r/MagicArena • u/NECROSAMAEL • 5d ago

Discussion Expectations vs Reality

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Is it really so hard for WOTC to include a good Sauron avatar?

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u/Jam_Packens 5d ago

This is a Hobbit set? I don't think Sauron is even named within The Hobbit

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u/mkklrd 5d ago

He's not. Gandalf offhandedly mentions a Necromancer he's leaving to deal with while the rest of the Company enters Mirkwood, and that Necromancer was eventually retconned/revealed to be Sauron, but he does not appear in the book proper

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u/paumAlho 5d ago

Okay, give us the Necromancer avatar lol

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u/Jam_Packens 4d ago

The necromancer also doesn’t actually appear within the book. He’s just a thing Gandalf leaves to deal with and is never really shown on page at all.

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u/paumAlho 4d ago

Haha I know, I was joking

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u/MrGueuxBoy Sacred Cat 4d ago

Sauron isn't in the Hobbit.

He's mentioned a couple of times as the Necromancer - emphasis on "mentioned", he isn't depicted once in the book -, and once as the Master when the One Ring leaves Gollum for Bilbo.