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Dates Made after the return of Morgoth to Middle-earth, about fifty years before the first rising of the Sun; destroyed at the end of the First Age Location The southern Iron Mountains, leading to Angband on the north side of those Mountains Origins Made by Morgoth after the raising of Thangorodrim Race Ainur Settlements The gateway to Angband Important peaks Stood beneath Thangorodrim Pronunciation Angband is pronounced 'a'ngband' Meaning Angband means 'Hells of Iron' Other names Doors of Angband Indexes: Alphabetical: A Alphabetical: G Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 17 August 2015 Updates planned: 1 The doorway to Morgoth's fortress Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A wide and unbreakable doorway set into the foot of a thousand-foot cliff in the southern Iron Mountains, guarding the entrance into Morgoth's domain: Angband, the Hells of Iron. Also called the Doors of Angband, the Gate stood at the end of a long dark vale edged by chasms, and until the coming of Beren and Lúthien it was guarded by the vast Wolf Carcharoth. What lay behind the doors is a matter of conjecture. Some accounts speak of a maze of stairways leading downwards, while others describe a long tunnel running beneath the Iron Mountains to reach the fortress of Angband. The Gate was breached several times; first by Beren and Lúthien, who stole a Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown (on their escape, Carcharoth consumed the Jewel and fled in madness from the Gate). In the Nirnaeth Arnoediad some years later, the Elves of Nargothrond passed through the Gate1 and fought the servants of Angband on the stairs within, though ultimately they were trapped and defeated. The Gate was finally destroyed in the utter ruin of Angband in the War of Wrath that brought the First Age to an end. Notes 1 The Gate is explicitly described as 'impregnable' (in Quenta Silmarillion 19) but we're also told that the Elves of Nargothrond 'burst through the Gate' (ibid 20). This implies that the Gate was at least partly open at the time (since it should be impossible by definition to burst through an impregnable barrier). The same passage confuses things a little when, having passed the Gate, the Elves 'beat upon [Morgoth's] doors' (ibid 20), which seems to imply that the Gate and Doors of Angband were not synonymous. Elsewhere the capitalised 'Doors of Angband' are explicitly at the outer entrance, so the 'doors' described here must be some inner doors within Angband, perhaps marking the northern extent of its long entrance tunnel. See also... Doors of Angband, Ered Engrin, Wolf of Angband Indexes: Alphabetical: A Alphabetical: G Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 17 August 2015 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2015. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.

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Dates Made after the return of Morgoth to Middle-earth, about fifty years before the first rising of the Sun; destroyed at the end of the First Age Location The southern Iron Mountains, leading to Angband on the north side of those Mountains Origins Made by Morgoth after the raising of Thangorodrim Race Ainur Settlements The gateway to Angband Important peaks Stood beneath Thangorodrim Pronunciation Angband is pronounced 'a'ngband' Meaning Angband means 'Hells of Iron' Other names Doors of Angband Indexes: Alphabetical: A Alphabetical: G Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 17 August 2015 Updates planned: 1 The doorway to Morgoth's fortress

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A wide and unbreakable doorway set into the foot of a thousand-foot cliff in the southern Iron Mountains, guarding the entrance into Morgoth's domain: Angband, the Hells of Iron. Also called the Doors of Angband, the Gate stood at the end of a long dark vale edged by chasms, and until the coming of Beren and Lúthien it was guarded by the vast Wolf Carcharoth. What lay behind the doors is a matter of conjecture. Some accounts speak of a maze of stairways leading downwards, while others describe a long tunnel running beneath the Iron Mountains to reach the fortress of Angband. The Gate was breached several times; first by Beren and Lúthien, who stole a Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown (on their escape, Carcharoth consumed the Jewel and fled in madness from the Gate). In the Nirnaeth Arnoediad some years later, the Elves of Nargothrond passed through the Gate1 and fought the servants of Angband on the stairs within, though ultimately they were trapped and defeated. The Gate was finally destroyed in the utter ruin of Angband in the War of Wrath that brought the First Age to an end. Notes 1 The Gate is explicitly described as 'impregnable' (in Quenta Silmarillion 19) but we're also told that the Elves of Nargothrond 'burst through the Gate' (ibid 20). This implies that the Gate was at least partly open at the time (since it should be impossible by definition to burst through an impregnable barrier). The same passage confuses things a little when, having passed the Gate, the Elves 'beat upon [Morgoth's] doors' (ibid 20), which seems to imply that the Gate and Doors of Angband were not synonymous. Elsewhere the capitalised 'Doors of Angband' are explicitly at the outer entrance, so the 'doors' described here must be some inner doors within Angband, perhaps marking the northern extent of its long entrance tunnel. See also... Doors of Angband, Ered Engrin, Wolf of Angband Indexes: Alphabetical: A Alphabetical: G Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 17 August 2015 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2015. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.