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What is the nature of an Ainu's fair form?
When Númenor was sunk, Sauron was forced to flee the island by abandoning his physical body so that his spirit could return to Middle-earth. It was said that, henceforth, he could no longer assume a ...
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The One Ring and Númenor
Did Sauron have his great Ring while in Númenor? How did he save it then, while in spirit form?
He ... fell into the abyss. But Sauron was not of mortal flesh, and though he was robbed now of that ...
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Sauron's sight details?
I am aware that the "Eye of Sauron" in Peter Jackson's movies was not Sauron's actual physical form.
What the answers at 'Was the "Eye of Sauron" Sauron's actual physical form?' don't ...
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Tolkien calls Sauron Morgoth's Greatest Servant - But does he ever really earn that with his actions?
Alright, so there is a great, incredibly well informed community here so let me ask a question that's been bothering me since I finished the Silmarillion. I'll lay out my reasoning for why it's a ...
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Did Sauron and Finrod Felagund really get into a singing fight?
In The Silmarillion, in the chapter "Of Beren and Lúthien", we read of what can only be called a singing fight, at least if we take the account at face value.
I won't repeat it in its entirety, but ...
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Was Sauron's body destroyed before or after the ring was cut from his hand?
I'm a bit confused as to the ordering of events leading to Sauron's demise at the end of the second age.
From the Silmarillion it appears that Sauron was hewn down by Gil-galad and Elendil, and ...
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Why did Sauron join Morgoth?
Morgoth became a powerful baddie before Sauron decided to join him. From the wiki, it mentions that Sauron had a:
"love of order and perfection, disliking anything wasteful."
Which he could make ...
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