Sauron (Middle-earth)
Sauron, once a noble Maia known as Mairon, is the main antagonist of the Middle-earth legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien (with Morgoth as the overarching antagonist). He is the titular main antagonist of Tolkien's classic high fantasy epic novel series, The Lord of the Rings. Sauron also serves as the secondary antagonist of mythopoeic novel, The Silmarillion, a major antagonist in The Children of Húrin, the overarching antagonist of The Hobbit, and the secondary antagonist of The History of Middle-earth.
Once the greatest smith of Aulë, he joined with the first Dark Lord Morgoth in the First Age, becoming his principal lieutenant. During the ...read more