I still need to build slightly taller ones behind the current range and continue working on the caverns beneath Angband. Angband, also known as the Iron Prison, was the ancient fortress of Melkor in the depths of the Iron Mountains that was built after the destruction of the.

Worked on the mountain range and got the first layer of mountains done. You adventure in the vast continent of Beleriand, journeying through towns, wildernesses, and multiple dungeons all linked together in your quest to reach Angband, home of Morgoth. I also have to complete the caverns beneath the fortress and detail within the fortress rooms. First Age Angband refocuses on Tolkien’s most developed work: The Silmarillion, great saga of the First Age of Middle-Earth. Because they will be some distance away, it shouldn't be too hard to force their intimidation through exaggerated perspective, but I won't be sure until I try. Because of the height limit, it's very difficult create mountains that rival the size of the tower itself, although I'll continue attempting to get as close as possible.

The mountain range I imagine in the background has given me the most trouble. This particular one is roughly modeled afte r Barad-d Ã»r and Cirith Ungol after its corruption. The four spires, the barren wasteland, the caverns, and the volcano in the background are some of the only tangible descriptions we get in the book, so I attempted to model this after other architecture of Middle-Earth. It was difficult to carefully read and replicate the minimal descriptions in the book, but it allowed me a bit of creativity. But when he returned to Middle Earth, he used Angband as his new capital and also. History Melkor built Angband to guard against a possible attack from Aman by the Valar, and put Sauron in command of it. Angband was destroyed in the War of Wrath. The Valar had destroyed Utumno and imprisoned Melkor for three ages. Angband was the ancient fortress of Morgoth, built in the Iron Mountains before the First Age, and from which he tried to subjugate Arda. Since there are no official visual representations, this presented both a challenge and great opportunity. A mighty fortress constructed by Melkor under the Iron Mountains in the earliest years of the world, Angband was made as an outlying citadel to the northern stronghold of Utumno. This is my envisioning of the fortress Angband from the Silmarillion.

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