This article will list those ancient beings, further contextualizing Sauron’s place in Middle-earth.

1Tom Bombadil

Species: Unknown

Tom Bombadil has remained an enigmatic figurethroughout Middle-earth.

No one knows who exactly he is or where he came from, or even what species he is.

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Gandalf confronts the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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Shelob the spider attacking Sam in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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Sauron in his full glory during the prologue to Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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The Watcher in the Water in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

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Rory Kinnear’s Tom Bombadil looking at The Stranger in Rings of Power Season 2

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