Rings of Power: A First Look At Sauron And His Deceptive Form Of Anatar
With less than 2 months to go until the Amazon series debuts, another Rings of Power trailer has been released, and this latest exploration into the Second Age of Middle Earth finally gives audiences a glimpse of the character believed to be Sauron. This is the first time the dark lords name has been mentioned in any of the trailers, by a man (possibly a once golden knight of men, now banished) who has hold of a young boy bearing a strange mark or branding on his arm (possibly a slave child, or a child who has been marked by a brush with evil) somewhere in the far south, which confirms what viewers have suspected all along: the darkness growing and spreading across the lands is indeed the Sauron of the later Lord of the Rings trilogy.
But Sauron’s story in the First and Second Ages is very different to that of the War of the Ring, and the Rings of Power is set to be focusing on his narrative just after Morgoth has been captured and sealed away. The valar are in turmoil, Middle Earth is vulnerable, and there are many great battles in these ages that give Sauron just the opportunity he needs to take advantage of the carnage.
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This is furthered in the latest Rings of Power trailer by a first look at the character who is believed to be Anatar, Sauron’s fair elven disguise. When Sauron does resurface in Middle Earth, after suffering the terrible defeat of his master and fleeing, he resurfaces under an illusion, a secret identity that he uses to remain hidden from those who would want to capture him. Whilst under the protection of this crafty camouflage, Sauron manipulates Celebrimbor into forging the dark rings, which, unbeknownst to him, Sauron imbues with malice and
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