Long before the events of The Lord of the Rings movies, there was a villain more evil than Sauron and a fortress stronger ...

Morgoth and Sauron are often compared as the two big bads of The Lord of the Rings, but Sauron has one huge advantage over ...

In Tolkien's works, Morgoth actually pre-dates Middle-earth. Before he was known as Morgoth, he was Melkor, the most powerful of the angel-like Ainur. Unlike the rest of his kind, ...

Morgoth was successful in carrying out some major atrocities, and he got some of the Maiar to come to his side, too. One of those Maiar was Sauron, then known as Mairon.

Morgoth is gone, but Sauron is raising a tower in the southlands to continue his master’s fight. He is Morgoth’s backup plan to create a realm where “evil would not only endure but thrive.” ...

Not only is Morgoth one of the most powerful characters that J.R.R. Tolkien created, but almost everything bad that happened in Tolkien’s world before the start of The Rings of Power was his fault.

Sauron was Morgoth’s most loyal servant and hand-picked heir, but while more famous than his master, Morgoth was even more powerful. Morgoth crafted his own Iron Crown in the volcanic mountains ...

Morgoth’s principal lieutenant and right-hand man was Sauron. A powerful Maiar, he saw Morgoth trying to make things of his own instead of waiting for Ilúvatar to do what he wanted.

Morgoth's crown was first shown in season 2 episode 1's Sauron-focused flashback sequence (Image credit: Prime Video) First glimpsed in episode 1 of The Rings of Power three-episode premiere, ...

Morgoth was essentially the Emperor Palpatine to Sauron’s Darth Vader. He’s the Big Bad of “The Simarillion,” and was the most powerful of a race of beings known as the Ainur, which were ...

Morgoth was gigantic, anywhere from two to three times bigger than the seven-foot elves he fought with during the First Age. His presence, as briefly seen during the Prime Video series’ first ...