Being a shape-shifter helped Sauron deceive and fight his many foes and, in fact, allowed him to create The Rings of Power in the first place, coming to elves in a fair form and deceiving them ...

where Isildur had cut the One Ring from him. This secrecy has led many to question just what Sauron's true form is.

Similar to angels in Christian theology, the Maiar were spiritual beings that could take on physical forms as ... and war on a scale that no other Maia ever achieved. Sauron was chief spy and ...