Like Satan, who was once an angel known as Lucifer, Sauron was originally an angelic being himself called Mairon. As one of the Maiar (the race of immortal spirits from which Gandalf also derives), he ...
Sauron may be busy forging rings ... Durin—some have been created from whole cloth like the elf Arondir or the harfoot Nori. It is certainly possible that this dark wizard character is brand new ...