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The southernmost and tallest of the Weather Hills, topped by the remains of a great tower.
History
Amon Sûl was the chief palantír-station of Arnor and was destroyed in the wars with Angmar. Its palantír was lost in the ice of Forochel.
Significance
Here the Nazgûl stab Frodo with a Morgul-blade, beginning the wound that never fully heals.
Events here
Figures of this place
CharacterFrodo Baggins
The hobbit of the Shire who carried the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom and destroyed it.
CharacterAragorn
The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
CharacterThe Witch-king of Angmar
The chief of the Nazgûl, a Ringwraith and Sauron’s most feared captain, slain by Éowyn and Merry.
Sources
The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
