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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daiymo" data-source="post: 649493" data-attributes="member: 2539">I think one thing to keep in mind in all this is not simply the sheer numbers of elves vs. orcs vs. dwarves, etc.. As had been said before, there were great distances betwwen the settlements of the free peoles. They (the free peoples) are seeing and hearing events in piecemeal, and trying to put things in perspective. Even the major pesonalities of ME have a hard time figuring out what's what.Also,while the war/wargame analogies ans extrapolations are interesting for comparison to say WWII, Sauron's goal isn't to conquer Middle Earth per se. He just wants the One Ring-it isnt necessary for him to go and conquer every land and city. When regains the ring, he regains all his former and complete power, and the conquest and overlordship of the world is a done deal. Although Mordor hammers at Gondor all throughout the Third Age, Sauron's efforts are mostly covert in trying to find the One Ring.It is not until that Sauron sees Aragorn, the returned king in the palantir of Isengard that he freaks out, and begins an "invasion"proper(of Mirkwood and Lorein and Erebor/Dale). His timetable then gets moved up.</blockquote>