I’ve been wondering about this for a while…who would win? Now, I know that Melkor/Morgoth was the strongest of the Ainur, and so obviously on any random day he could beat Sauron, even when Sauron is at his peak.

But what if, for some reason, Sauron decided to fight Melkor right after the Dagor Bragollach? For anyone who doesn’t remember, that’s when Fingolfin wounded Melkor seven times, got crushed by Morgoth but not before hewing his foot, and when Melkor was about to feed Fingolfin’s body to the wolves, Thorondor came in and tore Melkor’s face, then rescued Fingolfin’s body.

Anyway, let’s say Melkor/Morgoth came back to Angband after that, and since he was already in such pain, he decided to set down his Silmaril crown someplace, since the Silmarils burn him and he really needs to rest. Tired of serving a master that keeps failing to annihilate (or preferably enslave) the Noldor, Sauron fights Morgoth out of nowhere to usurp lordship of his armies.

Now remember, Sauron was captain of Morgoth’s armies, I’m talking the captain here. This was also before he lost his body and everything, so Sauron was pretty powerful. Not as powerful as Morgoth on a regular day for sure, even Manwe and/or Tulkas would have a hard time fighting him, but Sauron would have it harder. However, this isn’t a regular day- Morgoth is in severe pain, he’s set down his crown, and he isn’t expecting treason from Sauron, who desires above all else (forced) order.

I’m not sure if Sauron could defeat Morgoth, but he’d probably wound him really, really bad, much worse than Fingolfin and Thorondor did. What do you all think?