Celebthôl
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"From the Encyclopedia of Arda"
Tolkien probably leaves details of the Tower's construction vague intentionally, as it was hidden by a cloud of shadow and darkness at all times. The only characters in The Lord of the Rings to actually see Barad-dûr were Frodo and Sam as they journeyed to Mount Doom: '...rising black, blacker and darker than the vast shades amid which it stood, the cruel pinnacles and iron crown of the topmost tower of Barad-dûr...' (The Lord of the Rings 6 III: Mount Doom).
But surely Elrond and Círdan aswell?! i mean they were there at the first sack of the city when Sauron was over thrown for the first time, and surely they travelled to it to view it for certain purposes and they must have helped to "take it apart"...
Thôl
Tolkien probably leaves details of the Tower's construction vague intentionally, as it was hidden by a cloud of shadow and darkness at all times. The only characters in The Lord of the Rings to actually see Barad-dûr were Frodo and Sam as they journeyed to Mount Doom: '...rising black, blacker and darker than the vast shades amid which it stood, the cruel pinnacles and iron crown of the topmost tower of Barad-dûr...' (The Lord of the Rings 6 III: Mount Doom).
But surely Elrond and Círdan aswell?! i mean they were there at the first sack of the city when Sauron was over thrown for the first time, and surely they travelled to it to view it for certain purposes and they must have helped to "take it apart"...
Thôl

