The June issue of the Council Courier has featured the following riddle:
A bad servant makes a worse master.
The answer is: Saruman. Explanation: Saruman started out as the servant of Sauron, (though he was always up to some sort of treachery) and then when he ensnared Gríma, he became the master of Gríma. He shows his cruelty toward Gríma in the book, when they are met on the road by those returning home from the War, and he kicks him.
Don’t forget to check out the next issue of the newsletter for the list of winners, and for a new and exciting riddle, of course!
One response to “Riddles in the Dark: the answer to June’s riddle”
It should have bbeen Smeagol. He was a bad servant, and he made frodo bad also by turning him against sam.