Is Sauron hot?

So Sauron's body was black and yet burning hot. After Sauron was killed at the end of the Second Age it took him a long time to recover. His spirit became active about a thousand years into the Third Age, encouraging creatures of evil to gather and attack the free peoples of Middle-earth.

Was Sauron attractive?

sexy Sauron. You see, in the Second Age, Sauron did canonically have a Fair Form, which he used to seduce the Elves of Eregion and the Men of Númenor. He eventually lost the ability to appear anything other than horrid, but prior to that, Sauron as a Maia had the ability to appear as attractive as he wanted.

How is Sauron described?

A few clues are given as to Sauron's appearance as the Dark Lord, after he lost his ability to take a fair form: Tolkien described Sauron in one of his letters as having the form of a man of more than human stature, but not gigantic, and as an image of malice and hatred made visible.

What is Sauron supposed to look like?

The usual description is something like "a dark Lord, great and terrible." It's short on specifics, save that Isildur described his hand as being black but burning like fire, and that in the Third Age he only had nine fingers.

Was Sauron ever a physical being?

And, to be fair, after his defeat in the Battle of the Last Alliance, Sauron wasn't able to take physical form for many years, but when he started regaining power around 1000, a new physical form was probably one of the first things he worked on.

The Mouth of Sauron

Why is Sauron just an Eye?

When Sauron was defeated by Prince Isildur of Gondor, his finger was severed, as was the Ring. He also lost his physical form and from then on, Sauron manifested as an Eye.

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.

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".

Did Sauron have a physical form in the movies?

Indeed, at one point in the movie The Fellowship of the Ring, Saruman explicitly states of Sauron that 'he cannot yet take physical form' (though nothing comparable to this appears in the book).

Is Sauron black?

So Sauron's body was black and yet burning hot. After Sauron was killed at the end of the Second Age it took him a long time to recover. His spirit became active about a thousand years into the Third Age, encouraging creatures of evil to gather and attack the free peoples of Middle-earth.

Is Sauron Ginger?

Sauron was clearly ginger.

Why do they call Gandalf Stormcrow?

Théoden calls Gandalf stormcrow to suggest that he preys on disaster. The full quote in the book has Théoden call Gandalf a herald of woe and compare him to crows.

Is Sauron a cat?

The prototype or precursor Sauron-figure was a giant monstrous cat, the Prince of Cats. Called Tevildo, Tifil and Tiberth among other names, this character played the role later taken by Sauron in the earliest version of the story of Beren and Tinúviel in The Book of Lost Tales in 1917.

Why can hobbits carry the Ring?

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.

Why can't Sam carry the Ring?

As for Sam, his resistance likely has to do with his innate goodness and loyalty. His love for Frodo helped him to overcome the pull of the Ring and his inner pureness was never fully pierced by the Ring.

Why did the Eagles not fly Frodo to Mordor?

The eagles can't carry the Fellowship to Mordor because Gandalf can't simply summon a squadron of birds to divebomb Mount Doom.

How tall is Morgoth?

Therefore Morgoth was at least 40 foot tall.

Why was Sauron so strong?

Sauron made The One Ring to help him exercise power over all other people who wore Rings of Power. He made it so powerful by imbuing a part of his soul into the ring. This decisions made the ring a conduit that made Sauron even stronger than before.