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[Tolkien’s Middle Earth] was there ever a time where Sauron wasn’t evil? Surely he had something of more humble beginning?
gpt
Yes.

He was once a spirit of order and perfection, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence.

He still is, in a way-  that pursuit of order has become a desire to control everything, and that pursuit of perfection has become the desire to destroy anything that doesn't fit his vision. But still, same fundamental being.

Nothing in Middle Earth is born evil, they simply fall from grace.