![]() ![]() Evil Overlord: He's not known as the Dark Lord for nothing.Dark Is Evil: He is normally clad in spiny black armor that makes his nature as an Evil Overlord blatantly obvious.Isildur, who took the One Ring as a trophy of victory over Sauron, was killed in an Orc ambush after the Ring betrayed him, after which his corpse was taken to Barad-dûr, where Sauron turned him into one of the Nazgûl.Celebrimbor, who tried to steal the One Ring and use it against Sauron, was beaten to death with his own smithing hammer after being Forced to Watch the murders of his wife and daughter.Disproportionate Retribution: Sauron is very fond of doing this to people who press his Berserk Button.Death Glare: When Sauron snaps out of being Dominated by Celebrimbor/Eltariel, he gives a venomous one before cutting off Eltariel's ring finger.Curb-Stomp Battle: Sauron's fight with Celebrimbor in the flashbacks doesn't last long after the One Ring returns to its master.How do you counter that? Well, if you're Sauron, the answer is: grab his host's hand and cut off two of her fingers, thereby depriving Celebrimbor of his host and his ring. Combat Pragmatist: Your opponent has the ability to brainwash you by pressing his hand to the side of your head.Clipped-Wing Angel: It's strongly suggested that fusing with Celebrimbor is what causes him to lose all the powers he demonstrated in The Hobbit film trilogy and the two Shadow games, essentially mode-locking him into the form of the giant flaming eye seen in The Lord of the Rings.Sometimes inverted in Shadow of War, where he appears as the dark pupil of a flaming eye. Casting a Shadow: He's often wreathed in a dark aura.In-game, it also sends victims sailing quite a distance away. Carry a Big Stick: He wields the black blade-flanged mace his film counterpart does.Turns out he was actually using him for his own ends. Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He presented himself as a friendly Elf who wanted to collaborate with Celebrimbor.Bishōnen Line: Almost literally when he duels against Celebrimbor and Eltariel in his Annatar form during the first and third phase of the final Boss Battle.Big Bad Ensemble: With Shelob, Zog the Eternal and Celebrimbor for Shadow of War.Big Bad: Of the Bright Lord DLC and all of Shadow of War.Berserk Button: He does not like people playing with the One Ring.Annatar is easily the prettiest character in the series, but has the blackest, most cruel of hearts. Beauty Equals Goodness: Averted spectacularly.At the end of Shadow of War, Sauron succeeds in absorbing Celebrimbor into himself, but as a result ends up (seemingly involuntarily) turning into an immobile giant flaming eye for his trouble, losing many of his more useful powers. Be Careful What You Wish For: Shadow of Mordor made it pretty clear that Sauron was hunting Celebrimbor in order to absorb his power.And way, way in the future, the One Ring finally overtakes Frodo's mind right on the slopes of Mount Doom, almost guaranteeing that Sauron will retrieve the Ring with no trouble.then Gollum accidentally destroys it. Sauron can't interfere directly, since his defeat and forcible assimilation of Celebrimbor ends up stripping him of most of his powers and trapping him in the form of the Lidless Eye. Talion was corrupted by Isildur's ring and becomes one of the Nazgûl, but manages to resist him long enough to keep Sauron's armies off-balance until Frodo gains the One Ring, thanks in no small part to his nifty new Ringwraith powers. unfortunately for him, he's often loath to call them triumphs. The Bad Guy Wins: Sauron wins and triumphs over every opponent he meets face to face.The only thing he gets in exchange is some long range True Sight, an immense downgrade from the threat he was. This means he can't physically manifest and negates most of his best powers. In the end, Sauron absorbs Celebrimbor, but they both end up fighting for control over their fusion and it puts them in Mode Lock in the form of the Eye above Barad-dûr. Assimilation Backfire: A rather big one. ![]() That being said, the Assimilation Backfire listed below provides a handy explanation as to why he doesn't have those powers by the time The Lord of the Rings rolls around. In the games, he still has it, and is apparently able to project telepathic messages to unwilling recipients from hundreds of miles away, and possibly also teleport. In the events of the books, Eru deliberately takes away his ability to assume an attractive form after the Downfall of Númenor. Adaptational Badass: Vastly more powerful than in the original books, and notably because he lacks a canon handicap.Defeated long ago by the Last Alliance of Men and Elves, he has returned to Mordor after a two-and-a-half thousand year absence. The second Dark Lord to terrorize Middle-earth. ![]()
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