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How Powerful Was Sauron? Sauron is the Dark Lord of Middle-earth, one of the strongest Maiar and the main villain of The Lord of the Rings. Necromancer Sauron, the Lord of the Rings, Gorthaur, and Sauron's true power, Cosmic Soul Sauron, are all analyzed in this video that utilizes feats and scaling from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the Silmarillion. Sauron's power level is far higher than you think. Why is Sauron so powerful? At the end of the Second Age Sauron became even more powerful than Morgoth, and with the power of the One Ring controlled nearly all of Middle-earth. Do you agree with the result of Sauron vs the Lich King?
00:00:00 Who Is Sauron?
00:00:22 Gorthaur
00:03:38 Ringlord
00:04:36 Eye of Sauron/Necromancer
00:05:33 Cosmic Soul Sauron
Sources: The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Morgoth's Ring
Illusions: Silmarillion 191, 202
Shapeshifting: Silmarillion 206
Tanking divine lightning: Silmarillion 332
Autoresurrection: Silmarillion 336-337
One Ring: Silmarillion 344
Nazgul Rings: 346
Mount Doom eruption: Silmarillion 351
Narsil with power of sun and moon: Silmarillion 352
Barad-dur destruction: Return of the King, Mount Doom
Weather control: Return of the King, p. 88-89
Earthquake: The Two Towers, p. 339
Body Heat: Fellowship of the Ring
Greatest of Morgoth's servants: Silmarillion 23; 34
Sorceror Abilities: Silmarillion 182
Enslave others' minds: Morgoth's Ring 224
Greater than Morgoth: Morgoth's Ring 394
Strongest Maiar were nearly Valar level: Silmarillion 11
How Powerful Was Sauron? Sauron is the Dark Lord of Middle-earth, one of the strongest Maiar and the main villain of The Lord of the Rings. Necromancer Sauron, the Lord of the Rings, Gorthaur, and Sauron's true power, Cosmic Soul Sauron, are all analyzed in this video that utilizes feats and scaling from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the Silmarillion. Sauron's power level is far higher than you think. Why is Sauron so powerful? At the end of the Second Age Sauron became even more powerful than Morgoth, and with the power of the One Ring controlled nearly all of Middle-earth. Do you agree with the result of Sauron vs the Lich King?
00:00:00 Who Is Sauron?
00:00:22 Gorthaur
00:03:38 Ringlord
00:04:36 Eye of Sauron/Necromancer
00:05:33 Cosmic Soul Sauron
Sources: The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Morgoth's Ring
Illusions: Silmarillion 191, 202
Shapeshifting: Silmarillion 206
Tanking divine lightning: Silmarillion 332
Autoresurrection: Silmarillion 336-337
One Ring: Silmarillion 344
Nazgul Rings: 346
Mount Doom eruption: Silmarillion 351
Narsil with power of sun and moon: Silmarillion 352
Barad-dur destruction: Return of the King, Mount Doom
Weather control: Return of the King, p. 88-89
Earthquake: The Two Towers, p. 339
Body Heat: Fellowship of the Ring
Greatest of Morgoth's servants: Silmarillion 23; 34
Sorceror Abilities: Silmarillion 182
Enslave others' minds: Morgoth's Ring 224
Greater than Morgoth: Morgoth's Ring 394
Strongest Maiar were nearly Valar level: Silmarillion 11
