Jul 28, 2015 · There above the valley of Gorgoroth was built his fortress vast and strong, Barad-dûr, the Dark Tower; and there was a fiery mountain in that land that the Elves named …

Jan 23, 2014 · Is there canon support for either of those theories, especially Orodruin one? In LOTR itself, I found no mention of location beyond "the dark smithies of Mordor": Great …

Dec 15, 2016 · Volcanoes are very rare in Tolkien's mythology; Orodruin is the only one confirmed, and Thangorodrim is often believed to have been one 1 largely because of this …

Aug 5, 2017 · Since it was forged by Sauron in Orodruin itself, it was generally assumed that the One Ring could only be destroyed in the same fire that "created" it. Forging in a real world …

Jul 30, 2020 · Orodruin, Mount Doom: Still far away, forty miles at least, they saw Mount Doom, its feet founded in ashen ruin, its huge cone rising to a great height, where its reeking head …

Mar 12, 2017 · Okay, so once the ring is destroyed and the ground collapses, you have Merry chanting: "Frodo! Frodo!" Then the camera angle points toward the mountain and you see lava …

The reason why he chose it was to use Orodruin for his "sorceries and forgings". Sauron had used Orodruin for these for some considerable time before making the Ring. There's no …

Oct 6, 2016 · I've found nothing in the text (either published or in Tolkien's drafts) to directly support any theory about why Orodruin was the site of the final confrontation. The only thing …

May 13, 2021 · Coming down from Cirith Ungol into Mordor we enter the Plateau of Gorgoroth, the main region of Mordor, in the middle of which rises the Mountain of Fire, Orodruin, or …

Mar 12, 2017 · Orodruin and its eruptions - which were not made by Sauron but were a relic of the devastating works of Melkor in the long First Age. The History of Middle-earth XII The Peoples …