Nan Curunír

Nan Curunír appears in The Lord of the Rings.

Nan Curunír, the valley of the Wizard in the Misty Mountains, serves as Saruman's hidden stronghold and industrial heartland in The Lord of the Rings. In The Two Towers, it emerges as the epicenter of Saruman's war machine, where the corrupted wizard breeds his Uruk-hai army and fells ancient forests to fuel forges belching black smoke. Though its explicit role is limited to this volume, the valley's desecration symbolizes industrialization's peril, culminating in its abandonment after Saruman's downfall.