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Morgoth occupied his Dark Throne after his return to Middle-earth, about fifty years before the first rising of the Moon and Sun,1 and occupied it until his overthrow in I 587; Sauron established his in about II 1600,2 and occupied it intermittently until II 3441; the Barad-dûr was rebuilt from III 2951, and Sauron was finally defeated in III 3019
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Dark ThroneThe seat of the Dark LordThe seat and centre of power of the Dark Lord Morgoth, in the deepest of the pits of Angband. It stood in a hall lit by fire, with walls adorned by weaponry and machines of torture. Though the throne is never described in detail, it was clearly large in scale, and possibly vast: Beren was able to hide beneath it when he entered Angband with Lúthien, and when Lúthien's soothing song caused Morgoth to fall from his throne in slumber, the sound of his fall was compared with a crash of thunder. A second Dark Throne was occupied by Sauron in the Second Age, a throne that finds a mention in the rhyme of the Rings of Power: 'One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne'.3 That throne must have been destroyed at the end of the Second Age when Barad-dûr was razed, but we're told of yet another throne of Sauron that he occupied during the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age. Notes
See also...Black King, Lúthien Tinúviel, Morgoth, Ruin of Doriath, Throne of Morgoth For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2012. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job. |