Angband
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| Angband (Hells of Iron) | |
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| Peaks of Angband | |
| Place in Arda | |
| Aliases | Melkor's Stronghold, Dark Castle, Fortress of Doom |
| Summary | Underground fortress/prison of Morgoth |
| Built by | Morgoth, Sauron |
| Realm | Middle-earth Iron Mountains (Ered Engrin) |
| Lord | Morgoth, later Sauron, then Morgoth again |
| Type | Fortress |
| Lifespan | Built and destroyed in the First Age |
Angband was the name of the fortress of Melkor, constructed before the First Age, located in the Iron Mountains (Ered Engrin) north of Beleriand.
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History
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Melkor built Angband to guard against a possible attack from Aman by the Valar, and put Sauron in command of it. Nonetheless, the Valar's attack succeeded in capturing Melkor and destroying his other stronghold Utumno. After three ages of imprisonment, Morgoth returned to Middle-earth and set himself up in Angband, raising the volcanic Thangorodrim over the Fortress as protection. He reigned there until the end of the First Age, when it was destroyed in the War of Wrath.
Earlier versions of the legendarium
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In earlier versions of Tolkien's mythology (see: The History of Middle-earth) it was called Angamando, the Quenya form of the name.

Added by Glaurung GoldenEtymology
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Angband is a Sindarin word that meant 'Hells of Iron', although the literal meaning is 'iron prison'.
See also
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Places of Middle-earth and Arda
Middle-earth Locations:
Provinces/Regions: Dunland | Ithilien | Rohan | Arnor | Ettenmoors | Gondor | Lindon | Minhiriath | Rhûn | The Shire | Mordor | Harad | Forochel Forests & Mountains: Amon Dîn | Amon Hen | Amon Lhaw | Emyn Muil | Erebor | Fangorn Forest | High Pass | Iron Hills | Lórien | Mirkwood | Mount Doom | Old Forest | Redhorn Pass | Tower Hills | Weather Hills City/Fortifications: Angband | Barad-dûr | Bree | Caras Galadhon | Dol Guldur | Fornost | Helm's Deep | Isengard | Minas Morgul | Minas Tirith | Osgiliath | Rivendell | Umbar | Utumno Miscellaneous: Cair Andros | Gap of Rohan | Grey Havens | Buckland | Enedwaith | Dagorlad | Dead Marshes | Fords of Isen | Weathertop | Argonath The rest of Arda:
Valinor | Númenor | Dark Land | Aman | Tol Eressëa |