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In the famous film trilogy, Sauron has been depicted as a towering, terrifying figure who wears a black helmet obscuring his face. Fans were therefore quick to dub Vickers’s iteration of the ...
Sauron's rise to power in the Second Age is portrayed in the Amazon prequel series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. [20] He first appears disguised as the non-canonical human character Halbrand, [21] and then in the second season as Annatar (a canonical alias of Sauron), both played by Charlie Vickers. [22]
In Mordor, Sauron again poses as Halbrand and is brought to Adar. After being tortured by Adar's followers, he reveals that Sauron has returned and offers to go to Eregion—the Elven realm where the rings were forged—while Adar raises his army. Waldreg, a human follower of Adar, is killed by a Warg that Sauron enthralls.
In 2019, Vickers was cast in the main role of Sauron [7] in the J. R. R. Tolkien-based Amazon television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, [4] first appearing in episode 2 as the Dark Lord's human disguise Halbrand. [3] Vickers has said he was unaware he was playing Sauron until filming the third episode. [7]
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Season 2 of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” now streaming on Prime Video. Grab your rings and your ...
[51] [47] McKay said hiding Sauron until the season finale meant they were not rushing into focusing on his evilness, [50] and could begin the series by introducing the Second Age and its heroic characters. [24] The writers condensed Tolkien's Second Age timeline from thousands of years to a short period of time.
[T 4] Nothing is heard of him when Sauron is overthrown by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men late in the Second Age, but his survival is assured by the power of the One Ring. [T 5] Over a thousand years later in the Third Age, the Lord of the Nazgûl leads Sauron's forces against the successor kingdoms of Arnor: Rhudaur, Cardolan, and Arthedain.