@dragonofmordor
Even though this is canon lore for the Shadows of Mordor games I have been partial to the idea that Tyelpe knew all along that "Annatar" was Sauron and believed in his claims that he wanted to make Middle Earth a better place (and for Mairon's part he was not entirely lying...). What Tyelpe failed at however was underestimating his own abilities, he had an overconfidence that if "Annatar" was up to no good he could convince him otherwise to a better path. However he also believed that his new friend truly did desire a better path than what he had been following with Melkor. Unfortunately for Tyelpe he was wrong; he could not control, understand or ‘convert’ Annatar what-so-ever. Though he came damn close, and both of them suffered as a result of his failure.
