

And Melkor made also a fortress and armoury not far from the. Angband was an outlying fortress built to protect Utumno from any attacks by the Valar. Until then, Melkor had sent Orcs to take Noldor who chased and slew them. Could the tunnels where the nameless creatures dwelt be the remanants of Utumno We know that Utumno was far larger that Angband and it was dug so deep. Utumno, Sindarin Udn ( Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog 'Flame of Udn '), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths. The biggest of the battles, War of Wrath had significant effects on Angband.
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As the Noldor returned from the West, Morgoth declared a war against him and the Free Peoples in Beleriand supporting him. Melkor made it a base for the dark realm he wanted for Middle Earth. The peaks were made of ash and slag as a result of the resurgence of the fortress and this is why the renovated Angband extended far greater underground than before. He built the volcanic peaks of Thangorodrim over Angband’s gates. the Valar captured Melkor and destroyed his fortresses Utumno and Angband.

He was renamed Morgoth by the enemies, returned to Middle Earth, and chose the ruined fortress as his capital. Angband is a dungeon-crawling roguelike computer game derived from Umoria. Or like Melkor started with that, with the beautiful, but couldn't help but delve down and expand into the darkness below, further and further. Melkor was released after three ages, the Two Trees of Valinor were destroyed and the Silmarils were stolen. Explore angband Utumno Melkor/Sauron the-ALEFs avatar the-ALEF Morgoth and Maeglin AnotherStranger-Mes avatar AnotherStranger-Me Mairon x Melkor. Part of Utumno is of course just subterranean, maybe most of it, with a palace of ice and obsidian on the surface, like an architectural version of a mask. Slowly, the Orcs increased in number in these ruins and got ready to threaten the Dwarves and Thingol’s rule, entering into Beleriand. Sauron was among them and the Balrogs also hid with him in the deepest vaults of Angband. Angband was destroyed to a great extent and remained ruined for ages though some of the hidden chambers were intact under the ruins.Ī number of Melkor’s servants went into hibernation in these ruined chambers. However, when the War of Powers began, the attack of the Valar got over Angband easily and Melkor was forced to escape to the stronghold of Utumno. Angband was constructed at the coast of the Great Sea as a tool of defense against an attack on the Melkor from the Valar. It was under the supervision of Sauron, the head of the servants. That stronghold was commanded by Sauron, lieutenant of Melkor and it was named Angband. And Melkor made also a fortress and armoury not far from the north-western shores of the sea, to resist any assault that might come from Aman.

Originally, Angband was built by Melkor during the Years of the Trees to protect its northern citadel at Utumno from the attack from Valar. The Silmarillion: Appendix Angband was an outlying fortress built to protect Utumno from any attacks by the Valar.
