Timeline for How did Sauron survive before the ring was created?
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| Oct 14, 2015 at 10:39 | comment | added | Wolfie Inu | The use of language in this answer is amazing. "Not on my watch," spoke Isildur. And Sauron, seeing his doom rapidly approaching, barely had time to intone what would be his final words for many an age: "oh crap" | |
| Oct 14, 2015 at 9:02 | comment | added | John Bell | It's clear that Eru directly removed Sauron from his fair form. Binding him to only being able to manifest a physical form that encompasses his shame, guilt and hate. | |
| Oct 14, 2015 at 8:56 | comment | added | John Bell | Tolkien says this is Letter 211: Sauron was first defeated by a ‘miracle’: a direct action of God the Creator, changing the fashion of the world, when appealed to by Manwë. This was part of an answer to someone questioning how the One Ring could have still been in his possession, even after his body had been diminished and he was no more than a spirit of hatred borne on a dark wind. | |
| Oct 14, 2015 at 8:33 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | @JohnBell: just one source would be fine. Also doesn’t have to be a link; it can just be the name of the book where that event is described. | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 16:57 | comment | added | JMD | Maybe well known to you but this site requires proof when one claims something. | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 16:43 | comment | added | John Bell | That his body was torn apart in the fall of Numenor? I don't have enough characters to link all the sources, it's well known. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 14:59 | comment | added | JMD | Source for that? I checked online and don't see that fact anywhere. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 8:50 | comment | added | John Bell | It's also interesting to know that this isn't the first time he was "nerfed". When Eru reshaped the cosmos and ripped Numenor apart, he accidentally (on purpose) dropped a big rock on Sauron and from that point on he could only manifest as a representation of his own evil. Before that he would present himself in beautiful form to deceive and corrupt. | |
| Jan 5, 2014 at 4:34 | comment | added | curiousdannii | The ring is essentially a horcrux! | |
| S Mar 14, 2013 at 17:13 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Previously it sounded a little like Narsil was the name of his fallen father, when Narsil is in fact the name of the sword.
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| Jul 12, 2012 at 13:50 | history | edited | JMD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 12, 2012 at 2:52 | vote | accept | 202 | ||
| Jul 11, 2012 at 21:03 | history | answered | JMD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |