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companions, Morgoth ordered Sauron to find and kill them. Gorlim, one of Barahir's companions, was captured and brought before Sauron. Sauron promised that he would...

in simple tribal societies or were under the domination of Sauron. The men who served Sauron revered him as a god and feared him greatly. In the beginning...

Third Age, often abbreviated to T.A., began after the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the...

Sauron Defeated, published in 1992, is the ninth volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume book series, The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyzes...

dwarves. Sauron's rise offended the arrogant Númenóreans, who attacked him with great force of arms. The forces of Sauron fled the onslaught, and Sauron realized...

stronghold Barad-dûr. After this time, Sauron was known as the Dark Lord of Mordor. For two and a half thousand years, Sauron ruled Mordor uninterruptedly. It...

indeed Sauron and that he had returned, and urged an attack there. Saruman however believed that Sauron would be useful in his quest: allowing Sauron to build...

interrogated by Sauron, who learned that the One Ring was in the possession of a "Baggins" in a place called "the Shire". However, Sauron was led into thinking...

recounting; and his wars would have little interest after the overthrow of Sauron; but that almost certainly a restlessness would appear about then, owing...

Still Sauron was powerful east of the Misty Mountains and the Orcs that inhabited the mountains and the eastern lands multiplied. When Sauron was finally...

Notable events in this year include: Sauron overthrown by Elendil and Gil-galad, who perish. Isildur takes the One Ring. Sauron passes away and the Ringwraiths...

Ar-Pharazôn responded to this flattery and made Sauron his chief adviser three years after his coming to Númenor. Sauron taught the people of Númenor many things...

dominated the Nazgûl was taken from Sauron and then it was lost in Anduin for the following centuries; both Sauron and the wraiths lost their powers and...

Ar-Pharazôn sailed to Middle-earth to defeat a resurgent Sauron. Seeing the might of Númenor, Sauron willingly submitted to the king's authority, and he was...

a great host to Middle-earth and bade Sauron to come before him and swear fealty. To the surprise of many, Sauron did as he was asked. But the King was...

numerous and armed with iron. To these men, Sauron was feared as a king and god. During the Dark Years Sauron dominated most of the Westlands, also urging...

Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien explained that Sauron was always de-bodied when vanquished. He was one of the minor "angelic"...

was the chief fortress of Sauron, on the Plateau of Gorgoroth in Mordor. Known in Black Speech as Lugbúrz, the Eye of Sauron kept watch over Middle-earth...

Morgoth's greatest servant Sauron, had grown mighty in Middle-earth, ruling through terror, force, and persuasion, Sauron dominated the peoples of Middle-earth...

and Sauron. In S.A. 1695, Gil-galad sent Elrond to aid Eregion. Elrond's forces came too late and proved too small to defend Eregion. While Sauron sent...