

After Morgoth's fall, Sauron appeared in fair form as "Annatar", the Lord of Gifts, and maintained this appearance until the Fall of Númenor, in which he was unable to ever take fair form ever again. However, in The Silmarillion, Sauron is described as being a shapeshifter and took many forms, including that of a serpent, a vampire, and a great wolf. Nowhere is any detailed description given of what he looks like, other than in vague terms. He does not appear in The Hobbit film in 1977 at all, but also is the unseen overarching antagonist.ĭespite being the title character of The Lord of the Rings, Sauron is notable in that he never directly appears during the events of the novel. He is the main antagonist of the animated movie series, serving as the main antagonist in The Lord of the Rings (which is also the name of the original novel) and in Return of the King (also the name of Part III of the novel The Lord of the Rings). He also serves as the secondary antagonist of the mythopoeic novel The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth, a major antagonist in The Children of Húrin and the overarching antagonist of The Hobbit. Tolkien's classic high fantasy epic novel The Lord of the Rings, serving as the overarching antagonist of The Fellowship of the Ring, the unseen overarching antagonist of The Two Towers and as the main antagonist of The Return of the King. He is the titular main antagonist of J.R.R.
