Why Was Sauron so Powerful? (Even Among Maiar) - Middle-earth Explained

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The power of Sauron was great throughout all of the ages of Middle-earth, but why was he so powerful, even when compared to other Maiar? Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts on Sauron’s power in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description! #LordoftheRings #Lore #Silmarillion Mythologie Candles: https://mythologiecandles.com/?ref=kBcuDOvUQ7bnVg Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server: https://www.patreon.com/menofthewest Check out our Merch: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/yoystan/ Check out our music channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC10aDUEJlPrbIX0Wu4pnwmw Join us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Yoystan/ Join us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Yoystan Related articles: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sauron https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1udrwt/lotr_what_makes_sauron_so_powerful/ https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Sauron-so-powerful https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gandalf The Maiar of Middle-earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbo4v93nOso&t Sauron, the Lord of the Rings - Epic Character History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CI68v_JKBc How Did Sauron's Plans Change Over the Ages? Middle-earth Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGA4mnuqMtk Would There Be Another Dark Lord After Sauron? (Who Would They Be?) Middle-earth Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPhUkXn56E&t Thank you for your (Valar and Elf tiers) patronage and support! Robert Bogue Kings Wild Project Bryan Garwood adam petrlik Anthony Harmon Arthur Blair Scouten Brandon Glidden Dorwin Gray Merlin Elizabeth Calvert John Hume Jonathan Putnam Kyle Wetzel Mark Kralick Matt Sibbach Maz Gibs merten Peter Sheppard Rhys Jenkins Sam mcbee April Green Brent Paredes Chiara Siaset Corwin Nemeth Dale Starbuck Helko Jpcjr Matthew Jacoby Matthew Rivas Memory Troll Peter DeVault Psynexus Susan Henry Tobias Göldner Van Hardison, PhD metalguy87 Saoirse Rose NicthevikTv Marc Paul Leone theo Jake Pedsneuro Bryan Garwood Inge Marie Schmidlin theo (These are active patrons, if you don’t see your name, there may be an issue with your donation) The new Men of the West thumbnail logo overlay was created by Raffe: @RaffetheRandom on Twitter The new Men of the West logo was created by Beau: https://www.instagram.com/beauy.art/?hl=en The new Men of the West intro was created by Tyler Lund: https://tylerlund.mystrikingly.com/ The image “Bag End” was created by Wayne Glassbrook at designly.net The first song used in this video: Dark Times by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3611-dark-times License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The last song used in this video is from: https://library.techsmith.com/ Many related and/or used art come from these artists and sources: Jenny Dolfen: https://goldseven.wordpress.com/ Alan Lee: https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-alan-lee/ John Howe: https://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery/ Hildebrant brothers: http://www.brothershildebrandt.com/Brothers.htm DonatoArts: https://www.deviantart.com/donatoarts Magali Villeneuve http://www.magali-villeneuve.com/ Wolfanita: https://www.deviantart.com/wolfanita Gerwell: https://gerwell.tumblr.com/ Mirach Ravaia: https://www.deviantart.com/mirachravaia/gallery Kaprriss: https://www.deviantart.com/kaprriss/gallery EKukanova: https://www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/gallery steamey: https://www.deviantart.com/steamey Laurelinartistry: https://www.instagram.com/laurelinartistry/ SaMo-art: https://www.deviantart.com/samo-art/gallery kimberly80: https://www.deviantart.com/kimberly80/gallery Anke Eissmann: http://anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illustration.html Kip Rasmussen: https://www.kiprasmussen.com/ William Faucher: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4bA5yl akreon: https://www.deviantart.com/akreon/art/Sauron-905163988 wolfanita: https://www.deviantart.com/wolfanita/art/The-Silmarillion-The-Maiar-475414209 Gerwell: https://www.deviantart.com/gerwell/art/Silmarillion-Illustration-793787626 alystraea: https://www.deviantart.com/alystraea/art/Mairon-the-Admirable-813688297 BohemianWeasel: https://www.deviantart.com/bohemianweasel/art/Melkor-and-Sauron-552168276 Egorit: https://www.tumblr.com/e-laureanar Eldamar: https://eldamaranquendi.tumblr.com/image/170496759752 SarkaSkorpikova: https://www.deviantart.com/sarkaskorpikova/art/Will-you-forgive-me-495921809 JohnnySlowhand: https://www.deviantart.com/johnnyslowhand/art/Sauron-109002729 mentoskova: https://www.deviantart.com/mentoskova/art/One-to-rule-them-all-769923922 Yanmo Zhang: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KV20o Legrande62: https://www.deviantart.com/legrande62/art/SAURON-THE-LORD-OF-THE-RINGS-628646848 Doomguy26: https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/c92xg6/dragon_of_middle_earth_by_doomguy26/