In truth, Sauron isn’t a Man, Elf, or anything similar. He is one of the Maiar, primordial spirits created by Eru – the creator of the universe in The Lord of the Rings – to assist the Valar in shaping the physical world. Like the Valar, the Maiar are immortal beings who can freely change their shape and physical appearance. Another important example of a Maia in The Lord of The Rings is Gandalf, which explains how he appears as both Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White, and also why the Dwellers confuse him for Sauron in The Rings of Power.
How Old Sauron Is In Rings Of Power
Sauron Lived Through The Creation Of The Universe, The First Age, & Half The Second Age In Rings Of Power
In the books, the forging of the rings of power occurs around 1500 years into the Second Age. Before this, Sauron existed through the First Age, a period lasting about 5,000 years. Then, before even this, there was the period between the creation of the universe and the creation of Arda (the world) and Middle-earth. This lasted approximately 60,000 years. This means that, altogether, Sauron would be somewhere around 66,500 years old in Rings of Power.
The timeline for Rings of Power was condensed to allow the exploration of mortal characters’ stories without too much time jumping.
How Old Is Sauron In The Lord Of The Rings
Sauron Lived Through The Creation Of The Universe, The First Age, The Second Age, & Most Of The Third Age In The Lord Of The Rings
Custom image by Debanjana ChowdhurySauron carried on causing chaos in Middle-earth for the remainder of the Second Age until he was temporarily destroyed when Isildur separated him from his One Ring. This happened at the Last Alliance of Elves and Men—which took place in SA 3430 (only a few years before the start of the Third Age). This means that Sauron would have been about 68,430 during his temporary downfall. Of course, he wasn’t quite dead, and he later began to gain more power until he was defeated once and for all when Frodo Baggins destroyed the One Ring in Third Age 3019.
This would mean that Sauron’s spirit or essence was about 71,460 years old when he was finally destroyed at the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
This would mean that Sauron’s spirit or essence was about 71,460 years old when he was finally destroyed at the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. This made him one of the oldest beings in Middle-earth, though beings like Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagast would have been about the same age.
How Can Sauron Die & Come Back To Life?
Sauron is most famously defeated at the end of the Second Age when Isildur, wielding the broken sword (Narsil) of his dead father, cuts the ring from Sauron’s finger. Instead of dying after his defeat, Sauron becomes the eye that has become synonymous with the character since Peter Jackson’s trilogy. This is because Sauron, as one of the Maiar, is an immortal being. While his physical form may be killed, his true essence cannot be destroyed so easily.
Sauron did not become an eye in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books. The flaming image seen in the movies was an invention of Peter Jackson.
Since Sauron poured so much of his will and power into the One Ring, his fate was tethered to the weapon itself. So long as the One Ring survived, Sauron could not die. Of course, this was also his undoing since destroying the One Ring would eliminate the spirit of its master. If he had never made the One Ring, Sauron’s essence might never have been destroyed. In a sense, it’s lucky that he did since it is for this exact reason that Sauron is completely defeated at the end of The Lord of The Rings, and the life of the ancient being is finally ended.
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