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Originally Posted by Overread  Don't forget that Sarumon was corrupted by Sauron. Had his powers not been limited he would have been an even greater threat than he already was. Also he was corrupted without the influence of the one ring and one of the ways of defeating the dark lord was to destroy the ring - which meant finding it - remember that gandaulf refused to take the ring at any cost. |
I would not say that Saruman was corrupted by Sauron as much as he was of his own greed. Sauron was, to him, simply a means of getting that power. He was very knowledgeable in the lore of the ancient rings, and his lust for that power is what really turned him to darkness, as the saying goes.
Case in point, he told the Ringwraiths that he did not know who found the ring and that he knew nothing of the Shire in an attempt to hinder them. If he was truly allied to Sauron, I doubt he would have done this. Thereafter, he spends almost all of his time in an attempt to find the Ring.