Sauron

Sauron
Series	Lord of the Rings
Age	Immemorial
Birthday	Before the Ainulindalë
Sex	Male
Species	Ainu (Maia)
Height	9'2.1" (Varies)
Weight	Unlimited
Alignment	Lawful Evil

Sauron is the Dark Lord from Lord of the Rings. He is the main antagonist of the franchise, and a fallen Maia who wishes to find his lost One Ring and use it to bring Middle Earth into darkness.

Background

Sauron was born as the Maia Mairon, a servant to the Vala Aulë. Originally pure of heart with a love of order, he was manipulated into darkness by the original Dark Lord, Morgoth. Serving as Morgoth's apprentice, Sauron acted as his second in command in the fallen Vala's conquest for Middle Earth. After Morgoth's fall, Sauron fled to Middle Earth, where he layed dormant for 500 years as he built up armies of Orcs. After convincing the Elves to construct 19 of the Rings of Power, Sauron secretly constructed the 9 rings for men as well as the One Ring to dominate the others. Through his power, he drove the seven Dwarves who wielded rings to immense greed, while enslaving the Men wielders into his nine Nazgûl, his strongest minions. He set up fort at the volcanic lands of Mordor, where he waged war with Middle Earth. Twice he had been destroyed the forces of Men and Elves and twice he reformed. After one final clash with their forces, not only was Sauron obliterated, but the ring had been lost. Weakened and without a body, Sauron was forced to reform and regain strength once more. Gradually he built his defenses in Dol Goldur, until he could finally return to Mordor to attempt to reunite with the One Ring and bring Middle Earth into darkness. 

Sauron soon found himself allied with the leader of the Istari sent to stop him, Saruman the White. Together, they built an army of super-Orcs known as the Uruk-Hai and searched for the One Ring. Though he tried his hardest to reunite with the Ring, it snuck right under his nose in the form of the hobbit Frodo Baggins, who sought to destroy it while Sauron was distracted with an invasion from Gondor, lead by the mighty wizard Gandalf. When Frodo managed to successfully destroy the One Ring, Sauron and his forces perished as well. Reduced to nothing but a minor shadow, Sauron was forced to forever haunt Middle Earth without physical form.

Powers & Abilities

• Maia Physiology:
  • Enhanced Physical Prowess: Being one of the strongest Maiar, Sauron is physically superhuman in every regard.
  • Shapeshifting: Sauron can take the appearance of any form he desires. However, he has been incapable of taking a fair form after his physical destruction with the Downfall of Numenor. (i.e. a werewolf, an elf, and even a vampire.)
  • Immortality: Being a Maia, Sauron's spirit has existed since the dawn of time and cannot be permanently killed.
    • Regeneration:
    • Resurrection: Should his body ever be destroyed, Sauron will inevitably reform it after a few centuries. The ability is not limited to himself, however, as he has resurrected Orcs in combat before. During many instances in which Sauron was considered killed or defeated, Sauron was capable of instant resurrection. The most popular example is when Sauron was slain during the Second War, he immediately became the Eye of Sauron while his soul remained within the Ring. He was also able to use it quickly after his body was destroyed in the fall of Númenor, moving his soul all the way to Mordor and healing there.
    • Longevity:
    • Intangibility:
    • Spirit Form:
      • The Lidless Eye: Sauron can instantly detect the locations of any enemies hiding in his vicinity. His blazing gaze frightens enemies, causing the weaker willed to run in panic as they harm themselves. Like his famous Eye, Sauron can peer across an entire nation looking for hiding opponents.
• Vast Mysticism:
  • Psychic Magic:
    • Telekinesis: Sauron can lift objects with his mind.
    • Mind Manipulation:
    • Teleportation:
    • Illusions: Sauron has been shown utilizing the power of illusions in order to manipulate and trick people for his own benefit, through making them see things. This was shown when he manipulated Gorlim in order to ensnare him. The One Ring has also been shown to alter how its wielder appears to their opponents, to intimidate foes. For example, when an Orc snuck up on Samwise Gamgee, who was holding the Ring at the time, the Orc perceived Sam as a cloaked warrior surrounded by shadow with a menacing physique, so intimidating that the Orc fled in terror.
  • Shadow Magic:
    • Darkness Manipulation: Due to learning sorcery from Morgoth, Sauron can control darkness and send it out in the form of concussive force energy blasts that knock the afflicted target back. These blasts explode upon contact and can attack multiple targets at once.
      • Shadow Manipulation:
        • Shadow Walk: Should Sauron ever need to close the distance on his enemies, he can shroud himself in shadows and teleport, healing him a tiny bit in the process.
  • Fire Magic:
    • Pyrokinesis: Sauron is well known for his control over fire, using it in various ways, such as the forging of The One Ring. In some cases, he has been shown to have some form of pyrokinesis via magic, like engulfing himself or his weapon in fire, or leaving his enemies scorched with his flames.
      • Fire Immunity: Sauron is invincible to fire-based attacks. One time, he even stood in a mountain of flame and never even flinched.
  • World Manipulation: Like Morgoth, Sauron has been shown to be able to shape the world to his whim, essentially allowing him to manipulate the battlefield at will. For example, he has total control over the eruptions of Mt. Doom, to the point that he even uses its magma chamber as a forge for weapons.
  • Soul Manipulation: Using the One Ring to control the Rings of Power, Sauron had full control over all who wore them; many would meet a damning demise. Even outside of this, however, he possessed soul manipulation abilities, as shown during his fight against Celebrimbor. He is able to corrupt the souls of beings over-time, as shown with the likes of Talion.
  • Fear Invoking:
  • Weather Manipulation:
  • Meteor Summoning: Sauron can summon meteors from the sky to wipe out battalions of mortals around him.
  • Enchanting:
  • Necromancy: Sauron’s sorcery allows him to bring back anyone who is dead with a move of his hand.  The souls that he resurrects are then placed under his influence, and will do whatever he commands them to do.
• Weapon Immunity: As an ethereal being, Sauron is immune to conventional weaponry.
• Master Manipulator: In his ageless life, Sauron has manipulated and decieved countless beings, including tricking the Elves into forging the Rings of Power for him.
• Skilled Tactician: Through his experience as Morgoth's general as well as Mordor's ruler, he has become a skilled tactician and strategist in war. Through his guidance, Mordor has become one of the fiercest armies in Middle Earth.

Weapons & Equipment

• The One Ring: To ensure his victory over the mortal armies, Sauron poured his own power into the legendary ring he crafted.
  • Invisibility: The One Ring's most famous power, any mortal who wears the Ring is completely invisible to anyone who cannot see the Spiritual World. However, Sauron has never shown being invisible whilst wearing the Ring, and it is unknown if he can will this invisibility if he wishes. Given his power over the Ring, it is likely he can.
  • Mind Control: The One Ring is capable of dominating the minds of mortals. Those who wear the Rings of Power are vulnerable to this. However, strong-willed individuals can resist this power.
  • Power Amplification: Being that the Ring holds so much of Sauron's own power, it amplifies his abilities to a great extent when he wears it.
  • Semi-Sentience: Sauron's essence gave the Ring a malevolent, almost sentient form of intellect. The Ring itself is aware when it is seperated from its master, and will stop at nothing to return to Sauron's hands.
    • Madness Inducement: When wielded by someone other than Sauron, the Ring slowly gnaws at their sanity until their entire world is the Ring as they descend into madness. Stronger wills, like that of Hobbits, are capable of prolonging the effect, but even they eventually fall to the madness.
  • Immortality: Wielders of the One Ring cannot die from age, though they still feel its effects.
  • Minor Illusion Creation: The One Ring has shown to alter how its wielder appears to their opponents to intimidate foes before. For example, when an Orc snuck up on Samwise Gamgee, who was holding the Ring at the time, the Orc percieved Sam as a cloaked warrior surrounded by shadow and a menacing physique so intimidating the Orc fled in terror.
  • Nigh-Indestructibility: The Ring was so tough that it could only be destroyed in the liquid metals of Mt. Doom in Mordor.
• War Mace: Much like his master, Sauron wielded an oversized mace into combat. Not much is known about the weapon, but it has been shown to scatter legions of Men and Elves alike with a single blow.
• Sword: While serving under Morgoth, Sauron wielded a sword. He still occasionally wields a sword in battle, usually while he's not in his well known armored form. He can light it on fire, and when he assumes his armored form, the sword transforms into the mace seen above.
• Smithing Hammer:
• Army of Orcs:

Feats

Strength

• Overpowered Gandalf's Shield of the Istari without the One Ring and weakened from his last defeat.
• Toppled and killed dozens of Men and Elves with a single swipe from his mace.
• Effortlessly lifted and threw Talion with one hand.
• Said to be Morgoth's strongest servant, surpassing even Ancalagon and the Balrogs in power.
• Was one of the most powerful Maiar before his fall.
• Stated to be capable of destroying entire hills.
• Creates a large explosion.
• Governs the storms in the Mountains of Shadow.
• Stronger than Saruman, who Gandalf believed to have been strong enough to boil the Isen River.
• Smacked around Celebrimbor.
• Gandalf the White considered Sauron stronger than him. This would make Sauron much stronger than Gandalf the Grey, who destroyed a mountain in his fight with the Balrog (122.46 kilotons of TNT).
• Upscales from Eärendil, who turned into a star powered by the light of a Silmaril.  
  • Eärendil fought Ancalagon the Black in the War of Wrath, who was one of the servants of Morgoth in the First Age. Sauron was the most powerful of the servants even then, and became even stronger after forging The One Ring in the Second Age. This means Sauron in the peak of his power should be superior to Eärendil.
• Created a storm that stretched from Minas Tirith to Mordor over a night (126.69 tons - 21.984 kilotons of TNT).
• Comparable to Talion, who can freeze orcs from several meters away (13.34 tons of TNT).
• Sent a signal to Minas Morgul by triggering a volcanic eruption (24 megatons of TNT).
• Shook his realm, Mordor (7.558 - 99.456 megatons of TNT).
• Can cast meteors to fire down on opponents (142.6 Tons of TNT).
• Scales to Ancalagon the Black, who destroyed the mountains of Thangorodrim by falling (933.58 megatons of TNT).

Speed

• Superior to Gandalf, who claims to move at the speed of wind and moves as fast as an arrow.
• Flew away from and Galadriel and Dol Guldur at great speeds (Mach 3.9).
• Moved FTE even in slowed time.
• Kept up with Celebrimbor, who can run 694 feet in 22 seconds.
• Comparable to Talion, who’s quick enough to react to arrows and view explosions in slow motion.
• Likely faster than the Balrogs, who traveled from Angband to Lammoth in a relatively short period of time (Mach 2.83 - 28.27).
• Compared to the likes of Ancalagon the Black, a dragon who kept up with Eärendil within The Vingilot, a ship said to have sailed the stars and back to Middle-Earth within a day (54.75 billion - 33.96 trillion c).

Durability

• Stood in a mountain of fire like it was nothing.
• Tanked lightning sent by the Valar effortlessly.
• Survived his body getting destroyed through his spirit. 4 times.
• Withstood sword strikes from Aragorn.
• Straight-up ignored being impaled by Talion.
• Tanked several hits from Celebrimor.
• Was able to tank everything that Celebrimor threw at him, including magic arrows.
• Resisted Celebrimor’s attempts to dominate him.
• Took a lightning strike from Manwë unharmed, powerful enough to smite a city with all of its inhabitants with Sauron in it. Manwë is the leader and the most powerful of the Valar, below only Ilúvatar in the hierarchy of power of Tolkien's Legendarium. The Valar were responsible for shaping the universe after Ilúvatar created it..
• Survived divine intervention from Eru IIuvatar

Skill

• Prefers psychological warfare to physical combat.
• Decieved and tricked the Elves into creating 16 of the Rings of Power for him.
• Invokes fear into even the bravest of men.
• Lead the armies of Mordor to near-victory over combined mortal armies 4 times.
• Has hidden his identity from the wisest people in Middle Earth with his disguises.
• One of the smartest beings in Middle Earth.
• Terrorized Middle-Earth for three ages, never truly being defeated until the end of the third.
• Successfully caused the entire kingdom of Númenor to be wiped out, and survived said destruction.
• Successfully corrupted numerous powerful figures throughout time, including the nine kings of men that would become the Ringwraiths, Galadriel, Celebrimbor, and Saruman.
• One of the few allies of Morgoth to escape his defeat and be able to continue fighting.
• Organized the remaining forces of evil Morgoth left into a devastating force, possibly just as dangerous as Morgoth’s army.
• Created his own master ring to control all others.
• Battled Celebrimbor on even footing and eventually won, even when Celebrimbor was amplified by the One Ring for the majority of the battle.
• Directed much of Morgoth's war
• Matched Celebrimbor's mind & soul powers
• Successfully subjugated most of Numenor
• Defeated Gandalf, Celebrimbor, Gil-galad, Elendil, Finrod, Eltariel

Faults

• Mobility: Sauron is a massive tank, but he also moves like one. He is always seen slowly swinging his mace in large strides and moving at a casual walking pace. While this makes his blows incredibly powerful, they also leave enormous openings that can easily be exploited for dodging or counterattack.
• One Ring Reliance: While Sauron is an extremely powerful force of nature, the vast majority of his strength comes from his One Ring. Therefore, should it be cut off or destroyed, Sauron's powers are weakened drastically, even increasing the time it would take for his body to reform should it be destroyed.

Fun Facts

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