

Angband, along with Beleriand, was destroyed at the end of the First Age. Beren and Luthien succeeded by means of magic in entering the fortress, beguiling Morgoth and stealing a Silmaril, but elvish military operations in the First Age were necessarily defensive, and the areas between Angband and the elven realms, such as the Passes of Sirion, Ard-Galen, Dorthonion and the plains of Lothlann, were the site of battles throughout the First Age. Angband was virtually unassailable, and was used by Morgoth as a base of operations for his infiltration and conquest of Beleriand. servant.4 Melkor appointed Sauron to be the commander of Angband, a great fortress in the north-west of Middle-earth.5 After the Siege of Utumno and the. It is a central location in JRR Tolkiens The Silmarillion. The root of its name, Beler or Balar, is believed to refer to the Maia Oss, who often dwelt at the shores of Balar. Originally, its name referred only to the area around the Bay of Balar, but in time the name applied to the entire land.

Ungoliant turns on Morgoth Morgoth raises Thangorodrim about Angband and forges an. Included Utumno and was surrounded by a second defensive perimeter, Thangorodrim. Beleriand (Sindarin IPA: belerjand) was a vast region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age. Utumno was far older than Angband and is implied to be the biggest superstructure ever built in Middle-Earth, but Angband seemed to have been Morgoth's main HQ for most of his career and Sauron was it's main custodian. It is a central location in JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion. The Spring of Arda Melkor builds Utumno and casts down the Lamps. These fortresses were known as Utumno and Angband. Included Utumno and was surrounded by a second defensive perimeter, Thangorodrim. The Valar get the better of the hosts of Melkor and he retreated into Utumno. However, while the Valar had focused on destroying. Angband was a large iron fortress with deep and complicated dungeons in which Morgoth kept prisoners and slaves and bred foul creatures such as dragons, werewolves and orcs. Utumno (formerly), Angband, much of Middle-earth and Beleriand for a time. Nonetheless, the Valars attack succeeded in capturing Morgoth and destroying his main stronghold Utumno. It never reached beta stage, and is thus reportedly prone to crashes. The fate of Utumno is less clear, although I suspect it was pretty badly wrecked after the War for the Sake of the Elves, since Melkor never went back to what was presumably once the stronger fortress. Actually an isometric 3D tile Angband variant. It seems likely that the remnants of Angband are now under water. Fortress in the wilderness to the north of Beleriand, originally built by Melkor/ Morgoth prior to the birth of the elves, overrun but not fully explored by the Valar in this period, and later reoccupied by Morgoth and his followers, including Sauron and the Balrogs. Despite the name, Utumno is an Angband variant.
