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Use this tag when asking about the primary antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, not just for questions with 'Sauron' in them. Should also be used in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag. Also tag with [the-lord-of-the-rings] where appropriate.
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What Happened to Mordor After Sauron's Defeat?
The canon source is, I believe, taken from a preliminary draft of The Steward and The King chapter of RotK.
A notable visitor to Minas Tirith among the many embassies that came
to the King is …
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How did Sauron survive before the ring was created?
Sauron created the Ring long before his initial death in Numenor. … When creating the Ring, Sauron put "a great part of his own former power" into the Ring (more reading on Sauron's power and the Ring). …
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How powerful is Sauron post-ring vs. pre-ring?
Sauron himself was quite powerful, being a Maiar and indeed the chief Maiar of Melkor in his rebellion. … comment);
Sauron with his Ring was the most powerful being in Middle-earth;
Sauron without his Ring was still a very powerful being in Middle-earth
(some or all of the White Council, which included the …
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Can Sauron's body from the second age with the ring of power be destroyed without separating...
But Sauron also was thrown down, and with the hilt-shard of Narsil Isildur cut the Ruling Ring from the hand of Sauron and took it for his own. … Then Sauron was for that time vanquished, and he forsook his body, and his spirit fled far away and hid in waste places; and he took no visible shape again for many long years. …
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Does Frodo believe he can challenge Sauron?
Frodo does indeed challenge Sauron for control of the Ring, at Mount Doom:
'I have come,' he said. 'But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this
deed. …
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Why didn't Sauron become invisible while wearing the One Ring?
But Sauron already lived in that world as a Maia - his body was something deliberately constructed. Sauron was naturally pure spirit, not a hybrid like mortals or Elves and Dwarves. …
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Would Sauron's army reach the Undying Lands if the Ring was not destroyed?
No, the Undying Lands were removed from the spheres of the world when the Numenorians attempted to reach them at the end of the Second Age. This lead to the Valar calling upon Eru, who removed the Un …
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Could Tom Bombadil have defeated Sauron?
No, Tom could not have defeated Sauron. As Gandalf mentioned, Tom could not use the Ring's power - rather the Ring did not affect him.
'It seems that he has a power even over the Ring.' … And yet we see that Sauron can torture and destroy the very hills. What power still remains lies with us, here in Imladris, or with Cirdan at the Havens, or in Lórien. …