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The Dark Lord Sauron, the Dark Lord, or simply just Sauron (or real name: Mairon), is the main antagonist of JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth Legendarium. He is the secondary antagonist of the novel The Silmarillion, the overarching antagonist of The Hobbit and Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptations, and is the main antagonist of The Lord of the Rings and the film trilogy adaptations by Peter Jackson.
He serves as a flashback antagonist in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", a major antagonist in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug", and the quanternary antagonist of "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies".
He is one of the two main antagonists of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (alongside Saruman), then is the overarching antagonist of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", and then he is the main antagonist of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".
He was once a servant of the true ultimate evil.
In The Fellowship of the Ring, he was portrayed by Sala Baker in flesh. He was voiced by the late Alan Howard as The Eye in the trilogy. Benedict Cumberbatch played him in The Hobbit trilogy.
Novels[]
The Silmarillion[]
Of the Rings of Power[]
After Morgoth was overthrown Sauron went to Eönwë and took a fair shape and asking for repentance but it was not in Eönwë's power to forgive Sauron and he commanded Sauron to leave Middle-earth and return to Aman. But Sauron was ashamed and didn't want to return to Aman because he would have to be judged by Manwë for his evil deeds. Thus he fled and went into hiding.
When Sauron discovered the Men of the South and the East he already started to corrupt them. But he desired more to bring the Elves under his influence. So he appeared for the Elves with the name Annatar, Lord of Gifts and told them he was a messenger of the Valar. Elrond and Gil-galad the rulers of Lindon didn't trust Sauron and he never was allowed there. But in Eregion he was gladly received. Sauron aided the Elves of Eregion in there smith-crafting and his wisdom was great and through manipulation he succeeded that the Elves created the Rings of Power.
But in secret Sauron created in Mordor a master ring to rule them all from the burning mountain. With the One Ring he could speak into the mind of the bearers of the Ring of Powers. But when he put the ring on it they felt his pressence and discovered who he was and his plans. Thus his attempt to dominate the Elves failed. He declared open war upon them and that all the rings must be given to him but the rings where already hidden. A big war came between the forces of Eregion and Sauron's forces and Eregion was destroyed and gathered most of the Rings of Powers except the 3 most powerful.
Then Sauron give 7 Rings of Power to the Dwarves. But the Dwarves where proven to hard and tough to tame. He give 9 to Men who became immortal and powerful and they became the greatest of their kind for a time. But it also became there undoing and they slowly turned in the Nazgul the most terrible servants of Sauron.
Sauron now declared himself King of Men and Lord of the Earth. He gathered all the remaining forces of the former army of Morgoth wich include Orcs, Trolls and Fell beasts. But the King of Númenor got offended by this and marched with a great army so powerful that Sauron's forces fled from them. Realising that he cannot defeat the Númenorean army, Sauron humbled himself before the King and was taken back to Númenor as a prisoner. Sauron by cunning and scheming succeeded to turn the Númeróreans against the Valar of the West, he converts many of them into worshiping Melkor and had them build a Temple where they will commit human sacrifice. He convinces the King of Númenor to sail West and attack Valinor with a massive armada of warships and seize immortality. But Eru's wrath was terrible and he sunk Númenor beneath the sea. Sauron's body was destroyed but his spirit survived and was heavily damaged and he could never take a fair shape again.
When Sauron's spirit returned he saw that the survivors of the sinking of Númenor had build several cities including Osgiliath, Minas Tirith and Minas Ithil. Sauron waged war against the Elves and the Men of the West. He began by attacking Minas Ithil and destroyed the white tree but Isildur escaped. He later attacked Osgiliath but failed the first time and was reinforcing. But the leader of Gondor, Isildur and his brother Anarion have asked help from their father Elendil the King of Arnor and Gil-galad the High King of the Noldor, they decided to work together and they created the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
The Last Alliance led there forces during the battle of Dagorlad on the plains for Mordor and the forces of Gil-galad were victorious. They besieged Mordor which took 7 years. At the end Sauron himself came out and he fought Gil-galad and Elendil and won but Sauron himself was also thrown down and Isildur picked Up Narsil and cut the ring of his finger claiming it as his own.
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The Lord of the Rings[]
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Films[]
Before the Films[]
Creating the One Ring[]
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Duel with Isildur[]
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Meeting Smaug[]
During the second age, Sauron then met a fire-drake from the North, named Smaug. There, Sauron secretly made an alliance with him, sometime before or after Smaug destroys the kingdom of Erebor.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey[]
The Necromancer[]
60 years later, Sauron disguised himself as an evil sorcerer known as the Necromancer to hide that he is Sauron returned. When Radagast the Brown came to Sauron's fortress (Dol Guldur), Sauron commands the Witch-king of Angmar to kill him. He fails, so Sauron, disguised as the Necromancer, commands an army of giant bats to attack Radagast. They chase him out of Dol Guldur, but the Brown Wizard escapes.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug[]
A Chat with Azog[]
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Reveal[]
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies[]
Final Stand in Dol Guldur[]
Sauron then appears in this film, and says, "Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky . . . Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone . . ." and leaves Galadriel to finish the rest. Then, he commands the Nazgûl to kill her, but the Nazgul are easily defeated by Elrond and Saruman. Sauron then shows up with the Nazgûl, saying "The time of the Orc has come." He then tries to kill the three, but Galadriel protects Saruman and Elrond, and proves herself to be far more powerful than Sauron. She calls him a servant of Morgoth, and also calls him names like "nameless, faceless, formless". Seconds after this, Galadriel banishes Sauron and the Nazgûl into Mordor, where he will get his revenge. There, he turns into the Great Eye and creates a far more brutal Orc army.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring[]
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers[]
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King[]
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Games[]
LEGO Games[]
Sauron also appeared in the 2012 LEGO game, called LEGO The Lord of the Rings. He later appeared in LEGO The Hobbit, released in 2014.
Personality and Powers[]
Personality[]
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Trivia[]
- He is the main antagonist of the Middle Earth Legendarium overall, but he is the secondary antagonist whenever Morgoth (the overarching antagonist) is present.
Gallery[]
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