Inside Middle-earth — The Battle of Dagorlad
The last great battle of the Second Age.
Without any doubt, the Battle of Dagorlad was one of the most important battles that took place during the Second Age.
Its outcome marked the turning point in the War of the Last Alliance and opened the door to Sauron’s defeat.
At the same time, it was the seed that, millennia later, would germinate in the story of The Lord of the Rings.
What is Dagorlad?
This name was given to a vast plain north of the Black Gate of Mordor. It was desert land without any vegetation.
This absence of life was caused by all the volcanic sediments from the explosions of the Orodruin volcano.
Before Sauron arrived in Mordor, Dagorlad was a place with a lot of vegetation, probably because of the humidity from the Rhûn Sea.
Background to the battle
The Battle of Dagorlad was the initial act of a war of the Last Alliance, the final consequence of events that had taken place throughout the Second Age and that would culminate, in a first act, at the entrance to Mordor.
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