#First age angband series

It is a central location in JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion.ДЄngband was virtually unassailable, and was used by Morgoth as a base of operations for his infiltration and conquest of Beleriand. Included Utumno and was surrounded by a second defensive perimeter, Thangorodrim. 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. See also: Timeline of the First Age.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. Morgoth was captured, and cast out of Arda, but his lands, as well as most of Beleriand, had been destroyed and sunk under the sea in the heat of battle. This battle marked the first appearance of the winged dragons, most notably Ancalagon the Black, but the Valar had the day. The Teleri refused their aid, due to an old offense dealt them by the Г‘oldor of Beleriand, but consented to ferry the armies of the Valar in their famous ships.

The Valar gathered an army comprised of Maiar, Vanyar, and those Г‘oldor who had stayed in Valinor.

The War of Wrath took place after EГ¤rendil sailed to Valinor and persuaded the Valar to help those whom they had forsaken.

Morgoth's Orcs made a heap of the Elven and Mannish dead in the center of Anfauglith. The land of Hithlum was lost, the Sons of FГ«anor were largely scattered, and the peoples of Beleriand had been decimated. The name 'Unnumbered Tears' comes from the fact that the Elves' last hope of victory was destroyed. The Elves and their allies advanced very close to Angband, but Morgoth's trickery had upset their battle plan, and Ulfang proved treacherous. They massed an army composed of Elves, Edain, and the houses of BГіr and Ulfang allied to the Sons of FГ«anor.

The Nirnaeth Arnoediad ( Unnumbered Tears) was the first battle to be initiated by the Г‘oldor.

For instance, the green plain of Ard-galen had been permanently laid waste by the rivers of fire, and was now called Anfauglith, the Choking Dust and the highlands of Dorthonion, which had been inhabited by Edain, were made inhospitable. The Г‘oldor eventually mustered a defense, but their losses were severe.

The Dagor Bragollach ( Battle of Sudden Flame) began when Morgoth poured rivers of fire out of Angband, ruining the besieging Г‘oldorin armies.

However, the Siege was of limited effectiveness, because the northern side of Angband was on the north side of the Ered Engrin, and was unapproachable. The Г‘oldor became so bold as to besiege Angband. Morgoth again attacked the Г‘oldor, and again with no success.

The Dagor Aglareb ( Glorious Battle) was fought about seventy-five years after the return of the Г‘oldor.

It is considered the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, after one that took place during the Years of the Trees. Morgoth sent a raiding party from Angband to attack the Г‘oldor encampment in Hithlum, but the Elves drove it back.

The Dagor-nuin-Giliath ( Battle under the Stars, so named because it was fought before the rising of the Sun) was fought soon after the arrival of the Г‘oldor.

The Noldor, on the other hand, particularly the Sons of FГ«anor, had come with the express purpose of defeating Morgoth. There had been Elves in Beleriand for uncounted millennia, but they sought merely to exist, and Morgoth had little to do with them. The wars had actually begun before the First Age, during the Years of the Trees, but began again with renewed fury after the arrival of the Г‘oldor in Beleriand.

#First age angband series

These were centered around a series of wars waged by the Sindar, the Г‘oldor and the Three Houses of the Edain, against the armies of Angband and the evil Men. Tolkien describes primarily the events that occurred in Beleriand. It lasted just over 580 years (making it the shortest of the three Ages described by Tolkien), and ended with the final overthrow of Morgoth by the combined armies of Valinor and Beleriand. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.