The History of Sauron [COMPILATION] | Tolkien Explained

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Sauron - Shadow of War
Sauron - Kimberly
sauron and the one ring - Sara Morello
Sauron - anotherstranger_me
Sauron - mellorianj
war of the last alliance - Matt Demino
sauron army - WETA
Sauron - kuliszu
Sauron - Kimberly
Morgoth - Ralph Damiani
one ring to rule them all - Anato Finnstark
lamps of the valar - aegeri
Annatar - Soni Alcorn-Hender
halls of mandos – Ralph Damiani
Sauron - Kimberly
Sun and Moon - Šárka Škorpíková
Dagor nuin Giliath - Alan Lee
battle - steamey
Coming of Glaurung - Alan Lee
Fingolfin's Challenge - John Howe
On the bridge of woe - Alan Lee
Sauron Brought Werewolves - Peter Xavier Price
carcharoth - Stevce Lazarevski
werewolf___sauron - dracarysdrekkar
they had ravens dark - Alan_Lee
Beren finds the orcs - Andrea Piparo
Battle in the distance - Felix Englund
Unhappy Gorlim - Turner Mohan
sauron the deceiver - skullb*st*rd
Finrod vs Sauron - Šárka Škorpíková
dark lord sauron - spartank42
Beren the Solitary Outlaw - Peter Xavier Price
Sauron the Deceiver - Olanda Fong-Surdenas
Gorthaur the Cruel - Matěj Čadil
Sauron vs Finrod - Anna_Kulisz
finrod and sauron - anotherstranger_me
Werewolf - Magdalena Katanska
Werewolf - The White Council
In a dungeon - Mysilvergreen
Death of Finrod Felagund - Anke Eißmann
Lúthien Escapes Upon Huan - Ted Nasmith
Lúthien and Huan - Catherine Chmiel
huan & luthien - Alvaro Gonzalez
Gorthaur - Kimberly
Warg - Elrodimus Flash
Luthien Tinuviel - Daniel Dougherty
huan and carcharoth - kuliszu
Warg - John Howe
Huan vs Sauron - Denis Gordeev
Sauron - Pete Amachree
the necromancer - spartank42
black hand of sauron - Stevce Lazarevski
Battle - Anke Eissmann
Tulkas Chaining Morgoth – Kip R
will you forgive me - Sarka Skorpikova
Forging the One Ring - Marko Manev
eonwe and sauron - anotherstranger_me
Manwë - Steamey
Easterling Warriors - Tom Romain
haradrim - CK Goksoy
Morgoth and the High King - Ted Nasmith
Sauron The Deceiver - Ralph Damiani
imperial numenorean - Turner Mohan
elf of lorien - Sara Morello
Sauron – Jerry Vanderstelt
Annatar - Shadow of War
Gilgalad - Jenny Dolfen
Aulendil - Kimberly
Celebrimbor - Shadow of War
Eregion - Rafael Damiani
Celebrimbor - WETA
Celebrimbor - Angus McBride
Annatar & Celebrimbor - Soni Alcorn-Hender
Annatar - Paul Tobin WETA
celebrimbor & annatar - anotherstranger_me
forging - Ralph Damiani
Rivendell - Rafael Damiani
Sauron forging the ring - Alan Lee
Forging the ring - Ivan Cavini
Eye of Sauron - John Howe
The Great Eye - Ralph Damiani
Lament for Gil-galad - dracarysdrekkar
Celebrimbor - anotherstranger_me
last alliance - skullb*st*rd
Cirith Gorgor – Ted Nasmith
Ugluk - John Howe
Trolls - John Howe
Easterling - Turner Mohan
Moria-Gate-2021 – Ted Nasmith
celebrimbor in the dungeons - anotherstranger_me
Celebrimbor - Jenny Dolfen
Eldalonde - Ralph Damiani
Sauron - Janka Lateckova
Armenelos - ralph damiani
andunie-navire-eressea-ville-de-numenor- greset-david
The forging of the rings - Ivan Cavini
nano-sketch-pennarelli-2018 - andrea-piparo
Sauron_and_Nine_Mortal_Men - Lída_Holubová
the_keeper_of_one_of_the_nine_rings__nazgul - steamey
Khamul Easterling
Nazgul - Felix Englund
The_King_of_Nazgûl - Catherine_Chmiel
Nazgul - Catherine Karina Chmiel
The Nine - nazgul - Kinko White
romenna-port-numeror-2a-jrr-tolkien - greset-david
ar_pharazon - steamey
ar_pharazon - dracarysdrekkar
sauron_bows_submits_to_ar_pharazon - kiprasmussen

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[NerdoftheRings]

Who is the better villain - Sauron or Morgoth?

[missaliciaxxxx]

What makes Sauron so terrifying is that he’s so intelligent, so driven and so ambitious. He’s not some brain dead villan, he’s elite

[امیرارسلان-غن]

Valuable lesson I learned from Sauren's story : Try again after every failure.

[eternalistmorqan]

I hear people say that Sauron is a villain with no depth at all. In reality he is such a intricate and interesting charakter.

[HemisphereCinema]

I dont say this enough but i really like the map graphic on how they move over the land.

[sebastianahlin]

Morgoth Defeated

(Sauron): ”Fine, I’II do it myself”

[robinoflocksly]

Huán the Hound was really about to make LoTR trilogy a pretty short campaign what a lad.

[davesing]

Your finest creation yet. You have successfully compiled and explicated Sauron's arc through the entire history masterfully. A great achievement. Huzzah!

[GreasusGoldtooth]

My headcanon for why Sauron is shown as a giant eye in the movies is that it isn't actually him, just a magical projection of his will.

[coconutcreampie]

Others have said it, but your Gollum impression is absolutely spot on

[MaikeruO]

The fact that the warriors of the First Age were putting up a good fight against Morgoth proves that they were much more powerful than the people of later Ages who feared the servant Sauron so much.

[BeowulfCav]

I learned a lot of new things, I never knew Sauron was under Aule before defecting to Melkor. That makes his knowledge of forging the rings of power make so much more sense.

[kokomo]

That was great. By the time I started getting into Tolkien I got sick and it can be difficult to keep the names straight to say the least. Tolkien was so detailed and built a history as long as ours so it can be a little much.

[scooterdtx]

Terrific job creating this compilation. It's amazing that anyone was able to withstand Sauron's power across the three ages. What a fool Saruman was to think he could be among the few to overcome Sauron.

[adanomic]

I love that this is kind of narrated like a history channel documentary.

Also your Gollum is so good

[HookAndAnvil]

It is incredible that the entire arc of the LOTR movies make up only a fraction of this video. With a new Lord of the Rings movie greenlit for the cinemas, I would love to see the backstory of Sauron unfold, or other stories about Numenor. This universe is just so grand and the possibilities feel limitless.

[meowijuana]

He did Celebrimbor so damn dirty. Easily one of the darkest things he's done, by displaying his body on a spike as a war banner.

[michaelhart]

In the book, Aragorn says that Sauron did not know of him until Aragorn himself looks into the the Orthanc Palantir, announces his name, and shows Sauron the sword of Elendil. This did not happen until they reach Dunharrow after the defeat of Saruman and visit to Isengard's ruins.

[bajubner]

It's funny, I've never really interpreted the Eye of Sauron from Jackson's films as the Dark Lord's physical form, but as a tool in his arsenal. He can look through it, use it as an emblem, and instill fear through its unfailing gaze. But I always assumed there was a physical body of Sauron *in* the tower of Barad Dur somewhere which manipulated the Eye.

[Fearonus]

I read all Tolkien books as a non-native English speaker when I was a kid and I was proudly thinking that I knew quite a lot about the lore. Watching your videos made me admire Tolkien once more and brutally showed me how little I actually understood his words. Thank you. Off to reading them again I guess.