Does Sauron come back after Lord of the Rings?

No. After the destruction of the ring and his body yet again destroyed his spirit is render impotent. He will always be there, but never again to take a physical form.
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Did Sauron return after the Ring was destroyed?

After centuries lying dormant, rebuilding strength and stirring awake evil things, Sauron returned to power late in the Third Age, but was permanently crippled in the War of the Ring after the destruction of the Ring in the fires of Mount Doom by Frodo Baggins.
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Will Sauron rise again?

ANSWER: J.R.R. Tolkien all but completely ruled out the possibility that Sauron might return as a Dark Lord to trouble Middle-earth. Sauron had placed most of his “native strength” in the Ring, and when the Ring was destroyed Sauron was reduced to an extremely weak spirit incapable of taking physical shape again.
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Can Sauron come back without the Ring?

Yet, despite his spirit still festering, Sauron can never return to the physical world without the Ring, and his defeat was so devastating that he'll be weakened forever.
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Where does Sauron go after the Hobbit?

After the White Council finally realized who he was and moved against him, Sauron fled to Mordor. There, about nine years after the events of The Hobbit, Sauron finally had everything he needed in place and openly declared himself.
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What happened *after* The Lord of the Rings?



What happens to Sauron after LOTR?

Sauron does survive in some form after the destruction of the Ring. However, since he put so much of his own power into the Ring, he only exists as an evil spirit and cannot do anything. Instead of having control over all the people of Middle Earth, Sauron barely has control over his own fate.
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Why don't we see Sauron in Lord of the Rings?

With the destruction of the One Ring in the fire-embers of Mount Doom (Orodruin, Amon Amarth), in which it was forged, Sauron's fate is finally sealed, Barad-dûr collapses, Sauron's influence on the “evil” creatures is extinguished, and they too Power of the three elven rings is disappearing.
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Why can't Sauron come back?

Gandalf says that "none can foresee his arising ever again", he does not say that Sauron will be gone, he simply won't arise. Sauron will just become a mere spirit of malice, and will not be able to again take shape. I hope this helps.
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How does ring bring Sauron back?

So the answer is that he would put the Ring on his lost finger and thus restore it. Movie: The Eye's pupil is Sauron's physical form, as shown in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: So he would simply put the Ring on his finger normally.
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What would Sauron have done if he got the Ring?

Sauron would aquire the Ring, and create more and more troops and fire and evil schemes and things to bloat up his already enormous army. He would first overthrow Saruman, as he is no more use to him, and occupy Orthanc with one of his brilliant generals and leave a bit of the great army there.
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Can Saruman come back?

But if he had died before the One Ring was destroyed, I think his own ring would still have failed and he would be unable to reincarnate himself ever again. Hence, for Saruman there was probably no real chance of recovering his wits and will enough to reincarnate himself.
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Is morgoth coming back?

Nevertheless, according to the Second Prophecy of Mandos, Morgoth will come back and attack Arda. He will fight in the Last Battle against the Valar and their allies, but will ultimately be slain by Túrin Turambar, the Man he cursed.
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Is Sauron still alive?

J.R.R. Tolkien's own illustration of the spirit of Sauron after he died for the last time. ANSWER: Yes, Sauron died a physical death of the body, the same as any Elf, Man, Hobbit, Orc, Troll, Oliphaunt, horse, or other creature died in Middle-earth.
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Why did Saruman join Sauron?

Saruman's real intention was to permit Sauron to build up his strength, so that the One Ring would reveal itself. He later found that Sauron had more knowledge of the possible location of the One Ring than he expected, and in TA 2941, Saruman finally agreed to attack Dol Guldur.
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Who would win Sauron or Voldemort?

7 Different: Sauron Is Probably More Powerful Than Voldemort

While both wield enormous power, Sauron is probably a force beyond Voldemort's reckoning. Voldemort might have descended into the depths of darkness, but Sauron is an entity from another time, possibly with powers that even Voldemort cannot imagine.
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Why can't Gandalf touch the Ring?

Though someone could start out with good intentions, the Ring would eventually corrupt them. And that is why Gandalf can't touch it. He is afraid that if he did, it would corrupt him and make him just as bad as Sauron since Sauron put so much of himself and his evil into the One Ring.
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Why did the Ring not affect Bilbo?

Hobbits are simple creatures and do not wish for much, so there is nothing for the Ring to use against a hobbit. Frodo is the hobbit that is corrupted the most next to Gollum and Bilbo, which is why he is unable to throw the Ring into the fire.
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Did Gandalf know Bilbo had the Ring?

At the end of The Hobbit, Gandalf reveals to Bilbo that he knows about his magic ring. Here's why the scene doesn't contradict The Lord of the Rings. Gandalf's knowledge of Bilbo's ring in The Hobbit doesn't create a Lord of the Rings plot hole.
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Did Aragorn fight Sauron in the book?

This was the final battle against Sauron in the War of the Ring, fought at the Morannon, the Black Gate of Mordor. The Army of the West, led by Aragorn, marched on the gate to distract Sauron's attention from the hobbits Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee, who were dangerously carrying the One Ring into Mordor.
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Was morgoth stronger than Sauron?

Morgoth (Melkor), as a Valar, was a more powerful being than Sauron, a Maia. In a one-on-one fight or each with their respective armies in any age, Morgoth is undoubtedly the strongest.
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Are Sauron and the necromancer the same person?

Yes, Tolkien intended for the Necromancer (or Thû) to be Sauron even before Sauron was officially introduced and there are several pieces of evidence that clearly point to that and the fact that the Necromancer and Sauron are the same person.
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Is Sauron in Hobbit book?

In The Hobbit, Gandalf refers to a mysterious villain called the Necromancer, but he is actually Sauron from The Lord of the Rings. Even though the two are not explicitly connected within the novels, they are linked through J. R. R. Tolkien's earlier stories and writings.
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Does Sauron exist in hobbit?

Sauron appears as The Necromancer and one of the main antagonists in Jackson's The Hobbit film adaptations, where he is voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Was Sauron an elf?

Prior to the publication of The Silmarillion, Sauron's origins and true identity were unclear to those without full access to Tolkien's notes. In early editions of The Guide to Middle Earth, Sauron is described as "probably of the Eldar elves".
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