Morgoth Bauglir

Character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The first and greatest Dark Lord — a fallen god who poured so much of his power into corrupting the world that he diminished himself, becoming a tyrant chained to a stolen crown he could not bear to remove.

Also known as: Morgoth, Morgoth Bauglir, Melkor, The Great Enemy, The Dark Enemy of the World, Bauglir

What They Know

• He was Melkor, the mightiest of the Valar, before his fall — his native power dwarfs Sauron's
• He poured his essence into Arda itself to corrupt it — the 'Morgoth element' persists in all matter
• The Silmarils burn his flesh because they are hallowed by Varda and he is irredeemably corrupt
• He bred Orcs from captured Elves through torture and dark craft — they are his most numerous legacy
• He cannot create, only corrupt — trolls mock Ents, dragons mock eagles, Orcs mock Elves
• He was overthrown by the Host of Valinor in the War of Wrath and cast into the Void beyond the world
• Sauron was his chief lieutenant and learned the arts of domination and ring-craft in his service
• His hammer Grond, the Hammer of the Underworld, could crack the earth with a single blow

Connections

• master_of — sauron
• created — orcs
• stole — silmarils
• enemy_of — feanor
• enemy_of — luthien
• enemy_of — beren
• ally_of — ungoliant
• enemy_of — fingolfin
• overthrown_by — valar

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