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Morgoth's powers were greatly diminished after great amounts of his powers flowed into the matter of the earth and in his attempt to create life of his own, but could not do anything but corrupt things. After he took the Silmarils, they being hallowed objects burned him severely weakening him. Additionally, the wounds he suffered from Fingolfin and Thorondor weakened him even further. He could no longer change his form and became more of matter rather then spirit and was more bound to the earth. During The Battles of Beleriand, he sat safely below the earth while others acted for him, and often trembled and quaked with great fear when his enemies’ armies got close. He knew great fear. When he was finally defeated, he was a weak and highly vulnerable creature and was easily dealt with because his power as an Ainur went out of him.

Sauron, however retained his abilities as an Ainu for many thousands of years because number one he was more about deceit and the mastering of minds and wills. However, I will say that when Sauron created the One Ring and put half of his power into it, he too fell a bit into the same trap as Morgoth, but he survived far longer and was seemingly more successful.--DarkLantern 00:25, January 31, 2010 (UTC)