Mountains of Mordor - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Inziladun · 02-02-2002, 05:21 PM

The Tale of Years says Sauron in the Second Age "chooses Mordor as a land to make into a stronghold. He begins the building of Barad-dûr."
This would seem to imply the mountains were already there as a natural defence, otherwise why choose Mordor in the first place? I don't think raising mountains was in his power, as surely there would be other instances of his doing it things like that.

02-02-2002, 05:21 PM	#5
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,038	The Tale of Years says Sauron in the Second Age "chooses Mordor as a land to make into a stronghold. He begins the building of Barad-dûr." This would seem to imply the mountains were already there as a natural defence, otherwise why choose Mordor in the first place? I don't think raising mountains was in his power, as surely there would be other instances of his doing it things like that. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.