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Get this video and more at MySpace.comFirst Age Middle-earth Portal In the earliest of days, before the godlike Valar entered the realm of Arda, Sauron originated as a spirit called a Maia. He was at first one of the most powerful servants of Aulë the Smith, one of the Valar or ruling powers of the world.Sauron was soon subverted by the Dark Lord Melkor (later known as Morgoth), an evil Valar, and thereafter served Morgoth. He continued in his evil ways even after Morgoth was defeated and cast outside the confines of the world. Sauron encouraged and coerced Men to worship himself and Morgoth as gods. While Morgoth wanted to either control or destroy the very matter of Arda itself, Sauron's desire was to dominate the will of its creatures.During the First Age, the Noldorin Elves left the Blessed Realm of Valinor in the Uttermost West against the counsel of the Valar to wage war on Morgoth, who had stolen the precious Silmarils. In that war Sauron served as Morgoth's chief lieutenant, surpassing all others in rank. Only Gothmog, the Lord of Balrogs, equalled him. Known as Gorthaur the Cruel, Sauron was at that time a master of illusions and changes of form; werewolves were his servants, chief among them Draugluin, Father of Werewolves, and his vampire herald Thuringwethil. When Morgoth left Angband to corrupt the newly awakened Men, Sauron directed the war against the Elves. He conquered the Elvish isle of Tol Sirion, so that it became known as Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves, and there he was known as their lord.Ten years later Finrod Felagund, the king of Nargothrond and former lord of Tol Sirion, died protecting Beren in captivity there; soon afterwards Lúthien and Huan the Wolfhound defeated Sauron in that place and rescued Beren from the dungeons. After his resounding defeat by Lúthien, Sauron seemingly played little part in the events of the First Age.After his master was defeated and cast out by the Valar, Sauron repented (truly at first, if only out of fear) and pled for mercy. But he was unwilling to return to the Uttermost West for judgement, and so fled and hid in Middle-earth.[edit] Second Age Sauron as "Annatar" (unused imagery from the Return of the King live-action film).In the Second Age, after lying hidden and dormant for about one thousand years, Sauron reappeared. Having assumed a beautiful appearance for purposes of deceit and calling himself Annatar, "the Lord of Gifts", Sauron befriended the Elvish smiths of Eregion, and counselled them in arts and magic. Not all of the Elves trusted him, especially the Lady Galadriel in Lórien and Gil-galad, the High King in Lindon, but the elves in Eregion did not heed their warnings.At Sauron's behest the Elves forged the Rings of Power and they were given to the leaders of Elves, Men and Dwarves. But unknown to them, Sauron had secretly forged a master Ring, the One Ring, in the fires of the volcanic Mount Doom in Mordor (around the year 1600 S.A.). This "One Ring to rule them all" had the power to dominate the other Rings and enslave their wearers to Sauron's will. But the Rings of Power were extremely potent, and to accomplish his goal Sauron was forced to place the greater part of his native power into it. This was therefore risky. Anyone of sufficiently strong will who possessed the One Ring had available to him much of Sauron's own power to dominate, and should the One Ring ever be destroyed Sauron would be reduced and forever incapacitated.When Sauron put on the One Ring and tried to dominate the Elves they became aware of him and removed their rings. Sauron responded with military force, initiating the War of the Elves and Sauron and conquering much of the land west of Anduin. This was the beginning of the Dark Years. He laid waste to Eregion, killed Celebrimbor and seized the Seven and the Nine of the Great Rings previously forged with his assistance. However, the Three Rings, which the Elven smith Celebrimbor had forged himself without Sauron's help, were saved and remained in the hands of the Elves (specifically Gil-galad, Galadriel, and Círdan). With the elves near incapacitated, Sauron proceeded to besiege Imladris, battle with Moria and Lórien, and push further into the realm of Gil-galad. However the elves fought back and, with the aid of a powerful army from Númenor under their king Tar-Minastir, the elves destroyed Sauron's army and drove it back to Mordor (around 1700 S.A.). The Númenóreans held the most powerful kingdom of men at this time, they were descended from the Three Houses of the Edain and they lived on the island of Númenor in the seas between Middle-earth and Valinor.From this time on, Sauron became known as the Dark Lord of Mordor. He raised Barad-dûr, the Dark Tower, not far from Mount Doom. The Seven and the Nine rings of power he distributed to lords of the Dwarves and Men respectively. Dwarves proved too resilient to corrupt, but the Men became enslaved to Sauron as the Nazgûl (Ringwraiths), his most feared servants. Sauron regained control over all of the creatures that had served Morgoth in the First Age and still existed in the Second Age (such as Orcs and Trolls), both on the earth and under it. Sauron also gained power over most of the Men who lived in the east and the south, becoming a god-king unto them. As a result, towards the end of the Second Age Sauron assumed the titles of Lord of the Earth and King of Men. However, he seems to have left the Elves in Lórien and Lindon alone. Sauron forging the One Ring, from the 1978 animated film adaptation).In 3261 S.A., Ar-Pharazôn the last and most powerful of the Númenórean kings came to Middle-earth with great force of arms, and Sauron's forces deserted him rather than fight. Realizing he could not defeat the Númenóreans with military strength, Sauron allowed himself to be taken as a prisoner to Númenor. Tolkien later wrote (in a letter, #211) that despite 1600 years since the One Ring was forged, Ar-Pharazôn did not know about the Rings of Power and did not take the One Ring from Sauron. And so, using the power of the Ring, Sauron quickly grew from captive to adviser of the king. By the year 3300 S.A. Sauron had become the High Priest of Melkor, "Lord of the Dark", and a great temple was built where human sacrifice was carried out. A decade later he convinced the aging king, Ar-Pharazôn, to attack Valinor itself because (he lied) whoever possessed the Undying Lands would live forever. In 3319 S.A., the greatest armament the world has ever seen landed on the shores of Valinor. At this point Eru ("The One"; God in Tolkien’s legendarium) directly intervened: Númenor was drowned under the sea, and the great navy of Númenor was destroyed. Sauron's body was destroyed but he was not killed in the fall of Númenor. Instead his spirit carried the One Ring over the water and returned to Mordor. Over time Sauron assumed a new form and began to re-amass his forces. He was unable ever again to take on the fair shapes under which he had deceived the Elves and seduced the Númenóreans, and from then on he could only rule through terror and force. Sauron as interpreted in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.The few faithful Númenóreans were saved from the flood, and they founded the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor amongst the numerous Númenórean colonists and the natives of north-western Middle-earth. Led by Elendil and his sons, these then forged the Last Alliance of Elves and Men with the Elven-king Gil-galad, to fight Sauron. The Alliance won a great victory on the plain of Dagorlad and invaded Mordor, laying siege to Barad-dûr for seven years. Elendil's younger son Anárion was killed by a stone cast from Barad-dûr before Sauron was forced to emerge from his tower and engage in single combat. He was overcome by Gil-galad and Elendil, although he slew them both, and Elendil's sword Narsil broke beneath him when he fell. Elendil's surviving older son Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand with the hilt-shard of Narsil. With the loss of his Ring Sauron was vanquished, and his spirit fled into hiding. Thus ended the Second Age.Elrond and Círdan, the lieutenants of Gil-galad, urged Isildur to destroy the Ring by casting it into the fires where it was forged, but he refused and kept it for his own. A couple of years later, Isildur's party was ambushed by a band of Orcs on the way to Rivendell and overwhelmed. He put on the Ring and attempted to escape by swimming across Anduin, but the Ring — which had a will of its own and a desire to return to Sauron — slipped from his finger and he was spotted and killed by Orc-archers. The Ring remained lost beneath the water for more than two and a half thousand years!!!