The Lord of the Rings · Character
Morannon
- Minor
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 10
Morannon carries the weight of a name spoken with caution: a threshold that feels severe, forbidding, and difficult to approach. Even in a passing mention, it suggests a place where the landscape itself seems to hold its breath.
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 10
- Books
- 1
Morannon, the Black Gate, is named as a place in the book’s geography. This entry provides no further account of events there or of its detailed appearance, but the name gives it an unmistakably ominous resonance.
Description
Morannon is identified as the Black Gate, but this mention supplies no precise description of its structure, scale, materials, or surroundings. Its name suggests a dark and formidable entrance; any more specific architectural details should be drawn from the text elsewhere rather than assumed here.
Story so far
BOOK 3The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
Appearances
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