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Conquest of Minas Ithil - Defense of Osgiliath - Battle of Dagorlad - Siege of Barad-dûr |
The Siege of Barad-dûr was a key event during the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Despite suffering severe losses, the Last Alliance leveled Sauron's fortress and wiped out his armies after a brutal siege, during which Sauron's Ring was chopped from his finger.
History
After the bloody Battle of Dagorlad, the Last Alliance began their invasion into Mordor. They captured the Black Gate but lost many as they passed through Udûn, a plateau north of Mordor, and they failed to break into the Dark Tower. Thus, they laid siege on the Dark Tower.
The siege lasted for a total of seven years. Many elves and men were killed in the siege as seemingly endless numbers of arrows, rocks, flaming missiles, and Orc sorties emerged from the tower. Fortunately, Anárion's army from Gondor managed to reinforce the Last Alliance. On the sixth year of the siege, SA 3440, Anárion was hit in the head by a stone and died. A year later, Gil-galad and Elendil duelled Sauron on the slopes of Mount Doom. Sauron, however, was much more powerful, and killed first Gil-galad with the heat of his hand, and then Elendil, as Elrond, Círdan, and Isildur helplessly watched. As Elendil fell, his great sword Narsil broke beneath him. But Sauron had been mortally wounded in the battle, and when Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron's body his spirit fled.
After the battle, Sauron's body was broken, the tower of Barad-dûr collapsed (without the Ring's destruction the foundations remained), and the Orc hosts were in disarray. Elrond led Isildur into the heart of Mount Doom, where the One Ring was forged, and the only place it could be destroyed. However, he claimed it for his own, which led to his death.
Gondor later reoccupied Minas Ithil and Ithilien, and set watchtowers at the Black Gate, and the pass of Cirith Ungol. However, years of neglect, and the Kin-strife led these areas to be captured by the Nazgûl, with Minas Ithil, later Minas Morgul, falling to the Witch-king.
Isildur's father, brother, and Gil-galad were killed in the Siege of Barad-dûr.[1][2][3]
Translations around the World
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Beleg van Barad-Dur |
| Albanian | Rrethimi i Barad-dur |
| Amharic | ስለ ከበባ ባራድ፡ዱር |
| Arabic | حصار بارادءدور |
| Armenian | պաշարումը Բարադ-դուր |
| Azerbaijani | Barad-dur mühasirəsi |
| Basque | Baraden-dûr setioa |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Аблогі Барад-дура |
| Bengali | বার্ড-দূর অবরোধের |
| Bosnian | Opsada Barad-dur |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Обсада на Барад-дур |
| Catalan | Setge de Bàrad-dûr |
| Cebuano | Paglikos sa Barad-dûr |
| Chichewa | Kuzinga Barad-dûr |
| Chinese | 围攻巴拉多 |
| Corsican | Assediu di Barad-dûr |
| Croatian | Opsada Barad-dûr |
| Danish | Belejringen af Barad-dûr |
| Dutch | Belegering van Barad-dûr |
| Esperanto | Sieĝo de Barad-dûr |
| Estonian | Piiramisrõngas Barad-dur |
| Faroese | Stólur av Barad-dûr |
| Finnish | Barad-dûrin Piiritys |
| French | Siège de Barad-dur |
| Frisian | Belis fan Barad-dur |
| Galician | Cerco de Barad-dûr |
| Georgian | ბლოკადის ბარად-დური |
| German | Belagerung von Barad-dûr |
| Greek | Πολιορκία της Bαραδ-δυρ |
| Gujarati | બારડ-દુર ઘેરો |
| Haitian Creole | Syèj la Barad-dûr |
| Hausa | Kewaye da Barad-dur |
| Hebrew | מצור באראד-דור |
| Hindi | बरद्-दुर की घेराबंदी |
| Hungarian | Ostrom Barad-dûr |
| Icelandic | Umsátrinu um Barad-dûr |
| Indonesian | Pengepungan Barad-dur |
| Irish Gaelic | Ionsaí na Barad-dur |
| Italian | Assedio di Barad-dur |
| Japanese | バラド＝ドゥーアの包囲 |
| Javanese | Perang Barad-dur |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | қоршау Барад-дұр ? |
| Kannada | ಬರದ-ದುರ್ ಮುತ್ತಿಗೆ |
| Kurdish | Dorpêçkirina ji Barad-dûr (Kurmanji Kurdish) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Барад-дур курчоого |
| Latin | Obsidione Barad-dur |
| Latvian | Aplenkuma Barad-dur |
| Lithuanian | Apgultis Barad-dur |
| Luxembourgish | Belagerung vu Barad-dur |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Опсадата на Барад-дур |
| Malagasy | Fahirano an'i Barad-dur |
| Malay | Pengepungan Barad-dur |
| Marathi | बरद-दुर वेढा |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Барад-дур-ын бүслэлт |
| Nepalese | बरद्-दुर को कब्जाको |
| Norwegian | Beleiringen av Barad-dur |
| Persian | محاصره باراد-دور |
| Polish | Oblężenie Barad-dûr |
| Portuguese | Cerco de Barad-dûr |
| Punjabi | ਬਰਦ-ਦੁਰ ਦੀ ਘੇਰਾਬੰਦੀ |
| Romanian | Asediu de Barad-dur |
| Russian | Осада Барад-дура |
| Samoan | Vagaia o Barad-dur |
| Scottish Gaelic | Sèist de Barad-dûr |
| Serbian | Опсада Барад-дур (Cyrillic) Opsade Barad-dura (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Thibelloa ha Barad-dur |
| Slovak | Obliehanie Barad-dur |
| Slovenian | Obleganje Barad-dur |
| Spanish | Cerco de Barad-dûr |
| Swahili | Kuzingirwa ya Barad-dur |
| Swedish | Belägringen av Barad-dûr |
| Tamil | பரத்-துர் முற்றுகை |
| Tajik Cyrillic | муҳосираи Барад-дур |
| Telugu | బరదదూరంగా ముట్టడి |
| Thai | การปิดล้อมหอคอยบารัด-ดูร์ |
| Tongan | 'Akolo'i 'o e Barad-dûr |
| Turkish | Kuşatma Barad-dûr |
| Turkmen | Barad-dur gabalanda ? |
| Urdu | کے محاصرے بارادءدور |
| Welsh | Gwarchae o Barad-dur |
| Xhosa | Singqingiwe Barad-dûr |
| Yiddish | סיעגע פון באַראַד-דור |
| Yoruba | Idoti ti Barad-dûr |
| Zulu | Ukuvinjezelwa Barad-dûr |
References
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Second Age"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "The Last Alliance"