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human
[LOTR] What if instead of destroying the Ring, the Fellowship just dropped it in the middle of the ocean? Would Sauron have been able to retrieve it? If so would that have bought the armies of men, etc. time to find a military solution to Sauron's armies?
gpt
They discussed about it in the council of Elrond (not in the movie but in the actual story). Even without the Ring Sauron would have won with his military might. And depths of oceans have creatures too and what is sea will not always be sea.