Sauron's hair colour

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

To be honest, I never imagined or even thought to imagine what the faces of Sauron and Morgoth looked like in their Dark Lord forms. Whenever they actually appear "onstage" as Dark Lords, they're all covered in metal! I just imagine a formidable black helmet that covers all of the hair (if any) and most of the face as well.

See I've never gotten anything from the descriptions of either of them as being especially "armoured" beings. In fact I have a very distinct mental image of the face of Morgoth in particular as superlatively haughty and cruel. I do imagine him wearing mail all the time out of paranoia for the safety of his body but I think of both of the Dark Lords being very confronting of visage. I've never imagined them as "faceless" opponents in person, quite the opposite, and not for the better. Not monstrous, necessarily, but hideous and incredibly intimidating.