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سائورون

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Also known as Gorthaur, Annatar, Mairon, Artano, Aulendil, Necromancer, Lord of the Rings

Sauron () is the title character and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor. He has the ambition of ruling the whole of Middle-earth using the power of the One Ring, which he has lost and seeks to recapture. In the same work, he is identified as the "Necromancer" of Tolkien's earlier novel The Hobbit. The Silmarillion describes him as the chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth. Tolkien noted that the Ainur, the "angelic" powers of his constructed myth, "were capable of many degrees of error and failing", but by far the worst

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Sauron is the main villain in J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Lord of the Rings*, a dark lord who rules the land of Mordor and seeks to conquer all of Middle-earth using a magical ring called the One Ring that he lost and desperately wants to recover. He matters as a central figure in one of the most influential fantasy works ever written, representing the archetypal evil force that the story's heroes must oppose.

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Key facts

Character.name
Sauron
Character.series
Tolkien
Character.image
Sauron Tolkien illustration.jpg
Character.caption
J. R. R. Tolkien's watercolour illustration of Sauron
Character.race
Maia
Character.lbl24
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Wikidata facts

Gender
male
Position held
head of state
Performer
Sala Baker
Military rank
lieutenant
Image
Sauron replica.jpg
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narrative role
title character
Commons category
Sauron
from narrative universe
Tolkien's legendarium
present in work
Unfinished Tales
name in native language
Sauron
character type
Dark Lord
different from
Sauron
first appearance
The Hobbit
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