What was Sauron afraid of? Why was Mount Doom left unguarded? This deep dive traces six thousand years of Sauron's fear, from the Númenórean ships that made him raise Barad-dûr to the day he walked out of that tower at Umbar and knelt to Ar-Pharazôn.Every one of those fears was justified. When Eru drowned Númenor, Sauron drew the wrong lesson: that the Valar had withdrawn — in Tolkien's phrasing in Morgoth's Ring, he had ceased to fear God's action in Arda. He hunted Isildur's heir across two thousand years, and Aragorn, in The Lord of the Rings, proved him right.The one thing he could never picture was somebody refusing the Ring — which is why the Sammath Naur, the door he cut himself, was never guarded.🕐 CHAPTERS:0:00 Introduction1:12 The Fear That Built a Tower5:35 The Day He Knelt9:25 The Wrong Lesson13:56 The Rival on the Throne17:43 The Name He Was Looking For22:37 What Fear Did to His Clock27:30 The Door He Made#lotr #tolkien #ringsofpower #aragorn #sauron #middleearth📖 Read more: https://rangeroftherealms.com/episodes/who-sauron-truly-feared/📚 MORE FROM RANGER OF THE REALMS:🔹 Channel: https://youtube.com/@RangeroftheRealms🔹 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1cBIiWA4DzPVubntEqH2cr🔹 Website: https://rangeroftherealms.com☕ Support: https://ko-fi.com/rangeroftherealms🎬 A DREAMBYTES PRODUCTIONThe works of J.R.R. Tolkien remain under copyright to the Tolkien Estate.This is a fan work created for educational and entertainment purposes.