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I finished reading The Hobbit around a week or so ago, and given how ominously the Necromancer was mentioned, I was sure he was being set up to be the main villain (or somebody very important to the plot). I've read up to the part where Gandalf's telling a now 50-year-old Frodo about the lore of Bilbo's ring, and he keeps talking about the Dark Lord Sauron.

Do we know what happened to the Necromancer? Additionally, are there any extra books that go into detail about who the Necromancer is and what evil things he did during his time as an evil tyrant?

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    @Ishaan Saha If you are starting to read the Lord of the Rings youcan look forward to enjoying finding out a lot about Middle-earth, and more importantly to a reader, what is going to happen to the characters next.
    – M. A. Golding
    Commented Jan 4, 2021 at 16:46
  • See also scifi.stackexchange.com/q/47756/4918 "Why is Sauron called “the Necromancer”?"
    – b_jonas
    Commented Jan 4, 2021 at 17:30

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The Necromancer is Sauron. I have to double check if any mention of this is made in the Hobbit but it is certainly confirmed in Lord of the Rings, I want to say both at the Council of Elrond and appendix at least.

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    It is never mentioned in the Hobbit, but yes it is confirmed in both the CoE and the appendix.
    – Binary Worrier
    Commented Jan 4, 2021 at 16:43
  • I think that the identity of the necromancer and Sauron is mentionedsomewhere in "Shadow of the Past" when Gandalf tells Frodo about Sauron's ring, but I can't remember for certain.
    – M. A. Golding
    Commented Jan 4, 2021 at 16:47

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