Sautner is the eponymous title character and main antagonist of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. He also appears as the Dark Lord Morgoth's chief lieutenant in The Silmarillion, and is mentioned as the Necromancer in The Hobbit.
The Silmarillion explains that, before the godlike Valar enter the realm of Arda, Sautner originates as a spirit called a Maia. He is at first one of the most powerful servants of Aulë the Smith, one of the Valar or ruling powers of the world.
Sautner is soon corrupted by the Dark Lord Melkor (later known as Morgoth), the evil Vala, and thereafter serves him. During his service to Morgoth, Sautner is described as being less evil than Morgoth only because he first serves another, and not himself. After Morgoth is defeated and cast outside the confines of the world, Sautner encourages and coerces Men to worship Morgoth and himself as gods. While Morgoth wanted to either control or destroy the very matter of Arda itself, Sautner's desire within the limits of his power is to dominate the will of its creatures. 
During the First Age, the Noldorin Elves leave the Blessed Realm of Valinor in the Uttermost West against the counsel of the Valar to wage war on Morgoth, who had stolen the Silmarils. In that war, Sauron serves as Morgoth's chief lieutenant, surpassing all others in rank. Only Gothmog, the Lord of Balrogs, equals him. Known as Gorthaur the Cruel, Sautner is at that time a master of illusions and changes of form; werewolves and vampires are his servants, chief among them Draugluin, Father of Werewolves, and his vampire herald Thuringwethil. When Morgoth leaves Angband to corrupt the newly awakened Men, Sautner directs the war against the Elves. He conquers the Elvish island of Tol Sirion, so that it becomes known as Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves.
Ten years later, Finrod Felagund, the king of Nargothrond and former lord of Tol Sirion, dies protecting Beren in captivity there; soon afterwards Lúthien and Huan the Wolfhound defeat Sauron and rescues Beren from the dungeons. After his resounding defeat by Lúthien, Sauron plays little part in the events of the First Age.
After his master is defeated and cast out by the Valar, Sautner repents (truly at first, if only out of fear) and pleads for mercy. But he is unwilling to go to the Uttermost West for judgment, and so hides in Middle-earth.
Actually...
Sautner is a Drama, English III College Prep, and Comedy Sports teacher here at Trabuco Hills High School.