Characters in the Lord of the Rings - Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, Arwen, Shelob, Tom Bombadil, Samwise Gamgee, Eowyn, Radagast, Boromir, Deagol (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, Arwen, Shelob, Tom Bombadil, Samwise Gamgee, Eowyn, Radagast, Boromir, Deagol, Treebeard, Glorfindel, Celeborn, Denethor, Goldberry, Eomer, Bill Ferny, Fredegar Bolger, Grima Wormtongue, Gildor Inglorion, Helm Hammerhand, Elladan and Elrohir, Sauron, Aragorn, Saruman, Faramir, Gollum, Galadriel, Frodo Baggins, Legolas, Witch-king of Angmar, Gimli, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Elrond, Peregrin Took, Cirdan, Theoden, Mouth of Sauron, Beregond and Bergil, Old Man Willow, Imrahil, Gamling, Hama, Gothmog, Barliman Butterbur, Halbarad, Farmer Maggot, Elanor Gardner, Grimbold, Erkenbrand, Ceorl, Elfhelm, Hurin the Tall, Eothain, Eomund, Forlong the Fat. Excerpt: Sauron (pronounced ) is the primary antagonist and titular character of the epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. In the same work, he is revealed to be the same character as "the Necromancer" from Tolkien's earlier novel The Hobbit. In Tolkien's The Silmarillion (published posthumously by Tolkien's son Christopher Tolkien), he is also revealed to have been the chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth. Tolkien noted that the "angelic" powers of his constructed myth "were capable of many degrees of error and failing," but by far the worst was "the absolute Satanic rebellion and evil of Morgoth and his satellite Sauron." The cosmological myth prefixed to The Silmarillion explains how Eru, "the One," initiated his creation by bringing into being innumerable spirits, "the offspring of his thought," who were thus with him before anything else had been made. The being later known as Sauron thus originated as an "immortal (angelic) spirit." In his origin, Sauron therefore perceived the Creator directly. As Tolkien noted: "Sauron could not, of course, be a 'sincere' atheist. Though one of the minor spirits created before the ...