To start the year 2016, in the spotlight, the most iconic and dangerous villain of his world, an incarnation of power and evil: Sauron, the Dark Lord.
In the story of the Lord of the Rings, Sauron was a Maia, very powerful entities and endowed with many powers, originally created to do good, but Sauron is evil.
It was he who was behind the creation of the rings, to install a kind of union between the races, but it was a trap, because Sauron, in the fires of Mount Doom, forged in secret another ring, much more powerful, and he poured all his cruelty and hatred in its creation. On this ring, he had engraved "One ring to rule them all." With this, he managed to corrupt the 9 human kings who got rings, and turned them into its most dangerous servants, the Nazgul.
With this Ring, Sauron tenfold hiss power and with its armies of evil creatures, he began to invade the Middle-earth and establish his reign of terror. But one day, men and elves formed an alliance to fight the armies of Sauron on the lands of Mordor. The men and elves had the edge over the orcs, but unfortunately for them, Sauron comes in person, armed, and his ring on the finger.
Sauron begins to massacre the men and elves in his path, every blow that he gives has the effect of a shock wave that kills several soldiers simultaneously. But Sauron ends up being defeated by Isildur, the king's son, and without his ring, Sauron's body disintegrates and disappears, but the ring was able to corrupt the mind of Isildur, who kept it with him.
But despite this, Sauron had not died. With his ring, the spirit of Sauron survived and waited many years to regain its strength. As a huge eye of fire, Sauron remains protected in the land of Mordor, and sends its troops of creatures in search of his ring to regain his carnal form and all its power.
As Galadriel is the embodiment of good, Sauron is evil incarnate in the world of Tolkien.
Although he has no physical form, Sauron is everywhere. His spirit and his presence are felt all the time, hiding in the shadows and watching every doings of the Ring-bearer, Frodo Baggins. That's what I really admire in the character of Sauron: even if he is not physically here, he manages to achieve a sense of fear in the hearts of people, simply by his name. Everyone fears him, even the most powerful lords and kings, and Galadriel seems to be the only person powerful enough to be able to face Sauron.
In the third film of The Hobbit, Galadriel meets Sauron and faces him. This is the face to face personally, I really wanted to see and when I saw this scene in the cinema, I was like "Oh god, the two most powerful figures, face to face!" A very intense and impressive power duel. Galadriel managed to chase the spirit of Sauron without killing him, but against the power of the evil entity, Galadriel does not out unscathed of this fight, like injured and mentally weakened.
Sauron is never seen without his helmet. When he has his physical form, he constantly wears a very badass armor and really cool, I would absolutely got it, and his head is hidden by a terrifying helmet, that is really as badass! For me, among all the villains, Sauron has one of the best outfits, EVER!
Even the main characters of the story are afraid of Sauron because they know that if he can resume his ring, they will not be strong enough to fight and stop him. With his ring, Sauron seems invincible, and this is maybe the case.
To be the embodiment of evil in LOTR, inspiring fear and awe in the minds of people just by the name, and be one of the most powerful and badass villains, Sauron deserves its place in the list of iconic villains.
See you next month for the new edition \m/
Mathias, the Killmaster
Fire and Blood \m/
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