Mount Doom

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

The volcanic mountain where Sauron forged the One Ring — and the only place in Middle-earth where it can be unmade, its fires burning with the malice that gave the Ring life.

Also known as: Mount Doom, Orodruin, the Mountain of Fire, Amon Amarth, the Crack of Doom

What They Know

• The One Ring can ONLY be destroyed here — no other fire, dragon or otherwise, burns hot enough
• The Ring's will to survive is strongest at Mount Doom — every Ring-bearer who has reached the Crack of Doom has failed to throw it in voluntarily
• Sauron's Road leads from Barad-dûr to the Sammath Naur — it is the most direct path but also the most watched
• The mountain's eruptions correlate with Sauron's activity and the Ring's proximity
• Gollum's obsession with the Ring is what ultimately caused its destruction — his greed accomplished what willpower could not

Connections

• created — one_ring
• destroys — one_ring
• gateway_to — barad_dur

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