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NightLord
Sauron the Dark Lord
Biographical Information
Other namesMairon (Q)
Annatar (Q)
Gorthaur (S)
Morthû (S)
Zigûr (A)
the Necromancer
the Eye
the Enemy
the Master of Treachery
the Dark Power
TitleDark Lord
Lord of the Earth
Lord of the Rings
King of Men
King of Kings
AffiliationHimself
formerly: Aulë, later Morgoth)
Language*Ainu tongues: Valarin, Melkian, Mairin
  • Eruhini tongues: Quenya, Sindarin, Westron, Khuzdul
Date of birthCreation of the Ainur
Year ascended to the throneThe "Black Years"
Date of deathT.A. 3019 (physical)
WeaponryThe One Ring
Dûrdring
Physical Description
RaceAinu (Maia)
GenderMale
CultureMaiar of Aulë
HeightTaller than a man (S.A.)
Eye colorDaunting
Fiery
Skin colorBlack (late S.A.-T.A.)
Family
FamilyHouse of Aulë
ParentageNone
SiblingsNone
SpouseThuringwethil (mistress)
Lhaereth (mistress)
ChildrenNone
Lord of the Rings film trilogy
ActorSala Baker (The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Hobbit Film Trilogy)
VoiceAlan Howard (The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy)
Steven Blum (Middle-earth: Shadow of War)
"For I am fated as Lord of the Earth: the Power that shall right the wrongs of a petty gift-squanderer and defeated imperialists, healing and bringing all life on this Earth to the perfect order... under my dominion."
―Sauron

Sauron (Mairon) was the mightiest Umaia, the second Dark Lord, the Lord of Mordor, the Lord of the Rings and the self-styled "Lord of the Earth". The greatest of Morgoth's vassals and his successor, he became infamous as the Enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth.

In the Days before Days, Mairon had been the greatest of the Maiar and the chief of the House of Aulë, whose head disciple he was. The respect and renown he held among his people fueled his hubris and led him to believe himself the savior, or rather, the rightful Lord of the World; his passion for order and desire to have his will by instating it served as his justifications, although absolute temporal power was his true goal. Admiring Melkor through the craft of his works, Mairon allied with him, becoming his chief agent. During the Ainulindalë, Mairon weaved itself together with that of Melkor, sowing discord, which ultimately marred Eä (and all creation), and swaying other Ainur to their rebellion. After the primeval Dark Lord's flight to northern Middle-earth, he reneged him, briefly, and remained with the Powers as one of their helpers in the Uttermost West; in truth, Mairon stayed in Valinor in Aman as a spy, while Melkor had Utumno raised in Forodwaith. When his lord and master's stronghold was ready in the early Years of the Trees, he left the Uttermost West to join him in Middle-earth. As Melkor's right-hand, Mairon raised Angband as another fortress in Dor Daedeloth and brought Foul Things into his service; it was with his indispensable craft that the first Orcs came into being. During the War of Powers, Mairon built Melkor a second army and clashed with the host of the Aratar before Angband, buying Melkor some time to assemble his forces at Utumno. When defeat seemed certain, he hid through the ruined fortress' tunnels deep into the earth and let the Powers move on, resulting in the Dark Lord's capture. In Melkor's absence, Mairon controlled most Foul Things and started reconstructing Angband into his seat of power, in addition to raising Dúrnost secretly in Forodwaith. He directed many of his captive master's servants abroad in hounding the Order of Guardians and their Elven wards on their Great March and sent Orcs, Wargs and Werewolves to scout the lands of the Dwarves; in these days he earned the name of Sauron. Learning of the awakening of Men, the Master of Treachery flew eastwards to corrupt them; some of the arising Atani hearkened to him and fell, revering him as a prophet or even as a god.

When Morgoth escaped Valinor to Dor Daedeloth, Sauron returned to his side, bargaining for his clemency with the rebuilt Angband and the many Orc-hordes he had bred; however, though he still obeyed his old master, he sought to usurp him in the end, since the latter's nihilism would eventually affect his own design to subjugate all. During the War of the Jewels, Sauron notably warred with Finrod, King of Nargothrond, and claimed Tol Sirion, turning it into his new abode, Tol-In-Gaurhoth. Bidden by Morgoth, Sauron hunted down Finrod's trusted ally, Barahir, Lord of Ladros, and had him slain.

History

Originally the most gifted disciple of Aulë, by the YT Sauron had become the principal lieutenant of Morgoth and later assumed the mantle of successor, after the latter's downfall at the end of the F.A. He thirsted for demiurgic power like that of the One, but which he sought to attain in order to coordinate and shape the world according to his own whims; power, however, as in absolute temporal power over the world became the end in itself and he yearned to one day become a God-king: the self-styled Lord of the Earth.

Evading the defeat of Morgoth, by the S.A. Sauron lurked still in Dûrnost, his bastion among the frozen wastes of Forodwaith; from there, the Dark Lord incited the evil sown into Arda's fabrics and left his marks across the lands of Endor for the enduring foul things to trace back to him. After gathering his wicked following, the Great Deceiver took on fair hues and travelled into the far East, where he perverted many peoples of Men to his dreadful worship and bought some of the Dwarves to his side. Tempted by the power of the great subversive Maia, some lesser Maiar like Carrog left Valinor in Aman and came to Endor, swearing fealty to Sauron. His establishment as Morgoth's successor, however, was not entirely smooth; those few who did not bend the knee, however, were ruthlessly hounded: some ultimately submitted and were spared his wrath - as done chiefly by Fankil, Kashaka, Langon and Mûar - others were put to the blade or flew beyond his reach. The arisen Dark Lord was also hindered by the Blue Wizards, who had been sent by the rightful Powers to stir resistance against him among the Easterlings and Southrons - though Rhûn and Khand were tributary to Dûrnost, small portions of Haradwaith were still free of his hegemony and hearkened to the Ithryn Luin instead.

Wishing still to install a new order under his government, the Dark Lord strove to become the Unseen World's master and fashion a means by which to subjugate the minds and souls of other beings. The remote Southlands, whom had encircled with fiefs, were chosen for his new main domain; through Adar, one of his agents, Sauron was able to morph the territory into the barren wasteland of Mordor, with Barad-dûr erected as his fortress. From the Land of Shadow, the Black Hand stretched further over the primitive settlements of Men who lived about the Sundering Seas and the White Mountains - High-king Gil-galad of Lindon sensed the growing power of the Dark Lord Sauron and thus wrote King Meneldur of Númenor a letter, warning him of the evil festering in Middle-earth.

Assuming the guise of Annatar, Sauron travelled to Eregion, intent on reaching the famed Celebrimbor, who he believed could unwittingly help him unravel the knowledge of the Unseen World that had yet eluded him. Under the fair-seeming shape of a giver of gifts, he taught the smith and his apprentices the arts of many crafts and so they forged together the Rings of Power, which would then be then bestowed upon the wisest, noblest and strongest of Men, Elves and Dwarves. During this time, Annatar became acquainted with Galadriel, who, though wary of the stranger, could not help but be charmed by his appearance, face-value wisdom and his honeyed words; Sauron, in turn, saw Galadriel potential as an impediment, but also as a beautiful toy for idle hour if he managed to bend her. Believing his time was nigh, the Deceiver approached her and offered to make her his Queen; his advances rebuked by the Lady of Light, the Dark Lord hastily returned to his domain and forged the One Ring in the fires of Mt. Doom - he had, thus, secretly fooled all, for with the Ruling Ring on his iron hand he was the unfathomable Lord of the Rings, who could gradually suborn the other Ring-bearers.

Denied the sovereignty he coveted, Sauron contrived to rule the denizens of Endor through fear if it could avail and marched forth his massive armies for conquest, wishing for his growing empire to engulf Númenor and perhaps even Valinor beyond the Great Sea - meanwhile, the Nazgûl were "born" as his most terrible servants, the nine kings of Men who succumbed to the corruptive nature of his boon, the Rings. During the Accursed Years, much of Middle-earth had been dominated by the "North King", whom most of the remaining Middle-men fought and erected monolithic temples for. Though the Battle of the Gwathló ended in his defeat, the Dark Lord Sauron's pride remained unstung and he slowly rebuilt his crumbled empire in spite of opposition - the King Ar-Pharazôn of Númenor briefly contended with him, only to eventually be converted from competitor to lieutenant; the spirit that would become the Wizard Olórin also counselled and spread hope among the Ñoldor and faithful Middle-men to aid resistance against his dominion.

Even with his weakening by the direct intervention of the All-father with the collapse of the island-kingdom of Númenor and the changing of the world, the One Enemy was undeterred and his determination to dominate all life not to be trifled with. It was only the Last Alliance's brave stand and the sacrifice of the High-kings Gil-galad and Elendil that defeated the Dark Lord Sauron - wounded and bereft of innate might he had poured into the One Ring and his minions alike, his corporeal form was undone; his spirit, on the other hand, endured and flew into the East.

In the early T.A., the Black Hand bid its time to regrow its "talons"; harbingers he sent into the East, South and North to stir awake his grim agents or their scions, forever bound to their allegiance to him. As the other three of their order arrived in Middle-earth, the Blue Wizards Morinehtar and Rómestámo ventured once more into the East to discover the Dark Lord Sauron in hiding; the two Istari did indeed find the great subversive Maia, but even at his weakest the latter's terrible might proved too much even for their combined strength - Morinehtar lost all hope of victory and was ensnared by Sauron, while Rómestámo barely escaped with his life. After a thousand years, the Shadow moved to the forest of Greenwood, where the abode of the one known as the "Necromancer" was made in the Númenórean fortress on Amon Lanc, Dol Guldur. His resurgence woke foul things back to life: Orcs and Dragons began to trouble Dwarves, while wicked Men resumed their hostilities with their western cousins.

A true puppeteer, the Dark Lord Sauron harassed his adversaries and set the board for his final war through a myriad of agents, most notably: his mistress, Lady Lhaereth, concocted the devastating Great Plague; the Witch-king of Angmar destroyed the kingdom of Arnor; the Dunlending-king Wulf, the Corsair-lord Edmil and the Lôke-Kân Bountîg besieged the realms of Rohan and Gondor; the Dragon Smaug sacked the kingdom of Erebor; the Orc-king Azog fully wrestled control of the ancient realm of Khazad-dûm. Having achieved a union with the Dragon Smaug, the Dark Lord Sauron hoped to harness him for the coming war and unleash him to devastating effect upon his foes in the realms of Lothlórien, Rivendell and eventually Gondor; the Wizard Olórin, however, interfered, and set in motion a chain-of-events that led to the slaying of the the Dragon Smaug, the reclaiming of Erebor and the Dark Lord Sauron's seeming ousting from Dol Guldur. Having anticipated a potential move from the White Council, the One Enemy had in refused to spend himself in fighting them of his own accord and flew into the East, putting his followers and worshippers back on their feet.

Returning to Mordor, Sauron used the Palantír of Minas Morgul to establish contact with Saruman's Palantír of Orthanc at Isengard; the Dark Lord used the Wizard's lust for power and accompanying arrogance and greed to twist him into his principal vassal, albeit a two-faced one. Having prepared for war and having learned of the One Ring's whereabouts, the Black Hand sent forth the Nine to reclaim his lost possession. Through a number of lieutenants, such as the Witch-king and the corrupted Wizards Morinehtar and Saruman, the Dark Lord Sauron mustered all his legions and started his renewed assault upon the Free Peoples of Endor across multiple fronts, all while hounding the Ring-bearer Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship. When triumph seemed at hand, the Ring was at last thrown into the fires from whence it came. In a single heartbeat, both the Dark Lord Sauron's visage of the "Eye" and his corporeal form were undone yet again; his impotent spirit was taken by the Timeless Void, to join his old mentor, the Dark Lord Morgoth, in gnawing on their own malice.

But the Doors of Night would hold the Enemies only until the day of the marred world's ending. On that day of Arda, Morgoth, Sauron and Ungoliant will escape the Void to do a last battle with the Aratar, Istari and the creations of Ilúvatar; in that Battle Terrible, Sauron will be slain by Elendil and Olórin, his nemesis, once and for all, never to return.

Other names and titles

Other names

  • Mairon
    • Tar-Mairon
  • Gorthaur
  • Thû
    • Gorthû
    • Morthû
  • Sûr
  • Maladûm
  • Marec
  • Mulkur
  • Dasata
  • Taimaraud
  • Khäz-gramaze
  • Tûmrakhi
  • Edainil
  • Wanorg
  • Zigûrun
  • Vâtra
  • Kerkassk
  • Kaishnalai
  • Shoglic
    • Shoglic-Gobha
  • Aulendil
  • Artano
  • Annatar

Other titles and epithets

  • The Dark Lord
    • The Dark Lord of Mordor
    • The Second Dark Lord
    • The Lord of Darkness
  • The Dark Power
    • The Power
  • The Black Master
    • The Master
  • The Black Hand The Black One
    • The Evil One
  • The Eye
    • The Red Eye
    • The Great Eye
    • The Lidless Eye
    • The Flaming Eye
    • The Evil Eye
  • The Master of Treachery
    • The Base Master of Treachery
  • The Deceiver
    • The Great Deceiver
  • The Necromancer
    • The Necromancer of Dol Guldur
  • The Unnamed
    • The Nameless One
    • The Accursed
  • The King of Kings
    • The Great King
    • The Tyrant King
    • The North-king
    • The South-king
  • The King of Men
  • The Lord of the Earth
    • The Lord of Middle-earth
    • The Lord of the World
  • The Lord of All
    • The Lord
    • The Ruler
  • The Lord of Mordor
    • The Lord of the Black Land
    • The Lord of Barad-dûr
    • The Lord of the Dark Tower
  • The Lord of Tol-In-Gaurhoth
    • The Master of Werewolves' Isle
  • The Lord of Dúrnost
  • The Lord of Dol Guldur
    • The Master of the Hill of Sorcery
  • The Lord of Death
  • The Lord of Fire
  • The Lord of Night
    • The Lord of the Long Night
    • The Lord of Night and Moon
  • The Lord of the Rings
    • The Lord of the Ring
    • The Ringlord
  • The Ring-maker
  • The Enemy
    • The Great Enemy
    • The Second Enemy
    • The One Enemy
    • The Enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth

Followers

Allies

  • Ungoliant
  • Gothmog
  • Mûar
  • Kashaka

Vassals

Umaiar

  • Draugluin
  • Thuringwethil
  • Lhaereth
  • Fankil
  • Morthrog
  • Langon
  • Morach
  • Borangos
  • Carrog
  • Saruman

Nazgûl

  • Mûrazôr
  • Khamûl
  • Hôarmûrath
  • Ûvatha
  • Dwâr
  • Khôrahil
  • Adûnabêth
  • Rên
  • Indûr

Orcs

  • Boldog
  • Gorgol
  • Skorg
  • Grimtok
  • Azog
  • Bolg
  • Krabanak
  • Golfimbul
  • Gorkil
  • Lokkak
  • Ogslap
  • Ognat
  • Ogrod
  • Gagraz
  • Gorun
  • Golgomath
  • Magrot
  • Luggash

Dragons

  • Bessamarth
  • Scatha
  • Gostir
  • Smaug
  • Itangast
  • Drogoth

Men

Trolls

Armies
  • Demons (partially)
  • Ghosts
  • Undead
  • Orcs
  • Half-orcs
  • Trolls
  • Half-trolls
  • Ogres
  • Giants
  • Dragons (partially)
  • Wolves
  • Werewolves
  • Wargs
  • Caragors (partially)
  • Oliphaunts
  • Krakens
  • Fell-bears
  • Fell-beasts
  • Great Apes
  • Great Spiders (partially)
  • Great Bats
  • Vampires
  • Gargoyles
  • Evil Men
  • Wicked-dwarves
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