The Black Gate

Location from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Mordor's front door — a massive fortified gate of black iron between two towers, the most heavily guarded entrance to the most evil place in Middle-earth.

Also known as: the Black Gate, Morannon, the Teeth of Mordor

What They Know

• A frontal assault on the Black Gate is suicide — the defenses are layered and the garrison numbers in the thousands
• Aragorn's march to the Black Gate was a diversionary tactic to draw Sauron's attention from Frodo
• The gate requires mechanical operation by multiple trolls — it is too massive for any other force to move
• The Mouth of Sauron — Sauron's ambassador — emerges from the Black Gate to parley before the final battle

Connections

• guards — mordor
• gateway_to — mordor

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