In both J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium and Peter Jackson's legendary adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, there are few villains as unsettling as the Nazgûl. The Nine mortal men who received Rings of ...

The Dark Lord Sauron is the primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series, and his dark influence looms large over Middle-earth. He was the former servant of the first Dark Lord, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Tolkien’s lore, one of Sauron’s fearsome powers was his ability to shape-shift. Being a shape-shifter helped Sauron deceive and ...

Sauron is one of the greatest villains of all time, and yet, we never see a physical version of him in The Lord of the Rings, and J.R.R. Tolkien's books only allude to his true visage. In the films, ...

Parker Bennett is a graduate of Emerson College with more than 3 years of writing experience. He's been a fan and scholar of Tolkien's extended works for nearly his whole life, and is excited to be ...

Before we get into Sauron, it’s best to start with his predecessor and the first Dark Lord of Middle-earth: Morgoth. First known as Melkor, he was a Valar—or one of the most powerful beings in Arda.

Adar told Galadriel his plan for defeating Sauron forever during episode six of The Rings of Power season two. The Uruk leader wants to combine the strength of the three elven rings with something ...

In Tolkien’s lore, one of Sauron’s fearsome powers was his ability to shape-shift. Being a shape-shifter helped Sauron deceive and fight his many foes and, in fact, allowed him to create The Rings of ...