How Sauron Makes War! 🔥 | Middle-Earth Lore

This has been a video in the works for a while, so we hope you all enjoy it and can join us for the premiere on the 21st 😁

Sauron defeated Ar Pharazon’s great army without fighting. A Master of warfare.

The difference in the war strategy between Morgoth and Sauron was due to their end goals. Morgoth wanted to destroy all of Arda, whereas Sauron wanted order in all of Arda, under his rule of course.

I maintain that Sauron was the more clever of the pair, with Morgoth being far more blunt in both his methods and execution of his plans.

The broken sword. One can say that generally unlike his master, Sauron learns from his mistakes....

"It is easy to be a saint in Paradise." Benjamin Sisko nodding vigorously.

The image of Sauron standing at the top of Meneltarma, laughing at the storms of the Valar, is truly awesome to me. Not only is it a badass image to visualize, but it's a reminder that Sauron knows the Valar and what they're capable of. He knows who and what he is challenging. And he knows that Manwë, in all likelihood, is watching him at that very moment. Sauron may not be aware of just how extreme a reaction he's about to provoke, but he still comes out on top. He loses a good deal of power and has to reform his physical body, but that ends up being a good trade for destroying his most powerful enemy on Arda.

Sauron & Morgoth! The master and the prodigy as it were

It definitely seems like Sauron was the better strategist and for good reason. Morgoth was more focused on doing as much damage as possible repeatedly, and had near infinite resources, barely even using strategy. Sauron on the other hand lacks the same resources, so he must use it more carefully, and thus would learn about his enemies and their weaknesses to exploit it and demoralize people before even marching in full on war. People are scared to even speak his name let alone face him. He’s the better strategist

Morgoth way of killing was in my opinion very personal as well. He fought Fingolfin with a mace, but he killed him with his foot...

Sauron & Morgoth. Speaking of which, I remember a video on your old channel discussing whether Morgoth & Sauron viewed themselves as evil. You said Sauron thought himself a responsible parent that would bring order to a chaotic world. But given how you describe Sauron in this and other videos, his behavior toward the Free People's doesn't exactly sell his position as a responsible parent that the Free People's would eagerly accept. In fact, I wonder if he was always confused and thought throughout the years, "Why are the people of Middle-Earth resisting me? Don't they realize their lives will be infinitely better under my rule?"

Yes, loved this Premiere! I definitely endorse a video of Sauron compared to Morgoth. Really enjoying the breakdown of various bits of the story. Thanks for all you do!

This is a masterclass in psychopathic narcissistic malevolence. Bravo.

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend." -- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Mentioning Sauron's spirit fleeing after the fall of the island made me think of Gandolf's "death" on top of the mountain. I think it would be interesting to look into the difference in how 2 beings of the same general tier were affected after their physical bodies perished. Kinda hard to put the concept in words but I think you get me.

Tolkien is a writer who came from the First World War after all. As you say, it is possible that Tolkien was influenced by the teachings of various martial arts philosophers and theorists such as Sun Tzu and Carl Von Clausewitz in creating his characters and their conflicts.

sauron and morgoth i would like to see that video very much the master and his puple

0:06 I really love how your quoting sun tzu art of war, I used to listen to this over and over and over

Awesome video... and yes to the video. Sauran and Morgoth.

Some dictators are (were) was like Sauron: no concern about his troops, no concern for “means,” no concern for other countries… power at any cost is perfectly acceptable 😢