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TV Movie. In a world where arcane magic and futuristic technology coexist, a brave tribal warrior with a mysterious ring and a brave female warrior from the futuristic city in the sky must battle an evil warlord who holds an orb of tremendous power. Director Tom Burton Stars Allison Argo Peter Cullen Pat Fraley. 36.
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Oct 7, 2022 · Theo uncovered a mysterious and ominous dark blade in The Rings of Power, but what was it and how does it connect to Sauron? The blade that draws blood? What is going on?
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"Now Sauron's lust and pride increased, until he knew no bounds, and he determined to make himself master of all things in Middle-earth, and to destroy the Elves, and to compass if he might, the downfall of Númenor. He brooked no freedom nor any rivalry, and he named himself Lord of the Earth. A mask he still could wear so that if he wished he might deceive the eyes of Men, seeming to them wise and fair. But he ruled rather by force and fear, if they might avail; and those who perceived his shadow spreading over the world called him the Dark Lord and named him the Enemy; and he gathered under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it; and the Orcs were at his command and multiplied like flies."
—The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
Sauron (Quenya; [ˈsaʊron] or [ˈθaʊron]), the eponymous Lord of the Rings, was the greatest subversive Maia, maker of the One Ring, renowned disciple of Aulë, and chief agent of Morgoth in the Elder Days. After Morgoth's ousting by the Valar, Sauron became the second Dark Lord and sought to conquer most of Arda through guileful trickery, with the Rings of Power or with overwhelming armies.
At the end of the Second Age, Sauron caused the Downfall of Númenor, and was then defeated in Mordor in the War of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men united under Gil-galad and Elendil. In the final battle, Isildur managed to cut the One Ring from his hand, dismantling his corporeal form and robbing him of much of his power. After centuries lying dormant, rebuilding strength and stirring awake evil things, Sauron returned to power late in the Third Age and strove to dominate Middle-earth. In the end he was vanquished at the destruction of his Ring in Mount Doom.
Origin
's original name was Mairon. He was the mightiest Maia of the Vala Aulë the Smith, and learned much from Aulë of smithing and handiwork, becoming a great craftsman and "mighty in the lore of" Aulë's people. He was among the most powerful Maiar. In the Days before days, Mairon was as Eru had created him: good and uncorrupted. His greatest virtue was his love of order and perfection, and dislike of anything wasteful. However, this would also prove to be the cause of his downfall, as Mairon saw in Melkor the will and power that would help him achieve his personal ends quicker than if he pursued them alone. However, while Melkor wanted to either control or destroy Middle-earth itself, Mairon's desire was to dominate the minds and wills of its creatures for what he perceived to be their own benefit. To see his marvelous designs through, Mairon sought to increase his innate power and this power in time became the end in itself; so he joined with Melkor, soon becoming his chief agent. 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. As Melkor's lieutenant, Sauron commanded the fortress of Angband. It was with Sauron's aid that Melkor was able to breed Orcs, in mockery of the Children of Ilúvatar.. At the beginning of the Battle of the Powers, Sauron feigned a resistance against the Valar at Angband, allowing Melkor to muster forces at Utumno unnoticed.. After both Angband and Utumno were sacked and Melkor captured, Sauron was not found; in their haste to both capture the Dark Lord and remove him from Middle-earth, the Valar overlooked Sauron's escape. Sauron "controlled things" in Melkor's absence: Angband's reconstruction began, and the Orcs there multiplied under his command. Possibly aware of the Great March, Sauron may have harried the Elves on their journey, directing Melkor's servants abroad or affecting the weather.. The Sindar Elves in Beleriand called him Gorthaur, meaning "dread abomination", while others of the Eldar had named him Sauron, meaning "the abhorred" or "the abominable" (a mockery of his original name). Under Sauron's regency, Angband was almost ready by YT 1495, with Orc armies already prepared by him when Morgoth (Melkor) returned.
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" In the First Age, the Ñoldor Elves left the Blessed Realm of Valinor in the Utter West (against the counsel of the Valar) in order to wage war on Morgoth following his theft of the Silmarils of Fëanor, enchanted gems that glowed with light from the now-destroyed Trees of Valinor. In that war, Sauron was counted as the "greatest of [Morgoth's] servants that have names" and was soon feared as a lord of phantoms and dreadful beasts, a shape-shifter and sorcerer. When Morgoth left Angband much later to corrupt the newly awakened Atani (Men), Sauron directed the war against the Elves. Commanding "a host of Balrogs" by one account, he seized the Elvish isle of Tol Sirion from its warden, Orodreth, and turned it into Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of werewolves. There he established himself as the Lord of werewolves, with both Draugluin, sire of the werewolves, and Thuringwethil, a Vampire herald, at his side. After the Dagor Bragollach in FA 456, Sauron was bidden by Morgoth to destroy Barahir, ally of Finrod, King of Nargothrond; Sauron ensnared Gorlim, who was captured by his hunters, and interrogated him about the outlaw-lord's location. Gorlim refused to tell them anything, even under torture, until Sauron himself came forth and bartered with the man. Gorlim asked for his wife Eilinel, whom he thought captured. Thus, Sauron agreed and Gorlim yielded the information. However, Morgoth's agent then revealed that Eilinel was dead, and he put Gorlim to death afterward. Sauron then sent Gorgol the Butcher's horde to slay Barahir and his company. Barahir's son, Beren, evaded this fate and after news of his deeds reached Morgoth, Sauron at the helm of an army of Orcs, werewolves and other fell beasts started hunting him. In the Quest for the Silmaril, Beren and Finrod were captured by Sauron when they tried to sneak past Tol-in-Gaurgoth in Orc disguises. Sauron then defeated Finrod in a duel with songs of power. Striping them of their stolen garb, he cast them into the dungeons where Werewolves devoured their companions; Morgoth's vassal hoped to terrify them into revealing their quest. When one of Sauron's Werewolves came to attack Beren, Finrod wrestled with and killed it, but died soon after of his injuries. Soon afterward, Lúthien and Huan the wolfhound arrived at the bridge of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Sauron sent his servants to capture Lúthien, but all were slain by Huan. One of them was Draugluin, but he fled and told his master that Huan was there. Therefore, Sauron took the form of a werewolf and leaped to attack Lúthien, only to be intercepted and subdued by Huan. He yielded the tower to Lúthien and escaped in the form of a "vampire". After his defeat by Lúthien, Sauron played little part in the events of the First Age (possibly hiding from Morgoth's scorn or wrath). After his former master was defeated and taken to Valinor in chains, Sauron seemed to repent and plead Eönwë and the victorious Host of the West for mercy, although he may have only been daunted by their triumph. At the same time, Sauron was unwilling to return to the Utter West for judgment out of pride, and instead fled and hid somewhere in Middle-earth.
Third Age
Despite this defeat, Sauron still was not vanquished totally. Though greatly weakened, and in non-corporeal form, he still existed due to having poured most of his native power, strength, and will into the One Ring. Thus, as long as the Ring remained, so would Sauron, and in the first millennium of the Third Age he lay in hiding, slowly recovering strength until he securely regained some extent of a physical form.
The name Sauron is Quenya, meaning "the Abhorred". In Sindarin, it is translated as Gorthaur from gor ("horror, dread") and thaur ("abominable, abhorrent").
His original name was Mairon ("the Admirable", from maira meaning "admirable, excellent"), a name he used while in Númenor, adding the title "Tar" for "Tar-Mairon" ("Excellent king"). The Númenóreans themselves gave him the name Zigúr, meaning "Sorcerer" in Adûnaic. When disguising himself in the Second Age, he called himself Annatar ("Lord of Gifts"; anna = gift and tar = king, lord), Artano ("High-smith"), and Aulendil ("Friend of Aulë").
Despite being the title character of The Lord of the Rings, Sauron never directly appears in the events of the trilogy. Nowhere is description given, in detail, of what he looks like.
In the time of The Silmarillion, however, Sauron was a shape-shifter, taking in one instance the forms of a serpent, a vampire, and a great wolf. After Morgoth's fall, Sauron appeared in fair form as "Annatar", the Lord of Gifts, and maintained this appearance until the fall of Númenor, in which he was unable to ever take a fair form ever again. The History of Middle-earth includes a passage vaguely describing how the Númenóreans saw him: "Upon that ship which was cast highest and stood dry upon a hill there was a man, but greater than any even of the race of Númenor in stature...And it seemed to men that Sauron was great; though they feared the light of his eyes.
"To many he appeared fair, to others terrible; but to some evil." A few clues are given as to Sauron's appearance as the Dark Lord, after he lost his ability to take a fair form: Tolkien described him in one of his letters as having the form of "a man of more than human stature, but not gigantic, and as an image of malice and hatred made visible". He apparently gave off great heat, such that Gil-galad was burned to death by his touch, and Isildur would describe Sauron's hand as "black, yet burning like fire".
Gollum, having apparently once seen Sauron directly, described him as having only four fingers on his black hand, suggesting that Sauron was unable to regenerate the finger from which Isildur took the One Ring, similarly to how the wounds Morgoth took from Fingolfin never healed.
In addition to his physical appearance, Sauron also apparently had an aura of incredible malevolence. A passage in The Silmarillion describes him as having a "dreadful presence" and daunting eyes.
In one of his letters, Tolkien made a brief comparison between Sauron and the Devil. Parallels can be drawn between the two based on their common triple status: fallen angel, deceiver and tyrant. Sauron's role as a personification of evil (similar to the Devil) is also supported by another letter regarding Sauron's personality:
Sauron was among the mightiest of the Maiar. Originally of Aulë's people, he acquired great "scientific" knowledge of the world's substances and how to use them. He would retain this knowledge throughout his reign as the Dark Lord in Middle-earth, using it to forge the One Ring and construct his fortress of Barad-dûr. Sauron also seemed primarily linked to the use of fire, and as Morgoth's chief lieutenant, his ability to tap into the fires in the Earth was of great value.
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 level of deception required to fool the Elves of Eregion must have gone beyond simply taking on a fair form, since Sauron was literally instructing the Elves to make artifacts that, while capable of great good, were ultimately purposed for his own domination and were imbued with power to arrest the natural order of the world, yet the Elves were unaware of who they were dealing with until the eleventh hour, and only narrowly escaped his trap.
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. However, this was an early version and later versions simply speak of his "fair form".
He was a great teacher in the ways of magic, able to offer training in necromancy and other arts of sorcery.
An interesting dichotomy is set up between his deceptive nature and his symbol. While rarely appearing personally and deceiving all but the most wary, he represented himself as an all-seeing eye that could pierce all disguises.
The symbol of Sauron was the Eye of Sauron, which he began using after the Downfall of Númenor. It was also called the Great Eye, the Eye of Barad-dûr, the Red Eye, the Lidless Eye, the Evil Eye and the Eye. It is clearly an exemplification of the Dark Lord's apparent all-seeing and all-knowing nature, stemmed by his vain belief in his God-King omn...
Since the earliest versions of the Silmarillion legendarium (as detailed in The History of Middle-earth), Sauron underwent many changes. Prior to their publication, his origins and true identity were unclear to those without full access to J.R.R. Tolkien's notes, so that early editions of the The Complete Guide to Middle-earth described Sauron as "probably of the Eldar Elves".
The forerunner of his character was Tevildo, "Prince of Cats", who played the role taken by Sauron in the earliest version of the story of Beren and Lúthien told in The Book of Lost Tales Part Two. Tevildo was soon replaced by Thû, the Necromancer, whose name wouldnded to Gorthû, Sûr, and finally to Sauron. Gorthû in the form Gorthaur remained in The Silmarillion. In the last publication of Beren and Lúthien, Thû is given as an alias of Sauron. Another prototype could be Fankil, who occupied the position of Morgoth's agent and seduced Men to do evil deeds, roles undertaken by Sauron in the published works.
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
"You know of what I speak, Gandalf. A great eye, lidless, wreathed in flame." —Saruman to Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring. As in the source material, Sauron is the primary antagonist throughout the films. He is depicted as an almost god-like entity whose mere presence, even when mediated by a medium like the palantír, causes great duress and terror. Most of his bidding is achieved through his greatest servants, the Nazgûl (chiefly the Witch-king of Angmar) and Saruman. In a display of flattery, the White Wizard once addresses him as "Lord of the Earth"; most characters refer to Sauron as "the Great Eye" (or simply "the Eye"), "the Enemy" or "the Dark Lord". Sauron's original appearance is that of a nine-foot-tall armored figure. This iteration alludes to Tolkien's descriptions of "a man of more than human stature", with the horned helmet derived from the mention of his "lightning-crowned" shadow. But Jackson's Sauron also borrows elements from Morgoth's description in The Silmarillion, namely the dark armor he wears and the giant mace he wields (based on Grond). This physical appearance is seen only in the flashbacks of the Prologue, and very briefly in the centre of the Eye in an extended scene with Aragorn and the palantír in The Return of the King. Sauron's helmet was conceived by illustrator Alan Lee, and the rest of his armor was together imagined by Lee, John Howe, and Christian Rivers. Sauron's mace seen in the film had been first drawn by Warren Mahy. Sauron's primary, present-day appearance in the rest of Jackson's trilogy is as the Eye of Sauron, a titanic, flaming eye atop Barad-dûr. The feline appearance of this "astral" form is perhaps a reference to the forerunner of his character in the first drafts, namely "Tevildo", a fay who took the form of a great cat. When Sauron speaks, it is telepathically through the One Ring or a palantír; when he is voiced by Alan Howard. Sala Baker portrays his physical form. Sauron was originally intended to appear as Annatar and in his physical form at the climax of The Return of the King, appearing at the Battle of the Morannon to fight Aragorn. However, this was ultimately scrapped from the film due to the fact it was not in the book and the developers believed it would take the main focus away from the Hobbit protagonists. Furthermore, Jackson believed it would take away from Aragorn's act of sacrifice. Some of his background from The Silmarillion (including his former position as Morgoth's chief agent, his defeat in the Battle of the Gwathló and role in the Downfall of Númenor) is mentioned in the film tie-in The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare. Concept art and a deleted scene showed that the flashbacks would have seen Sauron killing Gil-galad in the War of the Last Alliance. In the Prologue of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, palantír, Sauron compelled Saruman into his service with promises of power; the Dark Lord was aware of his puppet's intention to usurp his place, but kept the White Wizard as "an instrument to be wielded and ultimately discarded". With the Elves leaving Middle-earth for the Undying Lands, the main obstacles in his way are the realms of Men. Sauron's strategy is to attack from both sides: on the eastern front he sends the Nazgûl led by the Witch-king against Gondor, and on the western front Saruman to crush Rohan. According to the Dark Lord's strategy, the attacks by his chief agents will keep the two kingdoms from helping one another. To further weaken the resistance, Sauron used his You cannot hide. I see you. There is no life in the Void, only death. —Sauron, At the start of the film, Sauron had captured Gollum, from whom he learned through torture that the One Ring was now in the hands of a Baggins. At his command, the Nazgûl left Minas Morgul for the Shire, intent on slaying the Ring-bearer and recovering their master's prize. Owing to the planning of Gandalf, Aragorn the heir of Isildur kept the Hobbit and his companions safe and allowed them to reach Rivendell. Facing the threat of Sauron's imminent assault, whose urgency was increased by Saruman's defection to the service of the Dark Lord, Elrond and his allies decided that a Fellowship will help Frodo take the Ring to Mount Doom and destroy it. Sauron had also released Gollum, hoping perhaps to try follow him to the Ring-bearer. In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the Dark Lord makes the final preparations for the War of the Ring. In Mordor, his main army of Morannon Orcs is being readied, with legions of Haradrim and Easterlings passing the Black Gates to reinforce them, in spite of ambushes by the Rangers of Ithilien. In Isengard, his puppet, Saruman, has built him a second army of Uruk-hai to destroy Rohan, and then "form a second pincer with which to crush Gondor". Aware of his treacherous servant's gamble to claim the Ring first, Sauron sends his own Mordor-orcs led by Grishnákh to intercept Saruman's Uruk-hai with the captive Hobbits. Both Orc warbands are slain on the eaves of Fangorn Forest by Éomer's riders and the prisoners escape. Fearing his master's response to attempted betrayal, Saruman sends raiding forces of Orcs of Isengard and Dunlendings to ravage the Westfold and spread terror among Sauron's enemies. The Dark Lord's puppet launches a decisive attack on Théoden King at Helm's Deep; following the destruction of Saruman's army in the battle, Sauron's wrath is terrible and he prepares to exact full retribution. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Sauron's loss of his servant, Saruman, prompts him to reveal another minion, the Witch-king. With Gondor as the chief symbol of resistance against him, he aims to destroy Minas Tirith, both to avenge the defeat at Helm's Deep and to capture the Ring-bearer (who he erroneously concludes is heading for the White City). The Witch-king has gathered a sizable army of Mordor-orcs and Easterlings, which are to be reinforced during the assault by the forces of the Haradrim and the Corsairs of Umbar. Sauron sees Pippin through the palantír captured from the his defeated puppet, Saruman, thinking he is the Hobbit who has the Ring. Pippin, however, has a glimpse into Sauron's mind, alerting the others of the Dark Lord's plan to destroy the White City. The Witch-king's army besieges the city, but is held back by its Gondorian defenders, temporarily routed by the arrival of the Rohirrim and finally defeated by Aragorn who summons the Dead Men of Dunharrow. He is then confronted by Aragorn through Denethor's palantír and shown the reforged Narsil, Anduril. His evil adversely affects Elrond's daughter Arwen, whom he shows to Aragorn, her lover, as if she were dead. Meanwhile, Frodo the Ringbearer is captured on the borders of Mordor in Cirith Ungol by an Orc patrol. While he is rescued by his friend Samwise, his Uruk captor, Shagrat, escapes with Frodo's Mithril Coat which he brings to Barad-dûr. As the Captains of the West ride to the Black Gates, the Dark Lord gives the vest to his chief emissary. The Mouth of Sauron claims that Frodo has been captured and slain, hoping to dismay Gandalf and his allies with false information. The Eye nearly spots Frodo as he and Sam pass towards Mount Doom, but when Aragorn slays the Mouth, Sauron's attention is drawn to the Morannon instead. He contacts the heir of Isildur psychically, but is unable to sway his mind and a battle ensues at the Black Gate. Only when Frodo claims the Ring in the Cracks of Doom does Sauron sense the Ring's presence and perceives Gandalf's trap: the battle had been but a distraction to buy time for the Ring to be destroyed. He sends the Nazgûl to retrieve it, but it is unmade when it falls into the lava with Gollum. With the Ring no more and much of his power spent, the Dark Lord can only look as his tower crumbles beneath him, until his very being is reduced to nothing. With Sauron overthrown, all of Mordor falls into the abyss, taking his Orc, and troll minions along with it and the eight remaining Nazgûls are destroyed in a firestorm along with their fell-beasts. Sauron's maimed spirit is taken by the Void, "from which there could be no return".
The Hobbit film trilogy
"It has begun. The East will fall. So shall the Kingdom of Angmar rise. The time of the Elves is over. The Age of the Orc has come." —Spoken in the Black Speech, as Sauron reveals himself to Galadriel Sauron's role from The Hobbit is greatly expanded in Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, deriving from external source material such as Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings' Appendices. Voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, he is portrayed as one of the main antagonists. Though rarely seen, his plans are acted out by his servant, Azog, and he is shown to be in league with Smaug (at least in the extended edition). Some of his minions and even Thráin (affected by his imprisonment) refer to Sauron as "the One"; this show of reverence is also a symbol of blasphemous pride, for "the One" is rightfully an epithet of the creator, Eru Ilúvatar. His first appearance is in the form of a black, humanoid ghost, alluding to Tolkien's description of Sauron as a man with blackened skin. When he later emerges from the shadowy mist, Sauron reveals himself in the shape of the Great Eye (similar to the one in Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy). The slit of the Eye is show as the Dark Lord's armored form, which upon being zoomed in repeats itself in an endless cycle of darkness, suggestive of Tolkien's description of the pupil as a "window into nothing". After his defeat, the Dark Lord secretly re-emerged. Sauron secretly allied himself with Smaug and was paid homage to by Azog and his son Bolg, both chieftains of the Orcs of the Misty Mountains. The Dark Lord also summoned the Ringwraiths from their entombment in the High Fells of Rhudaur. Sauron wanted to re-establish the realm of Angmar, from where he could attack the Elven realms of Greenwood, Lothlórien, Rivendell and Lindon, and hold the Dwarves of the Iron Hills at bay. This, he reasoned, would leave the Mannish realms of Gondor and Rohan isolated when he himself returned to Mordor. He intended to begin this master plan by taking Erebor, expanding Angmar's domain further east and cornering the people of Rhovanion. This would also give him access to the riches of Erebor and allow him to unleash Smaug on the nearby realms. To do so, he settled in the ruined, abandoned fortress of Dol Guldur, casting his Shadow over Greenwood and becoming known to the nearby Woodmen as "the Necromancer". As a first step in his plan, Sauron sent his servant, Azog, to conquer the deseted Moria; through defeated at the Battle of Azanulbizar, Azog delivered his master both Thráin , as a prisoner, and the Ring of Thrór, the last of the Seven Dwarf-rings. The Dark Lord chose the Defiler to be his general; for his part, Azog was more concerned with exacting vengeance on Thorin Oakenshield rather than his master's plans. Sauron's growing power stirs awake most fell things: giant Spiders of Ungoliant's bloodline (through Shelob) breed under his dominion in Dol Guldur and start spreading throughout southern Mirkwood; Trolls descend from the Ettenmoors upon the settlements of Men; Moria Orcs, Wargs and other war beasts gather in the cess pits of Dol Guldur. With Sauron's blessing, Azog begins hunting Thorin and his Company, in order to stop them from reaching Erebor and slaying their secret ally, Smaug. All these ill omens trouble Gandalf, who begins to fear that the ancient Enemy has returned. In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the effects of Sauron's presence in Mirkwood, from the sickness of the forest to the giant Spiders that now lurk there, rouse the suspicions of Radagast. Following two of Ungoliant's spawn to their nest, the Brown Wizard begins to investigate the ruins of Dol Guldur before he is ambushed by the resurrected Witch-king of Angmar. Radagast averted the attack and seized the spectre's dagger, a Morgul blade. As he picked up the blade, the Brown Wizard sees the Necromancer emerging from the shadows and immediately leaves, barely escaping with his life from the Bats which reside in the fort, and setting out to find Gandalf. Gandalf himself sees the obvious signs of Sauron's return: three Trolls have left the Ettenmoors to raid a farm on the outskirts of Staddle; Gundabad Orcs led by Yazneg (in Azog's name) are pursuing Thorin and Company. At the meeting of the White Council in Rivendell, the Grey Pilgrim tries to point out to his peers that the last of the Seven Dwarf-rings has mysteriously "vanished" and that if Smaug should side with Sauron, he "could be used to terrible effect". Though Gandalf's proposition to investigate Dol Guldur and aid the Quest of Erebor was overruled by Saruman, Galadriel believed Gandalf that "something moves in the shadows unseen" and that "every day it grows in strength" and so urged him to press on and confirm the identity of the Necromancer. Sauron's power drew the One Ring out of its hiding with Gollum under the Misty Mountains. It intentionally fell out of Gollum's pocket in order to be acquired by a Goblin imp who fell into his cavern, but Gollum killed the Goblin. Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit and a member of Thorin's Company, was captured by the Goblins and fell with the imp, ending up taking the Ring, which he managed to keep a secret of all but Gollum (whom he evades) and Gandalf. In the The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Gandalf's meddling in the Quest of Erebor forces Sauron to show his hand early. Now preparing to make his war, Sauron sends Bolg to summon Azog to Dol Guldur. Dismissing his servant's insolence and petty vendetta with Oakenshield, the Dark Lord grants him command of his armies; Azog nonetheless sends his son, Bolg, to hunt Thorin in his stead. The gathering of Moria Orcs at Dol Guldur has not gone unnoticed by Beorn, who warns Gandalf that foul things in the Necromancer's service have infested the Anduin Vales. As Thorin's Company enters Mirkwood, Gandalf sees the Red Eye (being Sauron's banner) on an Elven statue, a sign of defilement and of the Enemy's return. Compelled to go investigate the Ringwraiths' tombs in the High Fells of Rhudaur, the Grey Pilgrim finds them open. Conferring with Radagast, Gandalf confirms that the Necromancer cannot be mere human, and that given the Nine answer only to one master, the presence in Dol Guldur is none other than Sauron himself. Gandalf sets for Dol Guldur, and asks Radagast to summon Galadriel. He discovers Thráin as a prisoner in Dol Guldur, who also reveals the alliance between Sauron and Smaug. Fleeing from Azog, Gandalf and Thráin are confronted by Sauron himself. The Grey Pilgrim is unable to save the old Dwarf's life, but fends the Dark Lord off before he is fully revealed in his true form and identity. Sauron effortlessly reduces Gandalf's staff to ashes and defeats him. He has also perhaps informed Smaug of the Thorin and Company's approach, but when Bolg tracks the Dwarves to Lake-town he sends messengers to inform Sauron that Thorin had already left for Erebor. In turn, Sauron unleashes Azog's army, to march upon the Lonely Mountain. In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sauron kept Gandalf imprisoned, hoping to draw out the keepers of the other two Rings of Power kept by the Elves. He retrieves the Morgul blade from him and sends the Keeper of the Dungeons to harvest the Ring Narya from the captive Wizard. His Orc minion is easily crushed when Galadriel arrives to rescue Gandalf. However, as she and an her unconscious ally leave, they are surrounded by the Nine. Seemingly cornered by the Nazgûl, Elrond and Saruman prove to be not far behind, and aid her in battle as Radagast enters and helps to get Gandalf out. After the Nine are defeated, the Dark Lord himself appears, and summons anew all the Nine, proclaiming a new Age under his dominion. But Galadriel reveals herself in wrath, banishing the Nazgûl and confronting the "servant of Morgoth". After a contest of wills, the Dark Lord chooses to flee into the East. Elrond suggests that Sauron will likely return to Mordor, and tells Saruman to warn Gondor to reset their watch on the black land. The White Wizard reassures him that without the One Ring, the Dark Lord will not be able to hold dominion over the land. Saruman then tells Elrond to take Galadriel back to Lothlórien and "leave Sauron to [him]", paving the final steps of Saruman's downfall. Meanwhile, Azog's army sent by Sauron (and reinforced by Bolg's army from Gundabad) arrives at the Lonely Mountain but is held back by armies of Lake-men and the Woodland Realm (which have gathered there to besiege Thorin in Erebor for the sake of earning remunerations from his hoard) and of the Iron Hills (sent to Thorin's aid). Azog risks the course of the battle to draw Thorin out, and is defeated by the Dwarf. Legolas slays Bolg, while the reinforcing Orcs from Gundabad are defeated by the Great Eagles and Beorn, summoned by Radagast.
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