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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Maybe it will be more, or maybe that aspect of it and the similarity with the ring is just supposed to draw a deeper connection between the sword and Sauron's power for viewers.
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I do think you're right that this is linked to Sauron's (or even Morgoth's) power and we haven't seen the end of it. Mount Doom was originally a creation of Morgoth's, so there's some evil powers here that predate even Sauron.
I'm going to throw out a totally wild theory: The dam and the sword/key were created by Morgoth, and the dam is only one of several things unlocked by the sword. Adar knew that it would take some super-powerful blade to slay Sauron, so he tracked down the blade, used it to 'kill' Sauron early in the second age. Then he stashed it in the Southlands for when he would be ready to use it to start unlocking Mordor. This took centuries, and in that time villagers moved into the region and eventually found the blade. Some essence of both Morgoth and Sauron remains on the blade.