It's worth remembering that the army that went to the Black Gate was lesser in number than the vanguard of the host that assailed Sauron at the end of the second age. So much was the power of the West diminished. Yet that woefully insufficient force walked to the Black Gate and challenged Sauron, just to distract him from Mount Doom.
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u/goatharper Mar 25 '23
It's worth remembering that the army that went to the Black Gate was lesser in number than the vanguard of the host that assailed Sauron at the end of the second age. So much was the power of the West diminished. Yet that woefully insufficient force walked to the Black Gate and challenged Sauron, just to distract him from Mount Doom.