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Utumno

2009-11-21T14:49:19Z

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'''Utumno''' ([[Quenya]] for "Underworld" or "Hell", '''[[Udûn (stronghold)|Udûn]]''' in [[Sindarin]]) was the first fortress of [[Melkor]] in the far north of Middle-earth.

Utumno was built by Melkor after his first expulsion from [[Arda]]. The [[Valar]] had by this time created the [[Two Lamps]], and Utumno was built around Valian Year 3400 under the [[Iron Mountains]], where the light of [[Illuin]] was very dim.

Melkor used Utumno as his base of operations for 1,149 [[Valian Years]] (11,000 solar years), and from here he destroyed the Two Lamps and began his corruption of Arda. Utumno was also where the first captured [[Elves]] were taken and the breeding of [[Orcs]] began. It was the largest architectural structure ever to have existed, surpassing [[Angband]] and [[Thangorodrim]] in the [[First Age]] and [[Barad-dûr]] in the [[Second Age|Second]] and [[Third Age]].

Utumno was laid waste in the [[Years of the Trees]], Valian Year 1099, in the war that the Valar began against Melkor because of their discovery of the Elves. Melkor was chained and dragged as a captive to [[Valinor]].

Melkor established a second fortress at the western end of the [[Ered Engrin]] to act as the first line of defense for Utumno. This became [[Angband]], which was at first held by [[Sauron]]. After the destruction of Utumno, Melkor chose to rebuild and fortify Angband as his lair.

'''History'''

While Valinor and the Undying Lands were bathed in the Light of the Trees, all the lands of Middle-earth were plunged into gloom. These were the Ages of Darkness, when Melkor dug the great Pits of Utumno deep beneath the mountains of the North and built many dungeons and doomed halls of obsidian, fire and ice. Here were gathered all the evil powers of the World under the Lord of Darkness. Their numbers were in legions and Melkor created many new and dreadful forms. All the serpents of the World were bred in this place, as were the ancestors of the Dragons, the Werewolves, Vampires, Spiders, Fell beasts, and innumberable bloodsucking birds and insects. Cruel spirits, phantoms, wraiths and evil demons stalked the halls of Utumno and haunted the surrounding forests, and were commanded by rebel Maiar: Gothmog the Balrog and Sauron the Sorcerer. Yet with the coming of the Ages of Stars, the power of Utumno was brought to an end.

In the First Age of the Stars, Melkor bred the orcs; twisted lifeforms made from tortured elves who fell in his hands. He also bred Trolls, "made in mockery" of the Ents as stated by Treebeard. Knowing that Melkor would continue to afflict the world, the Valar decided to protect the elves by ending his power in the north by making war against him. Amid the sounding of the trumpets the Valar came out of the west against this new and dreadful evil. There followed the Battle of the Powers in the War for Sake of the Elves in which Utumno was destroyed and Melkor was chained for three long ages.

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[[Category:Fortresses]]
[[Category:Fortresses of Evil]]

Utumno

2009-11-21T14:47:44Z

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'''Utumno''' ([[Quenya]] for "Underworld" or "Hell", '''[[Udûn (stronghold)|Udûn]]''' in [[Sindarin]]) was the first fortress of [[Melkor]] in the far north of Middle-earth.

Utumno was built by Melkor after his first expulsion from [[Arda]]. The [[Valar]] had by this time created the [[Two Lamps]], and Utumno was built around Valian Year 3400 under the [[Iron Mountains]], where the light of [[Illuin]] was very dim.

Melkor used Utumno as his base of operations for 1,149 [[Valian Years]] (11,000 solar years), and from here he destroyed the Two Lamps and began his corruption of Arda. Utumno was also where the first captured [[Elves]] were taken and the breeding of [[Orcs]] began. It was the largest architectural structure ever to have existed, surpassing [[Angband]] and [[Thangorodrim]] in the [[First Age]] and [[Barad-dûr]] in the [[Second Age|Second]] and [[Third Age]].

Utumno was laid waste in the [[Years of the Trees]], Valian Year 1099, in the war that the Valar began against Melkor because of their discovery of the Elves. Melkor was chained and dragged as a captive to [[Valinor]].

Melkor established a second fortress at the western end of the [[Ered Engrin]] to act as the first line of defense for Utumno. This became [[Angband]], which was at first held by [[Sauron]]. After the destruction of Utumno, Melkor chose to rebuild and fortify Angband as his lair.

'''History'''

While Valinor and the Undying Lands were bathed in the Light of the Trees, all the lands of Middle-earth were plunged into gloom. These were the Ages of Darkness, when Melkor dug the great Pits of Utumno deep beneath the mountains of the North and built many dungeons and domed halls of obsidian, fire and ice. Here were gathered all the evil powers of the World under the Lord of Darkness. Their numbers were in legions and Melkor created many new and dreadful forms. All the serpents of the World were bred in this place, as were the ancestors of the Dragons, the Werewolves, Vampires, Spiders, Fell beasts, and innumberable bloodsucking birds and insects. Cruel spirits, phantoms, wraiths and evil demons stalked the halls of Utumno and haunted the surrounding forests, and were commanded by rebel Maiar: Gothmog the Balrog and Sauron the Sorcerer. Yet with the coming of the Ages of Stars, the power of Utumno was brought to an end.

In the First Age of the Stars, Melkor bred the orcs; twisted lifeforms made from tortured elves who fell in his hands. He also bred Trolls, "made in mockery" of the Ents as stated by Treebeard. Knowing that Melkor would continue to afflict the world, the Valar decided to protect the elves by ending his power in the north by making war against him. Amid the sounding of the trumpets the Valar came out of the west against this new and dreadful evil. There followed the Battle of the Powers in the War for Sake of the Elves in which Utumno was destroyed and Melkor was chained for three long ages.

[[Category:Structures]]
[[Category:Fortresses]]
[[Category:Fortresses of Evil]]

Utumno

2009-11-21T14:46:56Z

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'''Utumno''' ([[Quenya]] for "Underworld" or "Hell", '''[[Udûn (stronghold)|Udûn]]''' in [[Sindarin]]) was the first fortress of [[Melkor]] in the far north of Middle-earth.

Utumno was built by Melkor after his first expulsion from [[Arda]]. The [[Valar]] had by this time created the [[Two Lamps]], and Utumno was built around Valian Year 3400 under the [[Iron Mountains]], where the light of [[Illuin]] was very dim.

Melkor used Utumno as his base of operations for 1,149 [[Valian Years]] (11,000 solar years), and from here he destroyed the Two Lamps and began his corruption of Arda. Utumno was also where the first captured [[Elves]] were taken and the breeding of [[Orcs]] began. It was the largest architectural structure ever to have existed, surpassing [[Angband]] and [[Thangorodrim]] in the [[First Age]] and [[Barad-dûr]] in the [[Second Age|Second]] and [[Third Age]].

Utumno was laid waste in the [[Years of the Trees]], Valian Year 1099, in the war that the Valar began against Melkor because of their discovery of the Elves. Melkor was chained and dragged as a captive to [[Valinor]].

Melkor established a second fortress at the western end of the [[Ered Engrin]] to act as the first line of defense for Utumno. This became [[Angband]], which was at first held by [[Sauron]]. After the destruction of Utumno, Melkor chose to rebuild and fortify Angband as his lair.

History

While Valinor and the Undying Lands were bathed in the Light of the Trees, all the lands of Middle-earth were plunged into gloom. These were the Ages of Darkness, when Melkor dug the great Pits of Utumno deep beneath the mountains of the North and built many dungeons and domed halls of obsidian, fire and ice. Here were gathered all the evil powers of the World under the Lord of Darkness. Their numbers were in legions and Melkor created many new and dreadful forms. All the serpents of the World were bred in this place, as were the ancestors of the Dragons, the Werewolves, Vampires, Spiders, Fell beasts, and innumberable bloodsucking birds and insects. Cruel spirits, phantoms, wraiths and evil demons stalked the halls of Utumno and haunted the surrounding forests, and were commanded by rebel Maiar: Gothmog the Balrog and Sauron the Sorcerer. Yet with the coming of the Ages of Stars, the power of Utumno was brought to an end.

In the First Age of the Stars, Melkor bred the orcs; twisted lifeforms made from tortured elves who fell in his hands. He also bred Trolls, "made in mockery" of the Ents as stated by Treebeard. Knowing that Melkor would continue to afflict the world, the Valar decided to protect the elves by ending his power in the north by making war against him. Amid the sounding of the trumpets the Valar came out of the west against this new and dreadful evil. There followed the Battle of the Powers in the War for Sake of the Elves in which Utumno was destroyed and Melkor was chained for three long ages.

[[Category:Structures]]
[[Category:Fortresses]]
[[Category:Fortresses of Evil]]

War of Wrath

2009-11-18T20:58:41Z

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{{battle
| name=War of Wrath
| image=[[Image:Perkan_Pickman_-_War_of_Wrath.jpg|350px]]
| conflict=[[War of Wrath]]
| date=c. [[First Age 545|F.A. 545]] - [[First Age 587|587]]
| place=[[Beleriand]]
| result=Decisive victory for the [[Host of the Valar]], Drowning of [[Beleriand]], Expulsion of [[Morgoth]] from Arda
| side1=[[Morgoth]] and his minions, including [[Balrogs]], [[Orcs]], and [[Dragons]]
| side2=The [[Host of the Valar]], including the [[Vanyar]] and [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]]
| commanders1=
{{Morgoth blazon}}
* [[Ancalagon]] †
| commanders2=
{{Eärendil blazon}}
{{Finarfin blazon}}
* [[Eönwë]]
* [[Thorondor]]
| forces1= 1,500,000
| forces2= Hundreds of thousands
| casual1=Virtually entire force
| casual2=Unknown, but most likely severe.
|}}

The '''War of Wrath''', or the '''Great Battle''', was the final [[Wars of Beleriand|battle]] against [[Morgoth]] at the end of the [[First Age]], and one of the greatest battles ever fought in all of [[Middle-earth]].

==History==
=== Prelude ===
500 years into the First Age, Morgoth had become mighty in Middle-earth, not least because of the strife among the [[Noldor]]. The mariner [[Eärendil]], wearing the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] on his brow, came to [[Valinor]], the first with mortal blood to set foot there, and begged the [[Valar]] to help the enslaved [[Elves]] and [[Men]] of Middle-earth.

The Valar were moved by Eärendil's plea, and along with the [[Vanyar]] and Noldor that were in Valinor, riding in the ships of the [[Teleri]], came to Middle-earth in a mighty host. They marched across [[Beleriand]], and met the forces of Morgoth in the plains of [[Anfauglith]].

=== The Great Battle ===
The Valar and the Elves destroyed the [[Balrogs]], all save a few who fled and hid themselves, and the armies of the [[Orcs]] perished like straw in a great fire. While the [[Three Houses of the Edain]] fought with the Valar, many other Men fought against them and perished. Facing defeat, Morgoth released his ultimate weapon, the winged [[Dragons]], which had never been seen before, and drove the Valar back. The leader of these dragons was the powerful [[Ancalagon|Ancalagon the Black]].

Then [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]] came with his sky-ship [[Vingilótë|Vingilot]], along with the [[Eagles]], and they fought the dragons, in the end slaying Ancalagon, the mightiest of the dragon horde, who broke the towers of [[Thangorodrim]] in his fall.

Morgoth was captured hiding in the deepest dungeon of Angband and bound with his old chain Angainor; the two Silmarils still in his possession were taken by the Maia [[Eönwë]] and guarded (whence they were later stolen by [[Maedhros]] and [[Maglor]]). In the end the Valar thrust him "through the [[Door of Night]], beyond the [[Walls of the World]], into the [[The Void|Timeless Void]]", where he remains until the [[Last Battle]] and the Day of Doom. Only then shall he be utterly destroyed.
[[Image:Doors_of_Night.jpg|left|200px|thumb|left|"The Doors of Night" by [[John Howe]].]]

=== Aftermath ===
The wreckage of the war was immense; most of the land west of the [[Ered Luin]] was laid waste and soon after sank beneath the waves. Most of the Elves went to the West, while others went East. The Valar raised up the island of [[Númenor]] in the Western Sea as a new home for the [[Edain]].

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[[Category:Conflicts of the First Age]]
[[Category:Wars and Battles]]