Battle of the Morannon
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In J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, the Battle of the Morannon or the Battle of the Black Gate is the final confrontation in the War of the Ring. Gondor and its allies send
Peter Jackson's film version of the battle in his 2003 The Return of the King, showing the large scale of the scene with many extras and massive use of CGI. Barad-dûr and Mount Doom can be seen through the open gate between the Towers of the Teeth.
Mordor
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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional continent of Middle-earth, Mordor is the realm of the Dark Lord Sauron. It lay to the east of Gondor and the great river Anduin, and to the south of Mirkwood. Within Mo
Battle of the Morannon
…the final confrontation in the War of the Ring. Gondor and its allies send a small army ostensibly to challenge Sauron at the entrance to his land of Mordor; he supposes that they have with them the One Ring and mean to use it to defeat him. In fact, the Ring is being carried by the hobbits Frodo Baggins…
Mount Doom (left, in the distance) and a door on the eastern side of Barad-dûr (right) as drawn by J. R. R. Tolkien in an illustration used in the 1973 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar.
Tolkien identified the volcano of Stromboli off Sicily with Mount Doom.
Mount Ngauruhoe was Peter Jackson's inspiration for the Mount Doom in his films.
Frodo and Sam guided by Gollum through the Dead Marshes. Scraperboard illustration by Alexander Korotich, 1984