Sauron's Guise As The Necromancer In The Hobbit Explained

Sauron is the big bad of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, but he is actually mentioned in Tolkien's The Hobbit as well. It's just an offhand reference to a character known as "the Necromancer," but fans know that these two characters are one and the same. Why was Sauron hiding out under an alias, and what was he doing during the events of The Hobbit? Like many characters in Tolkien's work, the Dark Lord has many names, and it takes him quite a while to enact his master plan. Let's take a look at the truth about Sauron's Necromancer guise in The Hobbit.