Mordor

Mordor is the home of Sauron and Frodo and Sam went there to destroy the ring. It is located in southeast middle earth, east of Anduin, the great river. It is situated inbetween three mountain ridges that protect it from suprise invasions from the north, south, and west.The East is open but it is the land of Rhun and are allied with Mordor. Sauron settled Mordor 1000 years after the first age of middle earth. It remained the central place for evil things throughout the second and third ages of middle earth. In the Northwest corner of Mordor stands Mt. Doom, where sauron forged the one ring. Mt. Doom is the only place that the ring can be destroyed and that is where Frodo is headed. When the War of the Ring began Sauron called all of his evil forces to Mordor. They were to take Rohan and Gondor and then the ring was destroyed by Frodo so the evil powers fell. Mordor has two meanings, "Black Land" or the "Land of Shadow". The aproximate area of Mordor was 175,000 square miles. The end of Mordor occured on March 25th, 3019, when Frodo reached the center of Mt.Doom and Gollum bit his finger off and fell into the lava and destroyed the ring.

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