The
Lord of the Rings is
Sauron,
Dark Lord and lieutenant of
Morgoth. He is called this for fashioning
the ruling ring, the
one that holds dominion over all other
Rings of Power.
Actually,
Lord of the Rings is just one of his many
nomenclatures. Here are a few others: the
Dark Lord, the
Black Hand, the
Necromancer, the
Ring-Maker,
Annatar ("
Lord of Gifts"),
Gorthaur ("
Terrible Dread"), the
Red Eye,
The Dark One,
The Evil One, etc.
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