What is the house of Mordor but a thatched barn where orcs drink in the reek and Morgul rats roll on the floor with the fell beasts? Sauron, orcmaster! You are a lesser son of greater dark lords.
Considering that Gandalf (in the book, anyway) actively offered Saruman a path toward repentance after the ents destroyed Orthanc, the divine nature of both wizards, and the overt influence of Christian morality in Tolkien's work, I'm going to say that so long as he was genuine the answer to your final question is an unequivocal "yes." As for your prior question, it's difficult to say. He'd certainly have been a treasure trove of information, and depending on when he returned to the light the events pertaining to Rohan and the Rohirrim may have played out differently, but the fact of the matter is that even so the hope of Middle Earth still rested on Frodo and Sam getting to Mount Doom, and toward that end all he really could have done is play a bit of a double agent to give misinformation on the Ring's whereabouts to Sauron, or otherwise draw more of Sauron's attention to make it more likely the hobbits make it to their destination without being caught.
The movies don't show this, but Sarumon was met with the Nazgul at his door and he lied to them so he could go to the top of his tower to beg Gandalf for forgiveness and ask for his help only to see he escaped and is now forced to double down on his mistakes.
Keep your tongued fork inside your beef
Oh dude you could still add cooked in there to make it day cooked beef
What is the house of Mordor but a thatched barn where orcs drink in the reek and Morgul rats roll on the floor with the fell beasts? Sauron, orcmaster! You are a lesser son of greater dark lords.
What if this true? What would happen to story? Could Gandalf forgive him?
Considering that Gandalf (in the book, anyway) actively offered Saruman a path toward repentance after the ents destroyed Orthanc, the divine nature of both wizards, and the overt influence of Christian morality in Tolkien's work, I'm going to say that so long as he was genuine the answer to your final question is an unequivocal "yes." As for your prior question, it's difficult to say. He'd certainly have been a treasure trove of information, and depending on when he returned to the light the events pertaining to Rohan and the Rohirrim may have played out differently, but the fact of the matter is that even so the hope of Middle Earth still rested on Frodo and Sam getting to Mount Doom, and toward that end all he really could have done is play a bit of a double agent to give misinformation on the Ring's whereabouts to Sauron, or otherwise draw more of Sauron's attention to make it more likely the hobbits make it to their destination without being caught.
The movies don't show this, but Sarumon was met with the Nazgul at his door and he lied to them so he could go to the top of his tower to beg Gandalf for forgiveness and ask for his help only to see he escaped and is now forced to double down on his mistakes.
Is that true? I haven’t read the books
Now this.. is precious
You missed the perfect opportunity to say "Sorrow-man"
Nope. I already used that for the original posting. Got to mix things up.
Saruman the stinky…