Sauron Defeated

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With his source of power gone, Sauron was utterly defeated and his armies were destroyed or scattered, bereft of the driving will behind their conquest. With the Ring's destruction, Sauron was permanently robbed of his physical form, reducing him to a malevolent spirit that hovered above Mordor as a "huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, ...terrible but impotent," only to be blown away by a great wind [25]; he had ended on the same path as his old master, Morgoth, and was condemned to a sleepless impotent malice that feeds on itself. While the Orc armies of Sauron had been well nigh destroyed in the War, scattered groups of them survived. In the Last Alliance, the casualties had been heavy. Elendil and Anárion were gone, and Gil-galad, last High King of the Noldor, was no more. Arnor took grievous losses, and suffered from a decline in population. It never really recovered as a major power and broke into three pieces some centuries later. Gondor suffered less heavily and became a powerful nation. Isildur, the new High King of Arnor, perished only two years later in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, along with his three older sons. They were ambushed by an Orc task force operating near the River Anduin. In the course of Isildur's death, the Ring was lost in the depths of Anduin [5]. Much was lost, but Sauron was suppressed- for a while. Full Book Name: Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-Earth, #9)

Among Sauron's chief powers were deception and disguise: In the First Age Sauron took on many forms. During his battle against Lúthien and Huan in The Silmarillion, he took on no less than four separate shapes: his "normal" shape, (some kind of terrible dark sorcerer), a great wolf, a serpent, and finally a vampire "dripping blood from his throat upon the trees" (" Of Beren and Lúthien," The Silmarillion). At the end of the First Age, Sauron took on a fair form to appeal to the Captain of the Host of the Valar and ask for pardon. In the Second Age, Sauron took up that fair form again and used it under the alias "Annatar" to deceive the Elves into creating the Rings of Power. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age" As Halbrand, Sauron's pupils once briefly take on the same shape as his "Great Eye" form in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954a). The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 9552942.

After Gollum was captured, Sauron had him tortured and learned that he once had a magic ring, and, from him, he heard the words Shire and Baggins. He deduced that Gollum's ring was the One Ring, and in TA 3017 he sent the dreaded Nazgûl, to find Shire and search for Baggins, so that the One Ring might be found and returned to him. After allying with Melkor, Mairon maintained apparent fidelity to the Valar, but secretly informed his master of his dealings with them. When Melkor established his strongholds in Middle-earth, Mairon left Valinor and openly declared his allegiance, becoming a recognised foe of the Valar. Roy Thomas( w), Neal Adams( p), Tom Palmer( i), Sam Rosen( let), Stan Lee( ed)."In the Shadow of...Sauron!" The X-Men,vol.1,no.60(September 1969).New York City: Marvel Comics. Later, Tolkien writes as if Frodo and Sam really glimpse the Eye directly. The mists surrounding Barad-dûr are briefly withdrawn, and:

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (1955). The Return of the King. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 519647821. The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays · Beowulf and the Critics · Tolkien On Fairy-stories · Before we get into Sauron, it’s best to start with his predecessor and the first Dark Lord of Middle-earth: Morgoth. First known as Melkor, he was a Valar—or one of the most powerful beings in Arda. He was created by Eru Ilúvatar, the supreme deity. Melkor was there from the beginning of creation, and came to Arda with the other Valar. Originally a pure being, he eventually rebelled against his creator, obtained the name Morgoth, and was ultimately cast out of Arda and into the Void. But before all that happened, he attracted the attention of another soon-to-be Dark Lord.

In the first section of Sauron Defeated Christopher Tolkien completes his fascinating study of The Lord of the Rings. Beginning with Sam’s rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of the Shire, this section ends with versions of the hitherto unpublished Epilogue, in which, years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens, Sam attempts to answer his children’s questions. The donors of Signum University make the Mythgard Academy possible through their generous donations. As a perk, those who donate also get to nominate and vote on the books that we study in these sessions. The Council of the Wise is quite fond of The History of Middle-earth series, but in recent seminars we have also examined Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Before the publication in 1977 of The Silmarillion, Sauron's origins and true identity were unclear to those without access to Tolkien's notes. In 1968, the poet W. H. Auden conjectured that Sauron might have been one of the Valar. [3] Interpretations [ edit ] Wholly evil will [ edit ] Sauron as Morgoth's lieutenant in the First Age, by Eric Faure-Brac First Age " In all the deeds of Melkor the Morgoth upon Arda, in his vast works and in the deceits of his cunning, Sauron had a part, and was only less evil than his master in that for long he served another and not himself." — The Silmarillion, Valaquenta, "Of the Enemies" Centuries later, Sauron was able to deceive the Númenóreans and steer them directly to their own destruction under promises of eternal life. Such destruction is a testament to Sauron's manipulative nature and ability to twist the perceptions of his enemies. This power was more than just cunning manipulation, however, as Sauron was (like most Maia) a shapeshifter. He presumably took the form of an Elf when living among the Elves for centuries and there is a passage in The Lost Road which says that he first appeared among the Númenóreans in a "manlike" shape but far taller than normal and with a terrible light in his eyes. [43] However, this was an early version and later versions simply speak of his "fair form".

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The story of Beren and Lúthien also features the heroic hound Huan and involved the subtext of cats versus dogs in its earliest form. Later the cats were changed to wolves or werewolves, with the Sauron-figure becoming the Lord of Werewolves. [T 44]

The inscription of the book reads: "In this book is traced first the story of the destruction of the One Ring and the Downfall of Sauron at the End of the Third Age." Tolkien, J. R. R. (1984). Christopher Tolkien (ed.). The Book of Lost Tales. Vol.1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-35439-0. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: " Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin" Eye of Sauron [ edit ] A flag displaying the Red Eye of Sauron, based on a design by Tolkien that was used on the cover of the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954

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In the seventh year of the siege, it became so pressing that Sauron himself came forth. His onslaught was terrible and the siege was almost broken as Sauron and his host advanced to the slopes of Mount Doom. There he was encountered by the captains of the Alliance, Gil-galad and Elendil and to their side stood Elrond, Círdan and Isildur. Sauron fought with Gil-galad and Elendil, and both were slain. As Elendil fell, his sword was broken beneath him. Yet Sauron was thrown down, too, and Isildur seized the hilt of his father's sword and cut off the finger on which Sauron wore the One Ring. Being bereft of its power, Sauron was no longer able to hold a physical form and perished. [2] Aftermath [ edit | edit source ] Bainbridge, William Sims (September 2010). "Virtual Nature: Environmentalism in Two Multi-player Online Games". Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture. 4 (3): 135–152. doi: 10.1558/jsrnc.v4i3.135. The united host rested for about three years in Imladris, forging weapons and making plans. They crossed the Misty Mountains over many passes and marched down Anduin where they were joined by Elves from Greenwood the Great led by king Oropher and his son Thranduil and Elves of Lórien under King Amdír, [3] as well as by the kindred of Durin from Khazad-dûm. [2] At the southern eaves of Eryn Galen, the host turned south-east and marched through desolate areas that had once been the Entwives' gardens. They, and probably the Entwives themselves, had been destroyed by Sauron to deprive the Alliance's forces of supplies. [4]