2020年7月7日 · It seems to indicate that Sauron has some shapeshifting abilities. His race is identified as Ainur, which is a race of immortal spirits. Sauron takes different appearances at different times throughout the ages. To Celebrimbor (the ring maker), Sauron takes the appearance and identity of Annatar (an Elf of similar heritage to Celebrimbor).

2023年2月17日 · Then again, Tolkien is quite clear in his other writings that Morgoth - the true Satan analogue - was the one with the insatiable hatred of everything, while Sauron was originally good, and even at the end motivated by order, and his version of 'good'.

2022年9月17日 · Tolkien wrote about Sauron's body in the Third Age in Letter 246: "Sauron should be thought of as very terrible. The form that he took [once he became fully incarnate after the drowning of Numenor] was that of a man of more than human stature, but not gigantic."

2017年3月12日 · Tolkien did, in fact say (in "Myths Transformed"), that Sauron became more powerful, but I do not believe that he meant that Sauron was inherently more powerful. What I took this to mean is that Morgoth (once the most powerful, after Ilúvatar) expended his 'essence' in marring the earth.

2014年1月10日 · Other things Tolkien specified were like this are the Barrow-Blades or the swords meant to kill or wound Ring-Wraiths (Nazgul Sauron Servants), Also some characters like Tom Bombadil could actually bring back to dead evil spirits or dispell them at will, Aragorn Commanded them and muster the men of dunharrow (dead).

2022年9月29日 · Tolkien may have envisioned that there were several tiers of powerful beings within the Maiar, in addition to the difference between the Maiar and Valar; they were all Ainur/holy ones, (alternatively, Sauron may have accrued more xp from doing all the side quests and levelled up higher than Gandalf who only followed his main quest line ;)

2021年4月23日 · Sauron and Gandalf are both Maiar (the plural form of Maia), primordial, essentially-angelic spirits created by Eru Ilúvatar, the deity of Tolkien's world of Arda. The general name of these spirits is the Ainur, and the Maia specifically are a lesser caste of Ainur, less powerful than the Valar, who are the most powrful spirits and the rulers ...

2015年3月30日 · Sauron - From Saura ('putrid'); literally he is the "Putrid One" Saruman - From Saru (' skill '); literally he is the " Man of Skill ". It's worth noting that in Tolkien's own reading of LoTR, the names are actually pronounced quite dissimilarly, more like " sow-ore-onnn " and " saaar-oo-munn "

2022年10月21日 · In the early stages of the legendarium, Sauron as we know him, didn't exist. The character underwent many changes before he got to be the Dark Lord as we know him most famously. The precursor to Sauron was actually a great cat, Tevildo the Prince of Cats. This was a monstrous giant cat who played a role in the story of Beren and Luthien.

2013年11月6日 · Sauron wrote on the One Ring in Elvish characters because his own language couldn’t match his ambition for it. On some level there’s a desire for beauty, grandeur and splendour but he can only steal and twist that. To me, Sauron’s society would be like a kid trying to assemble a lego set by only looking at the box.