The Plateau of Gorgoroth

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The Plateau of Gorgoroth
The Plateau of Gorgoroth


The Plateau of Gorgoroth is a Region in Mordor.


The Plateau of Gorgoroth Locations

Locations found within the region of The Plateau of Gorgoroth are listed below.

Areas

Settlements

Landmarks

Dungeons

Instances


Quests

For more detail, see The Plateau of Gorgoroth Quests

Deeds

For more detail, see The Plateau of Gorgoroth Deeds

Titles

For more detail, see The Plateau of Gorgoroth Titles

The Plateau of Gorgoroth Reputation

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Creatures

Scourges

The following Scourges are found wandering this region:

Hidden Threats

The Hidden Threats are encountered randomly on the landscape.

Lore

The Plateau of Gorgoroth (Sindarin for Great Horror) lies immediately behind the Morannon, the Black gate, in the Land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.

The Plateau of Gorgoroth was a high desolate plain in northwestern Mordor enclosed by the Ephel Dúath on the west and the Ered Lithui on the north. The only known passages into the plateau through these mountain walls were Carach Angren (the Isenmouthe) (from Udûn and the Morannon), Cirith Ungol, and the Imlad Morgul (Morgul Vale).[1]

To the southeast, between two arms of the mountain ranges, was a gap that opened upon the land of Nurn.[2]

In this dreary wasteland fumes issued from fissures in the ground and smoke curled and settled in hollows. Centered in the desolation some forty miles east of the Ephel Duath rose the Orodruin (Mount Doom). It and Barad-dûr, situated on a spur of the Ered Lithui and rising taller than the volcano, dominated the landscape of the plateau.[3]

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Land of Shadow"

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