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[Lord of the Rings] Hypothetical question, but during the intro of the first film where we see Sauron in armor, what would it look like if he took off his helmet? Would he look like an old man like Gandalf, or a young man?

Basically, what's under the mask? I read he's a being like Gandalf, but that that mean he looks like the wizards Saruman and Radaghast? Or was he like special, fair young human? Does he even have anything under that helmet or is it ethereal energy or something (since his armor just fell when the ring was cut off).
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We really don't know. As a Maia like Gandalf and crew he had the ability to change his appearance. He used to appear as a very fair being because it was easy to decieve people that way. What we do know is that after his physical body was destroyed in the Fall of Numenor, he lost the ability to appear "fair." So, we really don't know exactly what that means.