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Angband
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|{{Infobox LOTR place |
image_place=|
image_caption =No Picture|
place_name = ''Angband'' (Hells of Iron)|
place_alias = |
place_description = The lesser fortress of Morgoth|
place_built= Morgoth|
place_type =
Fort|
place_realm = Beleriand|
place_sub_realm = |
place_time= Built and destroyed in the
First Age|
place_lord =
Morgoth, later
Sauron|
}}
In
J. R. R. Tolkien's
fictional world of
Middle-earth,
Angband (
Sindarin for 'Hells of Iron', although the literal meaning is 'iron prison') is the name of the fortress of
Morgoth, constructed before the
First Age, located in the Iron Mountains north of
Beleriand. Morgoth built it to guard against a possible attack from
Aman by the
Valar, and put
Sauron in command of it. Nonetheless, the Valar's attack succeeded in capturing Morgoth (who had been called 'Melkor') and destroying his other stronghold
Utumno. After three ages of imprisonment, Morgoth returned to Middle-earth and set himself up in Angband, raising the volcanic
Thangorodrim over the Fortress as protection. He reigned there until the end of the First Age, when it was destroyed in the
War of Wrath.
In earlier versions of Tolkien's mythology (see: ''
The History of Middle-earth'') it was called '''Angamandi'''.
Category:Middle-earth castles and fortresses
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