Angband
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| Angband | |
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| Fortress | |
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| "Angband" by Felix Sotomayor | |
| General Information | |
| Location | Ered Engrin, beneath Thangorodrim |
| Type | Fortress |
| Description | Dark underground fortress |
| People and History | |
| Inhabitants | Morgoth, Balrogs, Orcs and other creatures |
| Created | Y.T. 1495 |
| Destroyed | F.A. 587, War of Wrath |
| Gallery | Images of Angband |
 | Angband.mp3 |
| By Ardamir. (Help; more articles) | |
Angband was a mighty fortified citadel originally constructed by Melkor in the earliest days of the world as an outlying fortress to his northern stronghold of Utumno deep inside (and underneath) the Iron Mountains. Utumno was destroyed by the Valar, and Melkor imprisoned in Valinor for three ages, but on his return to Middle-earth, he took Angband as the seat of his power, and raised the towers of Thangorodrim above its gates.
Angband was besieged by the Noldor during the early part of the First Age, but the Siege of Angband was broken at the Dagor Bragollach. It was finally destroyed by the forces of the Valar at the end of the First Age, in the War of Wrath.
History
Melkor built Angband during the Years of the Trees, originally as an outlying fortress and armoury to his great northern citadel at Utumno. It was commanded by Sauron, his lieutenant. Angband was built near the northwestern shores of the Great Sea in the range of the Iron Mountains, as a first defence against any attack on Melkor's realm from the Valar in Aman.[1][2]
After the Battle of the Powers, the Valar captured Melkor and took him in chains back to Valinor, although beneath the ruins of Utumno and Angband lay many hidden chambers and vaults in which some of Melkor's servants escaped the Valar's assault. Sauron was one of these, and the Balrogs lay hid with him in Angband's deepest vaults.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
In Quenya, Angband was called Angamando.[3]
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", band
- ↑ Ruth Sochard Pitt, Jeff O'Hare, Peter C. Fenlon, Jr. (1994), Creatures of Middle-earth (2nd edition) (#2012)
