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Sketch map of part of Middle-earth in the Third Age, with Mordor on the right, bordered by Rohan and Gondor Mordor was roughly rectangular in shape, with the longer sides on the north and south. Three sides were defended by mountain ranges: the Ered Lithui ("Ash Mountains") on the north, and the Ephel Dúath on the west and south.
Dark and Darker is a first-person hybrid between a dungeon crawler and a role-playing game with a dark medieval fantasy setting. [4] The game blends elements from role-playing systems such as Dungeons & Dragons, [5] roguelikes, and multiplayer video games such as DayZ, and has been described [by whom?] as belonging to the "extraction" subgenre of battle royales.
Mirkwood is any of several great dark forests in novels by Sir Walter Scott and William Morris in the 19th century, and by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 20th century. The critic Tom Shippey explains that the name evoked the excitement of the wildness of Europe's ancient North. [1]
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Isengard (/ ˈ aɪ z ən ɡ ɑːr d /) is a large fortress in Nan Curunír, the Wizard's Vale, in the western part of Middle-earth.In the fantasy world, the name of the fortress is described as a translation of Angrenost, a word in Tolkien's elvish language, Sindarin, a compound of two Old English words: īsen and ġeard, meaning "enclosure of iron".
The name "Tmogvi" is derived from the Armenian word mog, meaning "pagan priest" or "magus". [1] The fortress is first mentioned in sources from the 9th century. [1] It was built as a defensive work controlling the ancient trade route between the Javakheti plateau and the gorge of Kura, over a gorge formed by the Kura River.
Two dams in one of the ravines. The formation, like the fortress of Tasghîmût near Marrakesh, is strategically located and naturally forms an almost complete fortress.Gara Medouar has only one large opening, a ravine in the south; about one third of the mountain's perimeter has been fortified by walls, the most important of which is the wall going straight across the ravine in the south.
The fortress has an unusual war memorial, the Heroes' Organ (Heldenorgel). This is the largest open-air organ in the world. It was constructed in 1931 as a memorial to the dead of World War One. [3] It is mentioned in the James Bond book On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The fortress now houses the City Museum of Kufstein.
The Fortress of Arad is a fortification system built in the city of Arad, Romania, on the left bank of the Mureș River in the 18th century at the direct order of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. The fortress today lies in the city's Subcetate neighbourhood, on the former military border between the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire .