A rare term used to describe Orodruin, the volcano in the heart of the Plateau of Gorgoroth in Mordor. It was in the flames of the Fire-mountain that Sauron forged the One Ring, and only by being cast back into those flames could the Ring be unmade. 'Fire-mountain' is a close translation of the name Orodruin (which literally means 'mountain of red flame'). The much more common English form 'Mount Doom' comes from Amon Amarth, a name given to the Fire-mountain by the Gondorians after it burst into flame soon after the foundation of their kingdom in the last years of the Second Age.
See also...
Amon Amarth, Dark Lord, Fire of Doom, Great Signal, Isildur, Lithlad, Lord of the Black Land, Nine-fingered, Orodruin, Sauron, Tale of the Ring
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