When Sauron lost at the end of Lord Of The Rings, it was arguably a fate worse than death, and one he isn’t coming back from.

The poor Fellowship went through such hardships to save the day at the end of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, but it was all worth it to remove a great evil from the realm and finally have some peace.

While we’ll soon be returning to Middle Earth with some new live-action films, some fans still have a few questions over what happened in the previous ones.

One such question involves Sauron, and what happened to him when his physical form was destroyed as the One Ring dissolved in the pool of lava.

Redditor Josh-Zimmermann wanted to know what exactly happened to the guy, and fortunately fans were quick to answer.

As one fan put it best, when the One Ring was burned Sauron’s connection to it burned as well, so “his physical body was destroyed when Barad Dur collapsed.”

They went on to explain that “his spirit remained on Middle Earth, but because he had lost all his ‘native power’ when the Ring was destroyed, he could never re-embody himself and his spirit was powerless.”

So it sounds like he’s not truly gone, he’s just not on the physical plain anymore, and as such he’s no longer a threat to anyone as he can’t claw his way back no matter how hard he tries.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power TV series is actually explaining Sauron’s origins, and how he came to be the dark lord of Middle Earth, which is pretty interesting.

Sauron’s a very cool villain, and while it’d be nice to see his awesome armour and giant flaming eyeball again, he’s gone for good and never coming back outside of prequels.