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I was just thinking about Saurons former master Melkor and my question is was Sauron his most powerful servant or just his most trusted servant? It seems that some of his other servants like Gothmog would be at least equal to sauron in terms of power. Was Sauron considered Melkors Predecessor or just one of his minions?

Answer 1

The only thing that Tolkien says explicitly in the Silmarillion is that Sauron took Morgoth's place "in later years". Probably it is a matter of power, then: Sauron was able to hold all other servants in check and gain power
. Also, I always believed both Sauron and Melkor to be maiar, but the Tolkien files on wikipedia classifies them as Ainur. this would make sauron more powerful than Gothmog, for Gothmog is classified as a maia.

Answer 2

These were all evil beings by nature. And they were all selfish by nature. If Sauron was trusted, it didn't come out of respect, but from pride. Melkor couldn't believe that his followers could dare to be disloyal to someone as great as himself. And he was right. Sauron took the lead when Meldor was finally gone, but wouldn't have been happy if Melkor somehow returned. He, too, was proud and selfish.
This was a feudal world, it was normal to have these master/minion relationships, but surely there were favorites--after all, they let their passions guide them--so it may be that Sauron was Melkor's favorite, even if there were others as powerful.
They were also individuals. Sauron's 'equal' would not have the same personality. As can be seen in the story about Sauron trying to make a prophecy come true by taking the form of a wolf.

Answer 3

Was Sauron his most powerful servant or just his most trusted servant?
- He was both.

Was Sauron considered Melkor's Predecessor or just one of his minions?
-Melkor's plan was to dominate the entire universe. Sauron's desire was to dominate all of the Middle-Earth because he knew he could not possibly overpower the Valar (He was only a Maia). But he was a follower of Melkor for many millenniums.

Answer 4

Sauron was next in line vecause he was the most powerful and most trusted...

Answer 5

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