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{{About|the fictional location|the video game|Angband (video game)|the band|Angband (band)}} |
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place_name = ''Angband'' (Iron Prison)| |
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place_description = The lesser fortress of Morgoth| |
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place_built= Morgoth| |
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place_type = ]| |
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place_realm = ]| |
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place_time= Originally founded sometime before {{ME-date|YT|1090}} and expanded {{ME-date|YT|1496}} - end of the ]| |
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place_lord = ], then ], later Sauron again| |
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In ]'s ]al world of ], '''Angband''' (] for 'iron prison') is the name of the fortress of ], constructed before the ], located in the ] in the enemy's land ] north of ].<ref name="silmarillion">{{cite book | title = The Silmarillion | first = J.R.R. | last = Tolkien | edition = 1st ed | year = 1977 | chapter = Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor | isbn = 0-345-32581-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Angband|last=Oberhelman|first=David D.|pages=17–18|title = ]|editor = ]|isbn = 0-415-96942-5|publisher = ]|year=2006}}</ref> |
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The fortress is described in Tolkien's '']''. It was built by Melkor (later called ''Morgoth'') to guard against a possible attack from ] by the ]. Nonetheless, the Valar's attack succeeded in capturing Morgoth and destroying his main stronghold ]. |
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However, while the Valar had focused on destroying Utumno utterly, Angband, though devastated, was only partially destroyed. Over time, the dark creatures in Morgoth's service would gather in its ruined pits. After three ages of imprisonment, Morgoth returned to Middle-earth and set himself up in Angband, raising the volcanic ] over the fortress as protection. He never came out of it again but once, when challenged to single combat by the Elven king ]. He reigned there until the end of the First Age, when it was destroyed in the ]. |
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== Trivia == |
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* In earlier versions of Tolkien's mythology (see '']'') it was called '''Angamando''', the ] form of the name. |
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* The name for the Tolkien-themed ] video game '']'' is taken from his name for this place. |
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==Works cited== |
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*{{ME-ref|Atlas|Angband}} |
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