Tour 1: The People of Middle-Earth
The Bad Guys
At its head there rode a tall and evil shape, mounted upon a black horse, if horse it was; for it was huge and hideous, and its face was a frightful mask, more like a skull than a living head, and in the sockets of its eyes and in its nostrils there burned a flame. The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man. The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-Dur he was, and his name is remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it, and he said: 'I am the Mouth of Sauron.' --trotK, "The Black Gate Opens"
detail of the Mouth of Sauron, by John Howe
The Mouth of Sauron, by Luca Michelucci
The Mouth of Sauron,
by Dan Govar
from Framecap Library
Sauron is, of course, THE "Bad Guy" of Lord of the Rings, but Middle-earth is populated by a wide assortment of greater and lesser evil creatures. Take, for instance, the Mouth of Sauron - represented here with a single quote and just four pictures.. Most of the other major baddies of LotR have their own pages. Just follow the links below.
Gandalf and the Balrog,
by John Howe
detail of Gollum, by Ted Nasmith
In Mordor, by John Howe
Shelob, by John Howe
detail of a Nazgûl, by Ted Nasmith
The Death of Smaug, by John Howe
image from a Decipher trading
card, via theonering.net
The Eye of Sauron, from Decipher