![]() The Iron Mountains were known as the Ered Engrin in Sindarin which meant 'Mountains of Iron'. The only people known to have lived in the cold climates of the Forodwaith were a Mannish people known as the Lossoth, the descendants of the people known as the Forodwaith who once lived in the area around the Iron Mountains of the Icebay of Forochel. These remnants were unaffected by the Change of the World and ever after. ![]() Remnants of the great mountain range in the Third Age included the Mountains of Angmar in northern Eriador, as well as the Ered Mithrin and the Iron Hills of northern Rhovanion. North of the range lay the Forodwaith, a region of everlasting cold. Īfter the War of Wrath the Iron Mountains and Thangorodrim were destroyed and the vast mountain chain was broken and disappeared for a great part of their length. Morgoth's forces also captured Elves and brought them through the mountains to Angband. Because of its perilous heights, frightening looks, and foul winds, no Elf ever passed through the mountains for any reason but the spies of Morgoth would always find ways into Beleriand, by unknown ways through the mountains. In the days of the War of the Jewels, the mountains protected Morgoth from being outflanked from the rear and with no enemy behind him, he was able to concentrate on the south. Afterwards, the mountain range was distorted but was still long with lengths stretching from the Helcaraxë in the far northwest to the Orocarni in the far east and rising to immense and frightening heights, with enormous peaks such as Thangorodrim. Much later when the Valar decided to protect the Elves from Melkor by defeating him and imprisoning him, the changing of the shape of Middle-earth affected the Iron Mountains as well. After Melkor's destruction of the Two Lamps, the Iron Mountains were connected to the Blue Mountains of the West to the Orocarni of the east. Angband was also delved into these mountains west of Utumno. The area perished with the rest of Beleriand at the conclusion of the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age.ĭor Daedeloth was Sindarin for 'Land of the Shadow of Horror'.After returning to Arda from the Outer Darkness with his allies through the Door of Night, Melkor created the Iron Mountains and behind these walls safe from the light of the northern lamp Illuin he delved the great fortress of Utumno. Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Etymology 4 Portrayal in adaptations 4.1 The Return of the King (1980) 4. They likely built a number of fortresses and outposts there, but these would have been destroyed or claimed in the Dagor Bragollach by the enemy. Barad-dûr ('Dark Fortress') was the Dark Lord Sauron s central stronghold in Mordor, serving as his base of operations in Middle-earth during the Second Age and late Third Age. The Ñoldor then encircled the land (at least in the south), starting the Siege of Angband. It was here that the Orcs and other creatures of Morgoth lived and bred.Īfter defeating Morgoth's armies in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath, the Ñoldor in the early First Age were halted at Dor Deadeloth in their march after Fëanor, who had pressed on to Angband to face the Dark Lord himself, was mortally wounded by Balrogs. ![]() ![]() Destroyed in FA 587 ( War of Wrath) Dor Daedeloth was the land of Morgoth, lying on either side of the Iron Mountains Historyĭor Daedeloth lay around Angband, Utumno, Thangorodrim, and the Ered Gorgoroth, and on both sides of the Ered Engrin.
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