Morgoth was one of the 15 Valar - Tolkien's demigods. Second only to the One creator, Eru Ilúvatar, in power, the Valar shaped Arda - the world in which Middle-earth is just one continent.

Few The Lord of the Rings debates are as heated as who is more powerful when it comes to Morgoth vs. Sauron, but there would be a clear victor if Middle-earth's two greatest villains ever battled.

Unfortunately, in keeping with the biblical symbolism, Tolkien also includes a rebellious Ainu, the being known as Melkor and later Morgoth. A distinctly Satan-like figure, Morgoth rebels against ...

In what Tolkien describes in The Silmarillion as the ... but Sauron had an innate need to expand his power quickly, and so he turned to Morgoth, the Fallen Vala and first Dark Lord.