Could Sauron take a physical form after the Last Alliance?
(-Troch) “Sauron did make a new body for himself when he took up residence at Dol Guldur. During the War of the Ring, the time covered in Lord of the Rings, Sauron did have a physical body. From The Silmarillion: ‘True, alas, is our guess. This is not one of the lairi, as many have long supposed. It is Sauron himself who has taken shape again and now grows apace; and he is gathering again all the Rings to his hand; and he seeks ever for news of the One, and of the Heirs of Isildur, if they live still on earth.’ ” (-obloquy) I believe this quote from Letter No. 246 should clear up any confusion about Sauron taking physical form during the War of the Ring. Note the bold text. Sauron had a humanoid physical form.* “In his actual presence none but very few of equal stature could have hoped to withhold it from him. Of ‘mortals’ no one, not even Aragorn. In the contest with the Palantr Aragorn was the rightful owner. Also the contest took place at a distance, and in a tale which allows the i
