In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Isengard is a large fortress in Nan Curunír, the Wizard's Vale, in the western part of Middle-earth. In the fantasy world, the name of the fortress is described
The natural landscape of Glenorchy, New Zealand, represented the setting of Isengard in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
The phrase Orthanc enta geweorc, on the second line of the Old English Maxims II manuscript, seems to have inspired Tolkien
Isengard: an "industrial hell", as Tolkien wrote "tunneled .. dark .. deep .. graveyard of unquiet dead .. furnaces". Medieval fresco of hell, St Nicholas in Raduil, Bulgaria
The Mouth of Sauron's plan to rule the West of Middle-earth from Isengard has been compared to Vidkun Quisling's role as a puppet of the Nazi regime in Norway. Photo shows Quisling (front, left) with Heinrich Himmler and other Nazis in 1941.
Saruman, also called Saruman the White, later Saruman of Many Colours, is a fictional character and an antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. He is the leader of the Ist
Isengard
…words: īsen and ġeard, meaning "enclosure of iron". In The Lord of the Rings, Orthanc, the tower at the centre of Isengard, is the home of the Wizard Saruman. He had been ensnared by the Dark Lord Sauron through the tower's palantír, a far-seeing crystal ball able to communicate with others like it. Saruman…
Christopher Lee played Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies.