Middle-earth

Event

The Fall of Minas Ithil

The Nazgûl capture Minas Ithil and make it Minas Morgul.

Tolkien’s textsSupported by the narratives published in Tolkien’s lifetime.
Date
T.A. 2002
Age
The Third Age
Type
Downfall
Certainty
Approximate

The event

The Nazgûl capture Minas Ithil and make it Minas Morgul.

Consequences

Gondor loses its eastern bastion and its palantír; the Witch-king takes the tower as his own.

Participants

Place

Artifacts

Sources

  • The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55

    Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.