Сильмариллион
Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath
ButatthelastthesiegewassostraitthatSauronhimselfcameforth;andhewrestledwithGil-galadandElendil,andtheybothwereslain,andtheswordofElendilbrokeunderhimashefell.ButSauronalsowasthrowndown,andwiththehilt-shardofNarsilIsildurcuttheRulingRingfromthehandofSauronandtookitforhisown.ThenSauronwasforthattimevanquished,andheforsookhisbody,andhisspiritfledfarawayandhidinwasteplaces;andhetooknovisibleshapeagainformanylongyears.
ThusbegantheThirdAgeoftheWorld,aftertheEldestDaysandtheBlackYears;andtherewasstillhopeinthattimeandthememoryofmirth,andforlongtheWhiteTreeoftheEldarfloweredinthecourtsoftheKingsofMen,fortheseedlingwhichhehadsavedIsildurplantedinthecitadelofAnorinmemoryofhisbrother,erehedepartedfromGondor.TheservantsofSauronwereroutedanddispersed,yettheywerenotwhollydestroyed;andthoughmanyMenturnednowfromevilandbecamesubjecttotheheirsofElendil,yetmanymorerememberedSauronintheirheartsandhatedthekingdomsoftheWest.TheDarkTowerwaslevelledtotheground,yetitsfoundationsremained,anditwasnotforgotten.TheNumenoreansindeedsetaguarduponthelandofMordor,butnonedareddwelltherebecauseoftheterrorofthememoryofSauron,andbecauseoftheMountainofFirethatstoodnightoBarad-dur;andthevalleyofGorgorothwasfilledwithash.
