I am your only future spoiler alert sain's disguise its purpose and the reason for sain's eventual cessation of shape shifting are all explained in The Lord of the Rings the rings of power even though saurin is one of the most well-known fictional antagonist of all time there has always been some confusion over his physical attributes only the most hazy descriptions of sing can be found in jurar toan's works and the popular depictions of the character a fiery IAT toop barad doer or a towering Warrior and black armor come primarily from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film Trilogy regarding sain's emergence during the second age of Middle Earth which serves as the backdrop for the Amazon TV series The Rings of power Tolkien goes into a bit more detail in Canon saurin is moping After morgoth's Fall From Grace when he does eventually resurface he assumes the guise of oner which tolken refers to as a fair form without ever providing any concrete details here are all the details that Middle Earth Legend has to provide regarding sain's preferred Visage since oner plays a significant part in the rings of power season to you need not bow to me welcome to movie Spy the meaning of sain's shape-shifting ability because he is a Maya sain has the ability to change his shape despite being most recognized for his activities in inciting conflict saurin was originally one of the mayor ancient Eternal spirits that were created as Servants of AO ilad the god of tolkien's Realm melker later known as morgoth a higher ranking Spirit turned malevolent by avarice envy and rage would corrupt soin since all mayor could take on any physical shape they chose many of them used this capacity to blend and unnoticed among the children of ilad and elves using his ability to shift shapes saurin had other ideas and turned him into a one-man Halloween party of disguises in jaran's First Age saurin would transform into several forms to terrorize his foes perhaps realizing that the reverse might work better when the second age got underway he left and returned to Middle Earth as onat tolken refers to On's Fair form however he never provides a detailed description of his attractive appearance nevertheless given that the kingdoms embraced him as a cherished friend many have reasonably surmised that sain's oner form was similar to that of an elf or numenorian how onet conned the elves of Middle Earth anet profited from the wishes of the elves sain's first task as anet was to trick the elves after that he headed toward a region where he was greeted by the finest Smiths of the race it is crucial to remember that not every elf had faith in onat because of the suspicions held by Elon Jill gallad and Galadriel that the newcomers claims were unreal onat refrained from going near Lyon or laflan nor did any of the Alves even the weary ones recognize that the cunning onod was really saign in Disguise the rings of power were to be created in a region by sain as a Maya sain had worked for Ali the the god revered by dwarves and generally regarded as the patron of blacksmiths as a result saurin was proficient in both evil magic and craftsmanship which he utilized during his time in a region the elves exhibited great enthusiasm for creating rings of power and sain volunteered his Divine knowledge in this area saurin betrayed his Newfound allies by incorporating a means of corrupting those who wore the Rings into their forging as described in The Fellowship of the Ring onor had a direct influence on the 16 rings of power that me and dwarves thereafter had even though Cale briber personally created the three rings for the elves sain's evil technique was nonetheless used subsequently oner crept back to Mordor and fashioned his ring it was not until gadriel Gil gallad and seran unintentionally removed their three rings that the elves realized how grave their error had been did saurin use numer his onet form perhaps sain had adopted a different form more than a millennium after sain's disastrous attempt to subjugate Middle Earth through the rings of power he was on the verge of Victory once more when an army of numenorians under the command of AR farison arrived deeply enraged that the dark lord had claimed dominion over the realm aware of his impending loss saurin submitted to the despotic king of newer and was captured the exact physical form that saurin took while residing in the island kingdom is unclear although tolan's narrative strongly implies that the villain changed back into a fair shape it never makes clear if saign CHS something more appropriate for his mortal host or recycled oner both theories are plausible whatever his appearance sain abandoned the name onter since the new manorian already understood who he really was in new Menor sain captivated and controlled everyone around him much as he did with the elves rather than offering presence and wisdom he fueled the numenorian pre-existing hostility toward the Valor and encouraged them to worship morgoth from being a prisoner to becoming our farison most trusted Council sain was able to persuade the king to launch an ill-advised attack on valer why the Lord of the Rings does not include anater numer fall completed sain's capability to transform when fans of The Lord of the Rings read about On's Adventures for the first time they might ask why sarin did not use this disguise to sneak into the Shire and mislead Frodo into giving up the One Ring the solution is rather straightforward following the second age saurin was no longer able to change his shape U elad's Divine Fury was aroused by the events on newer an artist typically aloof God immediately interfered erasing the island from his chart and rearranging the realm to keep veener Out Of Reach the Maya's capacity to assume it just form was taken away by aru as a portion of sauron's personal punishment saurin can only become his dark and terrifying form if new Menor Falls which is shown by Peter Jackson as a towering enemy wearing black armor the true nature of this shape will always be unknown however tolken does mention Black Hand hands twice how On's deceit is Twisted in the rings of power season 2's adaptation of the onor Prime video juror Tolkien does not go into great depth regarding On's deceit it is intended for the reader to fill in the details of how saurin won the trust Of The Elves and persuaded them to carry out his terrible plans most people had the idea that oner would appear in a region and that cber would just voluntarily believe him however season two of rings of power gave this a slight twist given that cber had already met hbr and that Ona resembles him greatly it was unclear how the elf could have been duped but the response catered to sauron's own Infamous capacity for deceit in rings of power season 2 cber was already aware that he should not have treated halban but he was unaware that the man was actually sing taking advantage of this the Dark Lord changed from hbr to onat just in front of Cale brimber to show off his shape-shifting prowess he tricked the elf into thinking he was a representative of the Valle an honor that filled kelber with such awe given that saurin was only partially lying as a Maya this was incredibly cunning thanks for watching