Why did Sauron leave Mount Doom unguarded?
Because the Hobbits cared nothing for power, Sauron was not able to detect them. He also let his guard down since he did not view the race as a threat. Sauron never foresaw anyone being able to get into Mordor without being spotted.
Why is Mount Doom unguarded?
The entire area is completely unguarded. Ignoring the massive plot holes of him binding his power to a tiny trinket, rather than a larger piece, or full set of armor, and then deciding not to fill in the lava, or even close the doorway…
What happened to Sauron after the Ring was destroyed?
With the Ring’s destruction, Sauron was permanently robbed of his physical form, reducing him to a malevolent spirit that hovered above Mordor as a “huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, terrible but impotent,” only to be blown away by a great wind.
How did Sauron maintain his power in the cracks of Doom?
When the Ring went into the Cracks of Doom, all the power that went into it was completely dissipated. Up to that point, Sauron had managed to maintain his position though his distant communion with the Ring that contained so much of his native power.
What happened to Sauron after he lost the One Ring?
When Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, he returned again. But when Frodo went to Mount Doom and accidentally Gollum cast the Ring along with himself, Sauron was defeated and never came back again.
Did Isildur kill Sauron’s body?
Not an answer because I’m just speculating, but this is how I’ve always seen it: Isildur killed Sauron’s body, and the only reason Sauron survived that was his magic, which itself survived because it was imbued in the Ring. No More Ring meant No More Magic, which in turn meant No More Cheating Death.
Is Sauron’s spirit bound to the world?
As a Maia, and similar to the Elves, Sauron’s spirit is actually bound to the world, cannot leave the world until the End, and can be re-bodied in certain circumstances. His spirit remained bound to the world, but greatly diminished and no longer capable of much.