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Morgoth 2

Melkor, later known as Morgoth, the Dark Lord of the First Age

Sauron-2

Sauron, the Dark Lord of the Second and Third Age

Dark Lord was the title of the two most powerful evil overlords in the world of Arda, each of whom worked to take control of all Middle-earth for themselves and enslave the Free Peoples.

Description

That which they could not control, they sought to destroy. The first and greater Dark Lord was the Vala first known as Melkor and then as Morgoth. The second and lesser Dark Lord was the Maia, and former lieutenant of Morgoth known as Sauron. Both Dark Lords were very influential in the history of Middle-earth, waging numerous wars against the Valar, the Elves, and a few select groups of Men. Their actions, especially those of Morgoth, had a permanent negative impact on the world, as the Dark Lords both destroyed many beautiful things and places, and caused untold anguish and grief. Eventually both Dark Lords were overthrown and defeated; Melkor was cast into the Void at the end of the First Age by his brethren, and Sauron was permanently defeated at the end of the Third Age by Frodo Baggins with the aid of Samwise Gamgee and Gollum, when they cast the One Ring into Mount Doom and robbed Sauron of most of his power.

Behind the Scenes

"Dark Lords" became something of a cliché in fantasy and science fiction novels and other media following the success of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings with the Dark Lord Sauron.

Later in The Silmarillion it is revealed that Sauron was the second Dark Lord and that the first was Morgoth with Sauron actually being a servant of Morgoth . When Morgoth fell, Sauron took up his throne of influence and vowed to complete what his master initiated.

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Translations around the World

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Donker Heer
Albanian Zoti Errët
Amharic ደማቅ ጌታ
Arabic سيد الظلام
Armenian մութ տեր
Azerbaijani Qaranlıq Hökmdar
Basque Ilun Jauna
Belarusian Cyrillic цёмны Лорд
Bengali ডার্ক লর্ড
Bosnian Gospodar Tame
Bulgarian Cyrillic Тъмен лорд
Cambodian ព្រះអម្ចាស់ងងឹត
Catalan Senyor Fosc
Cebuano Mangitngit nga Ginoo
Chinese 黑暗领主
Cornish Arlodh Tewal
Croatian Mračni Gospodar
Czech Temný pán
Danish Mørk Herre
Dutch Donkere Heer
Esperanto Malluma Sinjoro
Estonian Tume Isand
Faroese Myrkt Harra
Fijian Turaga ni butobuto
Filipino Madilim Panginoon
Finnish Musta Ruhtinas
French Seigneur des Ténèbres
Frisian Tsjustere Hear
Galician Lorde Escuro
Georgian ბნელი ბატონი
German Dunkler Herrscher
Greek Σκοτεινός Άρχοντας
Gujarati ડાર્ક ભગવાન
Haitian Creole Fènwa Seyè a
Hebrew אדון האופל
Hindi अंधेरे प्रभु
Hmong Tsaus Tswv
Hungarian Sötét Nagyúr
Icelandic Myrkur Lávarður
Indonesian Penguasa kegelapan
Irish Gaelic Tiarna Dorcha
Italian Signore Oscuro
Japanese ダークロード
Kannada ಡಾರ್ಕ್ ಲಾರ್ಡ್
Kazakh Cyrillic қараңғы Лорд (Cyrillic) Qarañğı lord (Latin)
Korean 다크로드
Kurdish Tarî Xudan (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic караңгы лорд
Latvian Tumsas pavēlnieks
Lithuanian Tamsos Valdovas
Luxembourgish Donkel Här
Macedonian Cyrillic Темен Господар
Malayalam ഇരുണ്ട രക്ഷിതാവ്
Manx Hiarn Dorraghey
Marathi गडद स्वामी
Mongolian Cyrillic Харанхуйн эзэн
Nepalese गाढा प्रभु
Northern Sami Seavdnjat Isit
Norwegian Mørk Herre
Old English Deorc Hlāford
Pashto تياره رب
Persian ارباب تاریکی
Polish Czarny Pan
Portuguese Senhor do Escuro
Punjabi ਹਨੇਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ
Romanian Lordul Întunecat (Seniorul Întunecimii)
Romansh Stgir Dumagnar ?
Russian Тёмный Властелин
Samoan Pogisa Alii
Sanskrit डेरिका नाथ ?
Scottish Gaelic Dorcha Thighearn
Serbian Тамни владар (Cyrillic) Gospodar tame (Latin)
Sesotho Morena Lefifi
Sindhi اونداهي پالڻھار
Sinhalese අඳුරු ස්වාමීන්
Slovak Temný pán
Slovenian Temni gospodar
Somalian Mugdi ah Rabbiga
Spanish Señor Oscuro
Sundanese Poék Gusti
Swahili Giza Bwana
Swedish Mörk Herre
Tahitian Fatu i te pouri
Tajik Cyrillic торик Худованд
Tamil இருண்ட ஆண்டவன்
Tatar караңгы хуҗа ?
Telugu డార్క్ లార్డ్
Thai เจ้าแห่งศาสตร์มืด
Turkish Karanlık Efendi
Ukrainian Cyrillic Темний лорд
Urdu گہرا رب
Uzbek Қоронғи ҳазратлари (Cyrillic) Qorong'i hazratlari (Latin)
Vietnamese Chúa tể bóng tối
Welsh Arglwydd tywyll
Xhosa Ebumnyameni Nkosi
Yiddish דאַרק האר
Yoruba Dudu Oluwa
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