He was a Maiar of Aulë, which was the Vala of Crafting, so prodigy is probably underselling it. As a side note, considering what happened with both Saruman and Sauron, I would say Aulë was probably a very shitty boss.
Aule also created the dwarves against the explicit orders of Iluvatar, so it kinda runs in the family. Wasn’t Morgoth a Maiar of Aule too? Nope, a Valar. Thanks for the correction!
Lorewise, Saruman was supposed to be something of an engineering prodigy
He was a Maiar of Aulë, which was the Vala of Crafting, so prodigy is probably underselling it. As a side note, considering what happened with both Saruman and Sauron, I would say Aulë was probably a very shitty boss.
He probably was - which is why they prefer to promote shitty engineers to management, usually.
Aule also created the dwarves against the explicit orders of Iluvatar, so it kinda runs in the family.
Wasn’t Morgoth a Maiar of Aule too?Nope, a Valar. Thanks for the correction!Morgoth was a Vala, probably even the most powerful among them.
He turned a park and a forest into a huge industrial complex, making an fully equipped army in a few years.
From an engineering point of view this is impressive.
He’d been amassing that army since 2953, and only revealed his true self by going sicko mode on Gandalf in 3018.
Thanks for the details, I’ve look for it but could not find how long it took him.
The Orthanc wiki page. I basically lucked out, search engines suck these days
You know, I’m something of a wizard myself