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The First Age of Middle-earth ended with the defeat of the Vala Morgoth, who was cast into oblivion.  However, in the Second Age, a [[Ainu (Middle-earth)|Maia]] named [[Sauron]], who was the servant of Morgoth, rose to great power and took his master's place as the malign spirit opposed to everything good in Middle-earth.  He was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the foot of [[Mount Doom]], and his great [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|Ruling Ring]] was taken from him by [[Isildur]] heir of [[Elendil]].  Sauron's body was slain and his vanquished spirit fled into the wilderness, which ushered in the Third Age. However in doing so the shape of the world was forever changed, the island of [[Númenor]] destroyed and the road to [[Valinor]] hidden.

The First Age of Middle-earth ended with the defeat of the Vala Morgoth, who was cast into oblivion.  However, in the Second Age, a [[Ainu (Middle-earth)|Maia]] named [[Sauron]], who was the servant of Morgoth, rose to great power and took his master's place as the malign spirit opposed to everything good in Middle-earth.  He was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the foot of [[Mount Doom]], and his great [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|Ruling Ring]] was taken from him by [[Isildur]] heir of [[Elendil]].  Sauron's body was slain and his vanquished spirit fled into the wilderness, which ushered in the Third Age. However in doing so the shape of the world was forever changed, the island of [[Númenor]] destroyed and the road to [[Valinor]] hidden.

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