Month: February 2017

If you’re new to this blog, I definitely recommend checking out my tags for a more definitive answer. 🙂 I’ve had this blog a long time and the way I play Sauron (he prefers “Sauron” over “Mairon” for reasons that you can find in the headcanons tag and the character bio) has developed over time, but for the most part I can say he is painfully lawful evil. 

-He- doesn’t think he’s evil; he is confident that his actions are justified and fit well within his own criteria of acceptable conduct. He is aware that terrible things happen during war, and he is also aware that he is responsible for many of those terrible things, but for the most part he considers those to be in service of a greater goal (with a few personal indulgences here and there because sometimes shit gets real and vengeance is tasty. Also he’s a sadist and he likes to treat himself.) 

Sauron thinks of himself as reasonable, accommodating, and pragmatic. The ends always justify the means, though he does have regrets about avoidable mayhem and deaths. He has a fully functioning sense of empathy and compassion, it’s just that he doesn’t let those things stop him from achieving his, and his Master’s, goals. 

He is terribly manipulative, and will stack odds in his favor whenever possible, but he always uses the veneer of truth, the letter of the law, to mask his deceit.  

Again, he doesn’t consider himself evil. He doesn’t make grand displays of villainous pomp unless it will gain him something. He doesn’t use force when force is not necessary, he isn’t cruel when it is in his interests to be kind, and he is loathe to waste resources on senseless acts of brutality. (Mind you, this attitude changes by the time he’s a bitter old shadow lurking in Barad-dur in the Third Age). He has seen what stubbornness and pride get you, and he prefers to be flexible– something Melkor had a hand in teaching him. 

It’s important to note that his own perception of himself changes considerably once Melkor is imprisoned in the Void. He loses a great deal of his confidence without a definite cause to rally behind. He begins to see himself more as a force of vengeance, with the goal of carrying out Melkor’s wishes in his absence and punish those he views as responsible for his downfall. 

And yes, he’s a bit cuddly sometimes. XD
My Sauron is very much a hedonist, and enjoying the pleasures of the material world is something he considers in line with Melkor’s values and his own. He likes bodies, and what bodies can do with other bodies– an attitude that is regarded as distasteful and dangerous by the Valar and most Ainur. Indulging the flesh is an act of rebellion and part of Melkor’s grand vision of freedom. Plus, it’s just dang fun! And he’s got a lot of time on his hands as an immortal. He enjoys pleasing others; he’s still sort of essentially built for service, even if he’s a rebel. 
 He can be quite romantic and has formed many close bonds over the centuries, some mortal, some immortal, some lasting, some fleeting, some that end in bloodshed and betrayal, some that he will treasure forever– but none that overshadow his abiding love of Melkor and his desire to free him from the Void. 

And he will never, never, ever let anyone shave off his body hair. Ever.