Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 5.Sauron takes many forms in JRR Tolkien’s loreHowever The rings of power Season 2 provides the best description of the villain’s true form. Despite The rings of power Season 1 Focusing on Sauron’s looming rise to power, the villain spends most of the first season disguised as Halbrand, the supposed king of the Southlands. He continues to use this identity early in the second outing. However, season 2 leans more heavily into these Lord of the Rings Villain’s shape-shifting abilities. This is what a new actor portrays him in The rings of power Season 2, Episode 1.
Jack Lowden shows how Sauron appeared during and immediately after Morgoth’s reign in the First Age of Middle-earth. And Sauron takes yet another form when he visits Celebrimbor and convinces him to make more rings of power. Annatar is Sauron’s beautiful form, which he uses to deceive the elves in Tolkien’s books. He does the same in The rings of power Season 2, but one of them witnesses his true form in episode 5. When Myrdania tries on one of the rings of power, she glimpses the terror of Sauron – and her description is one of the best we have received of his true form.
The Rings of Power gives a pretty detailed description of Sauron’s form
Mirdania
Myrdania glimpses the unseen realm when she attempts to resize one of the rings of power in season 2, episode 5 – and she’s shaken by what she sees, even after Celebrimbor takes the object from her. As the blacksmith describes what she saw, It becomes clear that she is talking about Sauron in his true form. The fact that she tells Celebrimbor she thinks “It was here between us all along“Confirms as much as Sauron is in Eregon with the Elves; he is simply disguised as Annatar. It does not appear that Myrdania has yet connected Antaar to her vision.
She admits that at first she believed she was looking at the car. However, it turns out she was glimpsing a tall animal that’sSkin was made of flames.’
Myrdania’s description of Sauron is one of the most detailed we getAnd it’s easy to understand why it leaves you so scared. She admits that at first she believed she was looking at the car. However, it turns out she was glimpsing a tall beast that is “Skin was made of flames.” She also mentions Sauron’s “Mercifully” eyes, emphasizing how little the villain feels for his victims. Although Annatar assures her and the other elves that it is “Nothing to fear“, it is obvious that this is not the case.
The Rings of Power’s description of Sauron is close to the movie trilogy’s Eye of Sauron
The villain’s pathetic appearance feels reminiscent of Peter Jackson’s adaptations
Myrdania’s description of Sauron’s true form is intriguing, and It feels reminiscent of the villain’s image in The Lord of the Rings Movies. In Peter Jackson’s adaptations, the main symbol of Sauron is a fiery eye that sits on the tower of Barad-deur in Mordor. Outside of the shadowy silhouette of the Necromancer, this is the only physical representation of Sauron in the films. He takes on more tangible forms in the rings of power, But season 2 implies that its true appearance is closer to the trilogy’s Eye of Sauron.
As the villain is one of Tolkien’s Maiar, he should have a less corporeal form to contrast the physicality he takes on when he resides in Middle-earth.
The Eye of Sauron represents the villain’s increasing presence and influence on Middle-earth, but it also makes sense given the character’s backstory. As the villain is one of Tolkien’s Maiar, he should have a less corporeal form to contrast the physicality he takes on when he resides in Middle-earth. What Myrdania sees is in line with Sauron being a Maia, and It also matches how Tolkien describes the villain in his writings.
What Tolkien revealed about Sauron’s real appearance
The author described him as shadow and flame
Although Tolkien does not give a concrete description of Sauron’s true appearance, The author’s work suggests the villain is composed of shadow and flame (via CBR). This is exactly how Mirdania sees him The rings of power Season 2, episode 5, suggesting the show is using Tolkien’s canon to create Sauron’s identity. This is not surprising, as the Amazon series remains fairly faithful in its portrayal of his shape-shifting and deception as Annatar. and the fieryBody“Of Sauron’s Ties Together The Lord of the Rings Movies, Tolkien’s writings, and the Amazon series Shane.
Although Myrdania’s description of Sauron sheds further light on Tolkien’s character, it also maintains the mystery surrounding his true form. This feels right, as the author intentionally leaves elements of Sauron – and the Maiar in general – open to interpretation. The rings of power could give viewers a glimpse of what Myrdania sees in episode 5. However, it might be more effective to leave his true appearance to the imagination.
Source: CBR