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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Geza Giedke  schrieb:   
      
   > but as it is it seems that Sauron knows a good deal less about the Ring   
   > than Elrond and Gandalf do. This surprises me (at least in Elrond's   
   > case) but if is correct and Sauron did not know that destroying the Ring   
   > was a danger to him many pieces of the story (the lack of guard at   
   > Orodruin, the rather restrained intensity of the hunt for the Ring)   
   > become much more plausible.   
      
   I don't think anybody else knew at the time either.  IIRC, at the   
   Council of Elrond, this was not mentioned at all.  The aim there   
   was to deny Sauron a weapon, and to make sure the wielders of the   
   Three did not fall under the domination of the One.   
      
   Gandalf only knew that Sauron would fall when the Ring would be   
   destroyed when returning as Gandalf the White.  I don't think   
   Frodo knew until after the Ring's destruction.   
      
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