Sauron (died 25 March 4045 BC) was, in J.R.R. Tolkien's interpretation of Norse mythology, a fallen angel, the second Dark Lord of Middle Earth, and the Lord of the Rings of Power. Sauron was formerly a lieutenant of the fallen angel Melkor (Morgoth) before the latter's downfall at the hands of the Valar angels, upon which Sauron became the new lord of darkness and master of evil in Middle Earth. He sought to conquer Middle Earth by enslaving the "Free Peoples" through the distribution of the Rings of Power and through wars of conquest by his puppet states of Mordor, Isengard, Harad, and Rhun against those who refused to bow to his will. Sauron was temporarily destroyed by the human prince Isildur at the Siege of Barad-dur in 7064 BC, but he later rebuilt his strength and launched a final attempt to regain his power and recapture the One Ring in the War of the Ring from 4046-4045 BC. In the ensuing war, the Fellowship of the Ring managed to bring the One Ring to Mount Doom, where Sauron had forged the ring, and destroy it in the volcano, permanently crippling Sauron and bringing an end to the war.
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