Sack of Eregion
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| Sack of Eregion | |
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| Conflict: War of the Elves and Sauron | |
| Date: S.A. 1697 | |
| Place: Realm of Eregion | |
| Outcome: Destruction of Eregion by Sauron's forces | |
| Combatants | |
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Elves and Dwarves |
Sauron's forces |
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| Strength | |
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Thousands of Noldor and Dwarves |
Thousands of Orcs, Evil Men, and other creatures of Sauron |
| Casualties | |
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Thousands of Elven civilians and warriors including Celebrimbor, and some Dwarves |
Unknown |
The Sack of Eregion was the campaign in which Sauron destroyed Eregion to find the three Elven Rings of power or to find out where they are by torture and scattered the Elves that lived there.
Background
Sauron first came to Ost-in-Edhil around S.A. 1200 disguised as an emissary of the Valar offering his knowledge to Gwaith-i-Mírdain. He was called Annatar, Lord of the Gifts. Annatar taught Gwaith-i-Mírdain the craft of making rings of power. With Saurons help and guidance they created many lesser rings and 16 greater rings. Based on the knowledge gained from Annatar Celebrimbor created his own rings of power - Vilya, Narya and Nenya.
Then Sauron secretly forged the One Ring in Orodruin, the evil mountain of Mordor. This ring enabled him to rule Middle-earth by claiming dominance over all rings of power and their bearers but the elves felt that they were betrayed when they put their rings on so they took them off and hid them from Sauron. Celebrimbor sent the three Elven rings away for safekeeping - Vilya and Narya to Gil-galad and Nenya to Galadriel - and then prepared for war.
Opposing Forces
Sauron commanded a great host of evil men, orcs, and other creatures. No number can be certain, but considering the time it likely was a force of many tens of thousands. Enough to be able to challenge and destroy not just Hollin, but the great kingdoms of Lindon and Khazad-dûm.
As with Sauron's forces it cannot be certain the number of troops the Elves or Dwarves deployed. However it can be speculated that there were at least several thousand Elves, and several thousand Dwarves; whose inhabitants in Khazad-dûm were at their height.
The Battle
Sauron marched through Eriador until he came to Ost-in-Edhil. He sacked the city and took Celebrimbor prisoner.
Aftermath
