, and he dealt them out to the other peoples of Middle Earth."Hoping thus to bring under his sway all those that desired secret power beyond the measure of their kind.
For men proved in this matter, as in others, the readiest to his will."
Uh, and we're actually reminded of that in the very next paragraph, "Men proved easier to ensnare," uh, compared to the dwarves.
"Those who used the nine rings became mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old.
They could walk, if they would, unseen by all eyes in this world beneath the sun, and they could see things in worlds invisible to mortal men, but too often they beheld only the phantoms and delusions of Sauron." You know, that sounds pretty miserable.
Uh, I mean [laughs] it's not in the text, but I'm pretty sure that that was his reaction.
So nearly 100 years later after that, in Second Age 1697, Eregion gets wiped out, right? Sauron captures both the house of the Mirdain.
He also captures Celebrimbor, who after refusing to tell Sauron anything about the Three was promptly turned into a pin cushion and battle banner.
Now, let's shift gears and take a look at Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age in The Silmarillion.
There we read that Sauron gathered into his hands all the remaining Rings of Power, and he dealt them out to the other peoples of Middle Earth."Hoping thus to bring under his sway all those that desired secret power beyond the measure of their kind.
For men proved in this matter, as in others, the readiest to his will."
Uh, and we're actually reminded of that in the very next paragraph, "Men proved easier to ensnare," uh, compared to the dwarves.
"Those who used the nine rings became mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old.
They could walk, if they would, unseen by all eyes in this world beneath the sun, and they could see things in worlds invisible to mortal men, but too often they beheld only the phantoms and delusions of Sauron." You know, that sounds pretty miserable.
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