Sauron's life is tens of thousands of years long, and yet by the time of the Lord of the Rings, his best days are behind him. In this video we'll explore who he was, where he came from, and why he's one of the greatest villains that Middle-earth has ever known! For more information on other badass Lord of the Rings characters, check out these videos on Galadriel, Elrond, and Gandalf Galadriel: Elrond: Gandalf: Much love and many thanks to the artists who make the wonderful art. No Tolkien art is created by myself, and all credit goes to the individual artists. If an artist is not credited, it is because I cannot find the source of their image, but if any of your artwork is featured during this video, please drop a message or a comment and I can link your page in the description of my videos! All content falls under fair use: any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, parody, or use a copyrighted work for educational purposes. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. Thumbnail art by Yanmo Zhang - Rainbow Dave is kindly drawn by Goldswoof. Check out more of her art at Art credits in order of appearance: Jerry Vanderstelt - Ten Thousand Leaves - TvattbjornsART - Kimberly80 - Maureval - Enano AKD - Joel Kilpatrick - Anna Kulisz - Soni Alcorn-Hender - Jankolas - Kappriss - Kuliszu - Roger Garland - Jacek Kopalski - Elena Kukanova - Rick Ritchie Dymond Starr - Kenneth Sofia - Gerwell - Per Øyvind Haagensen - Pete Amachree - Skvorr - Rami Fon Verg - Ted Nasmith - Randy Vargas - Eric Faure-Brac - Šárka Škorpíková - Dan Pilla - A-Denn - MellorianJ - Danik Yaroslav Tomyn - Anna Lee - Aleksandra Skiba - Peet - LAGRIE - Magicelum - Kenneth Sofia - John Howe - Steamey - IvanaLekseich - Demi-urgic - Kip Rasmussen - Nemanja Bubalo - Sam Hogg - Edvige Faini - Oleg Kuzmin - Much love and many thanks to the music makers! ------------------------------------------- Melodic/Celtic/Fantasy → Fjörður (Full Album) // Royalty Free Music - Royalty Free Music - Alexander Nakarada ------------------------------------------- "Dungeons and Dragons" - Royalty Free Music For Commercial Use - Epic/Celtic Fantasy Royalty Free Music - Alexander Nakarada ------------------------------------------- Much love, stay groovy, and navaer mellyn nin!