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About 500 years into the Second Age, Sauron reappeared, [T 16] intent on taking over Middle-earth. [T 5] [T 14] [T 20] [T 6] To seduce the Elves into his service, Sauron assumed a fair appearance as Annatar, "Lord of Gifts" [T 13] and befriended Celebrimbor's Elven-smiths of Eregion. He taught them arts and magic, helping them to forge the ...
The Second Age is characterized by the establishment and flourishing of Númenor, the rise of Sauron in Middle-earth, the creation of the Rings of Power and the Ringwraiths, and the early wars of the Rings between Sauron and the Elves. It ended with Sauron's defeat by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. [T 21] [e]
At the dawn of the Second Age, the sorcerer Sauron declares himself to be the new Dark Lord following the defeat of his master, Morgoth. Sauron shares his plan to enslave the peoples of Middle-earth using an army of Orcs. Adar, the leader of the Orcs, and others of his kind seemingly kill Sauron.
At the dawn of the Second Age, the Dark Lord Sauron is seemingly killed by an army of Orcs and their leader, Adar, but his spirit endures and forms a new body over thousands of years. Taking the name "Halbrand", he helps the Elves forge three Rings of Power before his identity is revealed.
The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth is an edited 2022 collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's Second Age writings. The editor, Brian Sibley, uses extracts from "The Tale of Years" in the Appendices of The Lord of the Rings as a framework for the writings.
The concluding section of the book, comprising about 20 pages, describes the events that take place in Middle-earth during the Second and Third Ages. In the Second Age, Sauron re-emerged in Middle-earth. The Rings of Power were forged by Elves led by Celebrimbor, but Sauron secretly forged One Ring to control the others.
(The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place in the Third Age, while Prime Video’s The Rings of Power series happens in the Second Age.) 2. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth (1980)
Toward the end of the Second Age, the Númenóreans took Sauron prisoner. [T 2] Sauron however managed to corrupt the Men of Númenor, leading to their civilisation's eventual downfall. [T 2] The exiled Númenóreans who survived, led by Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anárion, established the realms of Arnor and Gondor.