Sauron
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sauron |
| Occupation: | Complicated |
| Relationships: | None |
| Fandom: | |
| Other: | Aliases: Mairon the admirable, Gorthaur the cruel, Annatar, Zigur, Tar Mairon, The Deceiver, Necromancer of Dol Guldur, The Enemy, The Great, Lord of the Earth, The Great Eye, The Shadow, The Terrible |
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Sauron is a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is an antagonist in the Silmarillion and the main antagonist in The Lord of the Rings. He is referenced in both the The Hobbit novel and Hobbit films as the Necromancer of Dol Guldur. He is a Maia.
In Fanon
Sauron's character interpretation varies from person to person. Some base their interpretation off of "Mairon the admirable" (Sauron’s original name, often used to refer to pre-evil Sauron). Others believe this undermines Sauron's antagonistic role in canon. [1] In fanart, Sauron is usually depicted as humanoid, often with glowing or catlike eyes. Some examples: by esquitor by phobs by alyruko by misbehavingmaiar
In the Silmarillion fandom, Sauron is often paired with Melkor/Morgoth, the Vala he once loyally served, under the ship name(s) Angbang or Melron.
Another popular fandom pairing is Annatar (an alias and disguise Sauron used to fool the Elves) and Noldor Elf Celebrimbor, the grandson of Feanor. Like Sauron, Celebrimbor was a Smith; and together they crafted the rings of power. In canon, Sauron eventually betrayed and murdered Celebrimbor. This ship name is Silvergifting or Silverfisting.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- The Apprentice by pandemonium_213
- Cat's Paws by pandemonium_213
- Chasing Mirages by Russandol
- Revelator by Lilith
- Sacrifice by SurgicalSteel
Fanart
- Sauron in fair form Deleted scene from Return of the King movie
- Sauron having lost his fair form with The One Ring by Angel
- The Lieutenant of Angband by melkorts4
- Tolkien’s drawing of Sauron from Wikipedia
- Many faces by Esquitor
- Serpent’s Tongue by Esquitor
- Thu by misbehavingmaiar
- Sauron as he appears in his Dark Lord form in The Lord of the Rings movies
- Sauron as Annatar with The One Ring in the video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Celebrimbor and Annatar from Shadow of Mordor
- Mairon with Melkor by jreizen
- Sauron in Númenor by theladyFlora
- Sauron as a King by Almesiva-Moonshadow
- Sauron on Wolf by Anastasia Cemetery
- Sauron and Ar Pharazôn by Algrass (Anastasia Cemetery)
- Sauron capturing Celebrimbor by Algrass (Anastasia Cemetery)
- Sauron the Dark Lord by kriss.art
- Mairon by suzannart
- Sauron/Mairon by m0rket
- Sauron throughout the ages by phobs
- Mairon/Sauron by esquitor
- Sauron-centric Comics by ttrtru
- Sauron by alyruko
