History Characters / RingsOfPowerEnemies

[[Characters/RingsOfPowerElves Elves]] ([[Characters/RingsOfPowerGaladriel Galadriel]]) | [[Characters/RingsOfPowerMen Men]] | '''Enemies''' ([[Characters/RingsOfPowerSauron Sauron]]) | [[Characters/RingsOfPowerOtherBeings Other Races]]-]]]]]

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Adar's deeds are cruel, but he's motives are understandable enough and there's little to suggest he would perform any more acts of cruelty after conquering the Southlands. And he just so happens to be the most elvish of the orcs.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Adar, a simple Orc managed to slain Sauron personally, a powerful Maia. It's really just temporary, but nobody ever managed that blow in canon, expect for the Eru Iluvatar when He sank Numenor under the sea.

* AfterActionVillainAnalysis: Galadriel demands information from a captured Adar about Sauron's whereabouts, which he offers. Galadriel learns from him about Sauron's true goals of trying to gather the power of the unseen world by doing torturous experiments on the Orcs that followed in the Forodwaith. Adar relates further turning on Sauron and killing him for treating the Orcs so cruel, and later becoming their new leader. Galadriel has hard times believing what she is hearing and becomes infuriated at Adar, almost killing him in a fit of rage.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is referred as Adar by the Orcs he leads, but Arondir asking him why is called Adar by he Orcs indicates that "Adar" is a title more than his actual name.

* ArchEnemy: To Halbrand, who is Sauron is disguise for betraying and killing him.

* DarkIsEvil: He has black hair and clothing and is the apparent leader of the Orc horde gathering in the Southlands.
* DarkMessiah: The orcs and traitors from Tirharad hold him in high reverence.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Adar makes his first appearance on screen, he says no words for a few minutes, but it's the way he carries himself that establishes important things about his character. He is introduced as an Elf-orc hybrid, resembling Sauron more than Sauron himself, making other characters to wonder if he is the Dark Lord. The Orcs kneel when he appears, paying their respects to him. Before mercifully killing a wounded Orc, Adar caresses his head while being on the verge of tears for having to put down the orc, establishing him as an AntiVillain leader of the Orcs who genuinely looks out after his kin, contrasting Morgoth and Sauron who traditionally only used them as pawns.

* EvilMakesYouUgly: Adar is not nearly as pleasant-looking as the elves. Even looking past the facial scarring, his features appear quite weathered and malnourished. This was likely a result of his allegiance to Morgoth, though whether it's due to being mutilated or a side-effect of defecting to the dark side isn't made clear.

* NobleDemon: Adar may be a ruthless Orc chieftain, but he plenty of EvilVirtues and is a father to his orcs.

* LooksLikeJesus: Adar has long hair and is both a DarkMessiah and a MosesArchetype to the Orcs.

* VillainBall: Not too bad as he is a chessmaster and a careful planner most of the time, but him just letting go to Arondir to warn the Southlanders of his planned attack on them is this. Had he not released Arondir, Arondir wouldn't have saved Theo from the Orcs, who had in his care Morgoth's tilt that Adar wanted to use for provoking Orodruin's eruption in the first place.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Adar may be an Orc, but as far as his physical appearance goes, he looks more like a dignified Elf than an Orc. Despite his scars and gauntly appearance, he is a DarkTallAndHandsome man who has [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette long dark hair paired with a pale complex]] and IcyBlueEyes.

** Adar brings this ethical and moral problem while being questioned by Galadriel, by pointing out that as evil as they may be, they Orcs have same creator as the other races, and the same right to life and a place to call home. In the end, it's not their fault they were turned into creatures of darkness who cannot stand in the sun and left with the only option of taking other people's homelands by force.

* EvilVirtues: Ambition (liberate the orcs and create a realm for them), Camraderie (rebelling against Sauron for killing his offspring), Equality (recognises the orcs as just one more race among many).

* VillainousCheekbones: He has almost inhumanly prominent cheekbones that give his face an almost skeletal flair.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Adar, a simple Orc managed to slain Sauron personally, a powerful Maia. It's really just temporary, but nobody ever managed that blow in canon, expect for the Eru Iluvatar when He sank Numenor under the sea.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook; He argues with Galadriel on the behalf of the Orcs, bringing valid arguments like them being too living, thinking beings, who should have same rights to live and prosper as any other Races, at least one of whom allied with Morgoth in the past and were still allowed to have a place to live. And since nobody wants to accept those facts, he will enforce those beliefs, consequences be damned.