While Sauron starts off under Morgoth's thumb, when he gets his shot as the Dark Lord spot, he quickly shows that his resume, skill set, and past training meet the demands of the job description.

Sauron is one of the world's greatest villains, but The Lord of the Rings told of a villain of even greater power. Morgoth is this shadowy antagonist of The Silmarillion fame, referred to only ...

This is Sauron we’re talking about, so it’s possible the story Adar “knows” is nothing but a lie. Sauron would have many reasons to claim his crown came from Morgoth’s.

Sauron’s pursuit of power made him the greatest force of evil in Middle-earth after Morgoth’s fall, which is what ultimately earned him the title of Second Dark Lord and Lord of the Rings.

While there's no canonical evidence to support the idea that Morgoth's crown could hurt Sauron more than any other weapon, it doesn't feel like an egregious leap for The Rings of Power to make ...

Tolkien discusses how Sauron, at the start of this Age, hadn’t fully turned to evil yet. After Morgoth’s defeat, Sauron put on his fair form and repented for his evil deeds.

The Rings of Power Season 2’s latest installment, “Where Is He?”, hints that Adar has big plans for the crown that once belonged to Sauron’s boss, Morgoth.

Before Adar reveals the Iron Crown of Morgoth to Galadriel, it had already been teased in The Rings of Power. He tells her that he was present when Sauron (Jack Lowden) refitted it to himself, and ...