The History of Mordor & Mount Doom | Tolkien Explained

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ain ranges that hold an indescribable evil within, while it would not become the abode of the dark lord until the second age. Its origin has been in the dark long before today at nerd of the Rings we cover the story of Mordor one. One of Mordor's most prominent features is also one of its oldest

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ains. Doom, the volcano where Sauron would later create his ruling ring, is created by Morgoth in the First Age on the people of Middle Earth. It is said that even while Sauron secretly made Mordor his stronghold.

It may have already been called by this elvish name because of its orodruin volcano and its eruptions which were not performed by Sauron but were a relic of the devastating works of Melkor in the long first age, in the Silmarillion we are also told, but Melkor 2 went there from the beginning and meddled in everything that was done, turning it, if he could, into his own desires and purposes, and kindled great fires when, therefore, the Earth was still young and full of flames , Melkor coveted it and told the other Valar that this was my own kingdom and named it for me the elvish name of Mordor means black earth in ashes the dwarves call it nargun while Sauron would become synonymous with the earth, another force evil would inhabit it first to escape the war of Wrath at the end of the The first era was the great spider Shelob that makes its home in FL among the mountains of Shadow, there it fed on elves and men who lived near or passed through its home, making these mountains some of the most feared in all of Middle-earth, FL Duoth no.

It only runs along the western border of Mordor, but also curves along the south and in the northwest it meets the Ered Lithui or Ash Mountains which run for approximately 500 miles marking the northern border of Mordor a thousand years after the second age Sauron settles in Mordor raising a Darkness. Tower in the Northwest The Fortress of Paradur for over two thousand years Sauron would rule the lands of Mordor nor would his defeat in the elven war in Sauron in one region nor his captivity at the hands of the Numenoreans free his dominion over these lands nor his Influence in both the East and the South In 3434 of the Second Age, the last Alliance of Elves and Men arrives in Mordor in an effort to overthrow the dark lord.

Arriving at the northwest corner of their lands in a gap between the FL Duath and the Erid Lithui where Sauron had built a gate, the alliance passes through Miranda through the Udon Valley and the desert plateau of Gorgoroth after a seven-year siege of baradur Sauron is defeated on the slopes of Mount Doom and for a time The Land of Mordor is freed from its malice in an effort to guard against the return of the enemy. The Gondorians build great watchtowers and fortresses around Mordor. In the moranin they build two tall towers on each side of the black gate.

Cod cost means fangfort and nauticost. meaning Strong that bites bitterly, they are called The Towers of Teeth, although it has not been confirmed that they were built by Gondorians. The nearby Tower of Dorthang may be one such structure, overlooking the Udun Valley and the Eisenmuth Isildur City Pass of Minas Ithil. It was already at the entrance to a pass into Mordor, but the Gondorians built a tower within Mordor to better defend Minus Ithil and the Ethylene lands from the remnants of Sauron's forces. This was the Tower of Kirath Ungol and for many years the Gondorian station there. he would protect the pass and watch the movements in Mordor itself with these fortresses.

Gondor would long defend itself against the return of the enemy; However, in 1635 of the Third Age, Middle-earth would fall to the Great Plague and Gondor would be especially affected, as its losses would be great. that the fortresses that protect Mordor are abandoned and its troops withdrawn without anyone to protect them, evil things begin to populate Mordor once again in 1980, after the fall of its northern kingdom of Angmar, the lord of the Nazgul returns to Mordor and summons the other eight rings. The wraiths together begin the work of preparing for the return of the Dark Lord in the year 2000 of the Third Age.

The ghoul Naz goes on the offensive, attacking the Gondorian city of Minas Ithil. After two years of siege, the city falls and is transformed into the Terrible Fortress. of Minas Morgul Abode of the Witch King himself the fortresses that had been intended to protect against the evils of Mordor are now used to defend them while Sauron's forces take control of the towers of the Dorthang teeth and the Tower of Kirathungo Sauron would be the first in recover emerges not in Mordor but in dolguldur in the north however in 2941 of the third age the White Council attacks the ancient fortress forcing Sauron to flee to his original Abode there in 2951 he declares himself openly and begins to rebuild baradur completing the Construction in 2953 The following year Sauron arose again and declared himself openly and entered Mordor long prepared for him, then Baradur arose once more and Mount Doom burst into flames and the last Athelian people fled far away while the Most of the events and structures in Mordor are located in the northwest of the kingdom.

There is also a large area covering the south and east of Mordor called the norn, while Gorgoroth was a true desert, a wasteland filled with pits and smoke rising from fissures in the ground. The lands of the norn were much more fertile, although it is believed that there were also orcs in these lands. They are worked by men enslaved by Sauron forced to work the fields around Lake Norman to feed Sauron's armies. The Norn Sea, which translates as Sad Water or Dead Water, is so called because it contains salt water. Despite this, the ash that reaches the norn from Mount Doom makes its soil rich in nutrients, allowing cultivation on dry baradur land.

Sauron would command his orc legions in the War of the Ring in the Late Third Age Easterlings and the Haradrum loyal to the Dark Lord would reach Mordor through the Black Gate and the Witch King would lead Sauron's armies in their attack on Gondor from Minas Morgul, finally after the defeat and death of the witch-king on the fields of Pelinor. Aragorn would lead a host to the black gate and like his great ancestor Ellendale over 3000 years before, Aragorn would lead the host of the West in the war against Sauron, unlike before, Sauron's ruin would come in secret when Frodo and Sam had crossed their lands of Mordor and arrived.

To Mount Doom itself, the ring would be destroyed as Gollum slid into its fiery depths. Baradur, whose very foundations were linked to the One Ring, will collapse in ruins along with the black gate and the towers of the teeth, the Earth torn open and from the deep cracks and pits of smoke. and the vapors leapt upward, the mountain convulsed, great rents opened in its sides, slow rivers of fire ran down the long slopes, a rain of hot ashes fell with the destruction of the ring. Mount Doom explodes when Sauron is finally defeated after the Darkness. The fall of the Lord Mordor is largely unpopulated Since the Orcs within it had been killed or fled in their victory, Aragorn frees the slaves of Mordor and decrees that the lands of the norn will be his forever to rule, since during less morgul the effects of centuries of Nazgul control had Aragorn declares that it will be completely destroyed and, although it may eventually be cleansed, no man will dwell there for many years from the creation of Mount Doom until the demise of Sauron.

Mordor would see thousands of years of evil devastate its territory. Whether Minas Morgul or any part of northwest Mordor would actually recover from Sauron's Evil Dominion, we can only guess, as always. I want to say a huge thank you to my Patreon supporters who make this channel possible. Tom de Bombadil 19 Melissa May the Cinda kellebrimbor the mighty team MIM weasel Rabbi Rob Thomas Charles Leisure Toby mobs music CCDC red team Sky carcass slide belts Dane ragnarson salimarmon zetrock bertelberg Grand strategy nerd Graham dare cot the tan Wyland Michael Wu and Debbie if you enjoyed the artwork in this video check out the artists in the description and purchase prints of their great work.

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