Timeline Event
Gorgoroth emptied of Sauron's forces
Event Type: Military/Strategic
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Date: March 19, 3019
Description:
An event in the preludes to the Battle of the Morannon and the Destruction of the One Ring; see those entries for an overview:
[The] Dark Lord had almost completed the movement of his forces, and even in the fastness of his own realm he sought the secrecy of night, fearing the winds of the world that had turned against him, tearing aside his veils, and troubled with tidings of bold spies that had passed through his fences.
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 6, Ch 3, Mount Doom
The land all about was dreary.... On the roads... nothing was moving now....
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 6, Ch 3, Mount Doom
Neither man nor orc now moved along its flat grey stretches....
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 6, Ch 3, Mount Doom
All the land now brooded as at the coming of a great storm: for the Captains of the West had passed the Cross-roads and set flames in the deadly fields of Imlad Morgul.
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 6, Ch 3, Mount Doom
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 6Aug06, 19Mar10