10 Greatest Lord Of The Rings Villains
4. Sauron
The big baddie in Lord of the Rings, and responsible for the whole thing as he made the rings of power, including the One Ring.
After being defeated by Elindil he disappears and becomes just a great big eye stuck on top if his tower. Obviously he doesn't get to do much for the rest of the trilogy and, like most powerful bad guys, gets everybody else to do his work for him.
It's no mean feat to have started a huge war and gripped a land in terror and suffering when you can't even shake hands, but he seems to have managed well enough, while also creating something that the entire world is trying to find.