Sauron (, Quenya: "Abhorred") is the title character and the primary antagonist of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (where he is also revealed to have been "the Necromancer" from The Hobbit). In Tolkien's The Silmarillion (published after The Lord of the Rings), he is also revealed to have been the chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord Morgoth. Biography First Age In The Silmarillion it is explained that, before the godlike Valar entered the realm of Arda, Sauron originated as a spirit of the kind called a Maia (pl. Maiar). In Tolkien's letters, the author confirmed that Sauron ?was of course a 'divine' person (in the terms of this mythology; a lesser member of the race of Valar)?., p. 205 Though less mighty than any actual Vala, he was of the same nature as these godlike beings. Compared to many other Maiar, he was very powerful; it is noted tha

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