Annatar

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Annatar ('Lord of Gifts'; anna = gift, tar = lord)

After lying hidden and dormant for about 1000 years, Sauron put on a fair visage in the Second Age, and calling himself Annatar, the Lord of Gifts, he befriended the Elvish smiths of Eregion, and counseled them in arts and magic.