Talk:Lucifer (Mirrordeath)/@comment-32173693-20170706192206/@comment-32027406-20170706195634

I dunno. Melkor was his original, pre-fall from Eru's grace. Afterwards he became known as Morgoth because he turned wicked. He fled to Utumno and was defeated once, and Angband again before finally being defeated and cast outside of the world. His greatest servant Sauron became the Dark Lord we know so well.

Melkor/Morgoth was a Vala, which is like Tolkien version of Archangels. Sauron was a Maia, which is the Tolkien version of Angels. So are the Balrogs, who are also Maia.

Source: Tolkien fan, read the Lord of the Rings, part of the Silmarillion, and all of the Lord of the Rings appendix.