There were many imposing fortresses under Sauron's control in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, but his most ...

Annatar to Celebrimbor Sauron used the guise of Annatar because he knew he could not openly approach the elves or other peoples of Middle earth as either himself or Halbrand. His past as Morgothâ ...

With fire in his eye, this corporeal can-opener had the bling to keep all of Middle Earth in line. Who is Sauron, the Lord of ...

Celebrimbor gave his life trying to keep his final works away from “Annatar,” but while his efforts proved futile the legendary elf did manage to wound Sauron. Why did Celebrimbor’s words ...

Sauron spends the bulk of the season in the guise of an angelic visitor named Annatar, working with Celebrimbor to create the Seven Rings of Power for Dwarves and the Nine Rings for Men.

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a prime example of how spending lavishly doesn’t always make a good show. If ...

It's you.” Just keep coming back. Charlie, you've spoken about how Sauron’s shift to Annatar required a new physicality. Can you talk about more of the process of developing those changes for ...

As Tolkien wrote it, Annatar had left Eregion after the rings for Dwarves and Men were created, then he resumed his appearance as Sauron to create the One Ring. He then led his army from Mordor to ...

“Everything was done in-camera, there’s no VFX at all,” Brändström says about Sauron’s shapeshifting. “It’s all planned ahead, but it wasn’t easy. Switching between Annatar and ...

It’s more complicated. We think there’s a bigger story to be told here. So let’s talk about the Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards) and Sauron/Annatar (Charlie Vickers) stuff, because that was great. How ...

The standout plot thread from this series, without a shadow of a doubt, has been the slow-burning seduction of Charles Edwards’ elven smith Celebrimbor by Charlie Vickers’ Sauron/Annatar.