Category:Mordor

Mordor was a country in the south-east of the Magic Realm, ruled over by Sauron and surrounded by high mountain ranges on three sides, providing a natural defense against the enemies fo the Dark Lord. Thanks to the volcanic activity of Mount Doom most of the country was a volcanic wasteland, but some areas could be cultivated and provide food for the armies.

History
Sauron initially settled in Mordor and started to build his tower, Barad-dûr, during what was known as the Second Age in the southern areas of the Magic Realm. From there he was able to send out his forces and claim more and more land, but some stood against him and kept on fighting; the elves and the Men of Númenor. These men eventually captured Sauron and brought him to their island.

Thanks to Sauron's cunning mind, however, this island was destroyed and the Dark Lord returned to Mordor as a spirit, rebuilding his forces in an effort to strike a deadly blow against the elves, only to find that some of the Númenoreans had survived and now allied with the elves. This resulted in a siege of Mordor that lasted for several years, before the Last Alliance of Elves and Men found their way into the dark realm and fought its ruler on the slopes of Mount Doom, where Sauron was defeated.

For years the men of Gondor guarded the area and kept darkness from slipping out, but as the realm of Gondor grew weaker the dark forces on the other side of the mountains grew stronger. Sauron started to send out his men to weaken the other realms and the darkness once more started to spread from Mordor, even reaching all the way north to Mirkwood where Sauron held the southern edges for a long time. As the other nations started to realize that the darkness of Mordor was truly back it was already too late to stop it.

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