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Sauron

Sauron (/ˈsaʊrɒn/) is the title character and the main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor. He seeks to conquer Middle-earth using the power of the One Ring, which he has lost and attempts to recapture. In the same work, he is identified as the "Necromancer" of Tolkien's earlier novel The Hobbit. The…

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Aliases
Mairon (originally) · Annatar · The Dark Lord · The Necromancer · Lord of the Rings
Book(s)
The Hobbit · The Lord of the Rings · The Silmarillion · Unfinished Tales · The History of Middle-earth series
Race
Maia

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Sauron

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Edges184
Triples357
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Sources · 54
Sauron → Artist, Boston, Brian, Carpenter, Christina, Christopher Tolkien, Cultural Phenomenon, Expanded Edition, Gondolin, Hammond, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin, How, Humphrey, Illustrated, Illustrator, ISBN, Jewels, King, London
related to Second Age · 45
Sauron → Aman, Annatar, Ar-Pharazôn, Barad-dûr, Celebrimbor, Celebrimbor's Elven-smiths, Círdan, Dark Tower, Dismayed, Dwarves, Easterlings, Elves, Elves Gil-galad, Enraged, Eru, Galadriel, Gifts, Harad, He, In
related to First Age · 32
Sauron → Almaren, Angband, Aulë, Beren, By, Elves, Eärendil, Finwë, He, Huan, King, Later, Lúthien, Melkor, Melkor's, Middle-earth, Morgoth, Noldor, Orcs, Outer Void
related to Third Age · 31
Sauron → Baggins, Barad-dûr, Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins, Dol Guldur, Elrond, Frodo, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gladden Fields, Gollum, Gondor, He, In, Isildur, Middle-earth, Mirkwood, Mordor, Mount Doom, Nazgûl
related to Concept and creation · 29
Sauron → Beren, Called Tevildo, Cats, Gorthaur, Gorthû, History, Huan, Later, Lay, Leithian, Lord, Lost Tales, Lúthien, Middle-earth, Necromancer, Prince, Sauron-figure, Silmarillion, Since, Sûr
related to Physical body · 25
Sauron → After, All, And, Annatar, Downfall, Elves, Eönwë, First Age, Gorlim, He, His, Huan, In, Isildur, Morgoth's, Númenor, Sarah Crown, Sauron's, Second Age, She
related to Embodiment of evil · 22
Sauron → Augustinian, Boethian, Christianity, Dark Lord, Elrond's, Even, He, In Tolkien's, Manichaean, Manichean, Middle-earth, Morgoth, Morgoth's, Satanic, Second Age, Shippey, The, Third Age, Tolkien, Tolkien's
related to In culture · 22
Sauron → American, Bill Willingham, Crimson King, Eye, Fables, In, King, King's, Lidless Eye, Marvel Comics Universe, Randall Flagg, Rings, Stephen King, The, The Adversary, The Dark Tower, The Eye, The Lord, The Stand, Tolkien
related to Eye of Sauron · 21
Sauron → Aragorn, Barad-dûr, Battle, Evil Eye, Eye, Frodo, Galadriel, Great Eye, Later, Lidless Eye, Mirror, Nazgûl, Pelennor Fields, Red Eye, Rings, Sam, Sauron's Orcs, The, The Lord, Throughout The Lord
related to Celtic Balor of the Evil Eye · 17
Sauron → Aman, Atlantic, Balor, Balor's, Celtic, Celtic Earthly Paradise, Edward Lense, Evil Eye, Eye, Fomorians, He, Lense, Mordor, Mythlore, Tír, Undying Lands, West

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tolkien evil eye lord middle-earth ring rings isbn tolkien's boston houghton mifflin one character sauron's frodo ed form christopher lost

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SauronAliasesMairon (originally)1.00infobox
SauronAliasesAnnatar1.00infobox
SauronAliasesThe Dark Lord1.00infobox
SauronAliasesThe Necromancer1.00infobox
SauronAliasesLord of the Rings1.00infobox
SauronBook(s)The Hobbit1.00infobox
SauronBook(s)The Lord of the Rings1.00infobox
SauronBook(s)The Silmarillion1.00infobox
SauronBook(s)Unfinished Tales1.00infobox
SauronBook(s)The History of Middle-earth series1.00infobox
SauronBook(s)Beren and Lúthien1.00infobox
SauronRaceMaia1.00infobox

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