There was a time when Sauron was a mere servant of Morgoth. But during the second and third ages, Sauron was the predominant villain. So did he ever match or even surpass the power of his former master? At the dawn of time, Morgoth was the most powerful of the Valar, while Sauron was a mere Maiar and not even the most powerful one at that. However, over time Morgoth weakened himself significantly by pouring his power into his dark armies in the physical realm. Sauron was able to build off what Morgoth had already built, instead pouring his essence into the one ring. Thus, Tolkien described Sauron at the end of the second age as more powerful than Morgoth at the end of the first, although Sauron never came close to matching Morgoth's power at the beginning of the first age.

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