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According to all sources, trolls were created by Morgoth at the end of the first age or before the end of the first age. The part and battle where the trolls are first mentioned in the Silmarillion and Middle-earth is the nirnaeth arnoediad. And the gothmog had a troll guards in this war. so...
Near the end of the first page of Chapter 14, "Of Beleriand and Its Realms":
'Before the gates of Angband filth and desolation spread southward for many miles over the wide plain of Ard-galen; but after the coming of the Sun rich grass arose there, and while Angband was besieged and its gates...
Were there any JRRT's or his authorized stuff mention that Gondolin's activities involving to the war-zone during the Angband Siege? Such as did it provide logistic support, keeping it's intellectual agents to keep an eye to the front to secure if there're weapons powerful enough to destroy it's...
So I found this gif on tumblr and thought it was too funny so I threw this adaption of Gangnam Style together to go along. I didn't really even try with the grammar so...
Heru Angband nostalë
Angband nostalë
Ëala man na lauca milya mí aurë
Milya Ëala man ista mela yulmë limpë
Ëala man órë na...
I'm going crazy here. Where is Angband? On the map in Silmarillion, either I'm blind, but I'm sure its not there. The map is just of Beleriand, and not of the entire Middle Earth. Any map I find on the internet is of the 3rd age, where the names are all changed, and Forlindon seems to be in the...
Angband
& Ard-galen Near By
Some tell that in their dread the near Thangorodrim seemed taller then Taniquetil, though it cannot be. They say the mountains behind the Gates of Angband burn hotter than the smithies of Aule, and deeper than the depths of Ulmo are the rumblings that are heard...
These locations are mentioned a million times (specially Angband in the Sil) but are not portrayed in the maps!!!! Angband is said to be somewhere around the north of Hithlum... Or would it be a little more to the east, north of Anfauglith, or to the west, near the sea? What are the Thangorodrim...
How did Sauron escape the final sack of Angband? Seems like he would have been pretty high up on the Valar's capture or destroy list. I thought I read once where Eonwe had him cornered ... but how did he manage to slip away?