The Lord of the Rings · World

Orthanc

  • unique object

500-foot black gleaming rock tower like riven earth-bone; four piers merge into spear-sharp horned pinnacles; polished stone summit platform inscribed with strange signs; impossibly smooth hard surface.

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unique object
First appears
Book 2 · Ch. 8
Books
1

Evolution

  1. BOOK 2The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings

    500-foot black gleaming rock tower like riven earth-bone; four piers merge into spear-sharp horned pinnacles; polished stone summit platform inscribed with strange signs; impossibly smooth hard surface.

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