Dates

Sauron was immortal and entered Arda at its beginning; the Witch-king emerged c. II 2250; both were banished at the end of the Second Age and re-emerged during the Third, to be finally destroyed in III 3019

Origins

Sauron was corrupted by Melkor, the first Dark Lord; the Witch-king was ensnared in turn by Sauron to become the Lord of the Nazgûl

Race

Sauron was one of the Ainur; the Lord of the Nazgûl was originally a Man

Settlements

The title was most commonly applied to Sauron during his time in Dol Guldur, and to the Lord of the Nazgûl while he held Minas Morgul

Other names

Sauron was known more fully as the Sorcerer of Dol Guldur, or as the Necromancer; the Lord of the Nazgúl was commonly referred to as the Witch-king of Angmar

Title of

Sauron and the Lord of the Nazgûl

Note

The feminine form 'sorcereress' was applied to Galadriel in her title Sorceress of the Golden Wood

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Sorcerer

A title of Sauron, and of his greatest servant

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At the time of Sauron's secret re-emergence in the heart of Mirkwood, he was referred to as 'the Sorcerer' or, in full, 'the Sorcerer of Dol Guldur'. Sauron's servant, the Lord of the Nazgûl, followed his master, and before the Battle of the Pelennor Gandalf also gave this title to him.

Sorcerer

A title of Sauron, and of his greatest servant

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