12.40 25 March 2008 Real time. Time for Bargain Hunt and the News, a wash, finish the sorting of the supplies and sort out the order for another batch of card which involves my second supplier although I believe the same top management covers both, given the similarity of goods and prices.
14.00 I have a salad with shelled prawns and a banana and commence some correspondence, one of which takes a long time and make the mistake of not saving, losing the text by a single key stroke, and not realising until saving a couple of paragraphs later thus losing over an hour’s work. It is very frustrating and I have no heart to rewrite again from my poor memory. I know if it was worthwhile being said the first time it will be recalled, and written better. I listened to Volume 1 of Chris Barber Lost and Found again although my concentration was such that it was mostly background sound. When I awoke this morning what struck me was the absence of noise in what is a concentrated built up area of tall and narrow terraced housing with small yards sufficient for a car and a little more depending on its size on its size, no gulls, no vehicles, but in this silence the smallest outside sound carries. I hear a plane on its flight path from Newcastle airport away over the north sea, to where? So many people always travelling so it seems?
16.00 I take a break for this and that including a coffee and single slice Leerdammer cheese sandwich. Do Leerdammer make anything other than cheese?
16.20. I will do some more work on the Lord of the Rings and then rewrite the lost letter. Having looked at Elves and Orcs, the Ring-wraiths and the Men of Numenor it is time of Dwarves and for John Rhys Davies as Gimli who had the most painful of the prosthetic faces to endure, Tolkien is said to have been inspired by Nordic tales of dwarves of those in Brother’s Grimm Tales and at first he saw them primarily as evil beings who employed the Orcs, who were involved with mining and underground places, and with liking for loot. He changes his approach in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Ring books into honourable, serious at time over serious, proud people, sometimes comic and bumbling. It is said that Tolkien also drew upon the historical role of Jews as people dispossessed of their homeland but willing to work hard and to create, including wealth. Traditionally the Dwarves are enemies of the Elves but in The Lord of the Rings, Gimli save his warrior inclinations for the Orcs and establishes a close relationship with Legolas. Only a proportion of Elves marry so the ratio of male to females is two to one, and the females also have beards. Dwarves do not grow their own food from living underground. During the second Age seven of the rings were given to the seven heads of the Dwarf Clans and they fought in the Sauron War. Later they retreated behind the doors of the their kingdom which the Elves name Moria, the dark chasm. Unfortunately as a consequence of their excavations they released the last of the great fiery demons the Balrog’s and those who were not killed escaped moved first onto the Misty Mountains, then the Lonely mountains, then the Grey mountains and during this era there was war between Dwarves and Orcs which led to about a third of all Dwarves perishing.
17.00 Community police call if I had heard anything as overnight there had been an attempt to take a car parked in the street near by. Alas no as I am at the back of the house during most of the day and hear little of what happens in the street outside. I tend to draw the bedroom curtains when it gets dark and I am already on the stairs for another reason although before I draw them I do tend to see what is happening in the street, which is usually nothing with no vehicle movement and no pedestrians and I commented earlier that on waking this morning and although it was late I noted how soundless it was.
17.10 Gimli is a lone dwarf who joins the Fellowship and we first encounter his former people when Gandalf decides they need to journey three days going through the Mines of Moria after Sauruman stops their efforts to cross over the Misty mountains. The film recreates something of the great halls that formed the world of the Dwarves but as the Fellowship make their jounrey they encounter the Orcs and a Troll who now inhabit the Mines and then the Balrog which appears to have destroyed Gandalf. It is said that over a thousand years into the fourth age, that as it after the events of the Ring, and which includes the death of the Balrog following the epic battles with Gandalf, from which he becomes the Gandalf the White, and the subsequent defeats of the Orcs, the dwarves were able to return to their former homeland which fits into the theory that Tolkien drew about the history of the Jewish people when he wrote of this race. It is also recorded that Gimli is the son of a former companion of Bilbo Baggins and a remote ancestor of one of the Royal lines. When the Fellowship enters the Mines of Moria Gimli is enthusiastic because he hopes to find a colony of his people but they have been killed by the Orcs, and the Trolls and the Balrog. Disappointed Gimli remains a loyal member of the Fellowship and we learn later of his reward in the Return of the King. John Rhys Jones had a very difficult task in this film as he is over six feet tall and dwarves are small creatures and he also had to wear a prosthetic which caused him much discomfort. His stunt double had an important role, so much so that when the others in Fellowship decided to get a special Tattoo which says the nine written in Tengwar he gave the honour to the stunt double. He first came to national attention in the TV film series drama I Claudius and has a number of roles in action movies as such as Indiana Jones, Star Trek Voyager and a James Bond film. He is known for his distinctive deep Welsh voice and has a good career in voice part roles, he plays Treebeard in the Two Towers. He has strong political views which changed from left to right over his life.
17.25 I decided to go out on foot to the post box and the supermarket for milk. Checking out the transparent pockets there is only one pack left and as there is no film of interest showing at Bolden, adjacent to the Asda, checking out the position there is not a priority. I will decide if to make a special visit on Saturday/or Sunday when I go to the football. I decide on a Beef stir fry which later I add a whole yellow pepper, and have some grapes. Even later some cereal with a coffee in between. I have cold water rather than open a new bottle of red.
19.00 It looked as if I was to miss the final episode of Martin Chuzzlewit which commences at seven with American Idol at 19.40, but it is still episode three of four. Hopefully this is a reminder showing for those who missed before the next showing, but when? American Idol was not as disappointing as last week and when the female rocker Amanda Overmyer was voted out.. There was one memorable and outstanding performance that of David Cook singing we are the Champions of the World. David Archuleta is not delivering nor is Jason Castro, who have also unique great performances although the former Australian Michael Johns and the Irish singer Carly Smithson were up to their high standards and one young woman booked her place by singing one of the American national songs.
22.00 Much of the evening was devoted to redoing the letter which had been lost at a key stroke earlier in the day. It was a better result as my second drafts always tend to be.
23.00 The evening political programme focussed on the visit of the French President who is talking the talk and has a beautiful young wife, former model and singer. The talk of the day is the overheard comment of the Queen that the Prime Minister has got lost in the Castle and was therefore not at the top table where it looked as if Jack Straw had taken his place. Although the episode has been dismissed by number Ten saying that the PM followed the instructions given to him there is something off about what happened. The Queen appeared gleeful when she told those around her of the situation.
24.00 I do some work but not much and I listen to the Queen’s welcome at the dinner to the President of French Republic, his reply and excepts of his address to the two houses of Parliament earlier. It was funny that the Queen’s toast referred to the French Republic but everyone refers to the two democracies as if there is no difference between our own revolution and that of the USA and then the reinstate of the Monarchy is the UK. It is the character of the Queen which is the significant factor as the value of the monarchy as a tourist attraction is doubled edged with the need to present ourselves at the forefront of technological, commercial and financial innovation. It is of interest thought in one of the most modern of buildings in the city, an historical Hall has been rebuilt by carefully dismantling the originally from its former location. Shush have we got the balance right?
01.00 I make it to bed and sleep with one rising during the night and then waking early I decided to say up about 7am.
07.46 My research this morning led to Wikipedia information about max gross films which is very different from great films although that the greater proportion of the film going world goes to see a picture together with those who only go rarely does make the use of the term great appropriate. It is also debatable to make a distinction between great and artistic as all those who achieving max grossing have many artistic and creative qualities. Distinctions such as populist and artistic and between films that change film making and influence lives are important. Inflation of the past decade also accounts for why there are only half a dozen films in the top fifty which were made before 1999, although the most successful nearly grossing 2 billion dollars was Titanic made in 1997, with the Lord of the Rings , the Return of the King $.1119 million and Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead men’s Chest $1.066. Those who broke the mould are Jurassic Park 1993 10th at $914 million in 1993, 18-Independence Day 1996 $816million 21-ET £794 million in 1982 , 22-The Lion King $783 million in 1994 24-Star Wars Episode 4, $782 million in 1977,, 29-Forrest Gump £677 million 1994 and 47- Star Wars V 1980, I have not seen a dozen of the top fifty, all but one family films of recent times. The is only one film I have never heard of called I am a Legend made in 2007 and number 412 on the list. However the real money is to be made from series with Harry Potter already had with $4.69 million followed by James Bond at $4.3 billion and where new films will be made as possibly 5th the Pirates series at $3.5 billion and Spider Man $2.49 billion Star wars at 3, The lord of the Rings at 4 Jurassic Park at 8 and the Matrix 1- had probably had their day. The others in the top ten are Shrek and Batman. The issue of inflation excludes films like Gone with the Wind, the Sound of Music and Jaws, and the one Supernatural Horror the Exorcist. One supernatural film with the greatest twist of an ending of all time is The Sixth Sense at number 30 and the most interest and some will argue the 1most significant is that Passion of Christ is at number 37 grossing $611 million.
10.00 I decide to attend to communications and new order of card after a phone call from the supplier reminding my log on information. The online catalogue does not include the special offer so I find the weekly edition and the product number registers as does the free attach bag from a different edition. It is worth about £10 and as something I need occasionally it brings the cost down. I remember to ask for Monday as the earliest delivery date. This reminds that I have until a week Friday to decide about a season the season ticket renewal for Sunderland at this year’s price.
11.00 The Two Towers was title which had to be thought about post 9/11 and in the film One Tower is interpreted as the Orthanc of Isengard, built by Numenoreans of Gondor, but located in the north west corner of Rohan and at one point was regarded with hostility by the Rohans because raiding parties were based there. Eventually what was thought to be a peaceful solution was for Saruman to be installed there as warden on behalf of Gondor, for he was regarded as the head of the peaceful order of Wizards. Then Saruman took over the tower as its Lord, formed an alliance with the Dark Lord of the One Ring and used the surrounding area to create the great pits to breed the Uruk-hai Orc warriors, and provide them weapons using the ancient trees for fuel, cut down from the surrounding valley. He and Wormtongue were then kept prisoners in the tower by Treebeard after he and the other Ents and the rest of the trees destroyed the pits by flooding from the dam and then killed Orcs there and deployed at Helm’s Deep. The second Tower seen across a vast distance and also with its fiery and all seeing eye, across a vast distance a vast distance is the Barad-Dur, deep in Mordor, the Tower of Sauron great fortress which took 600 years to build and was intended to hold the One Ring. It was destroyed during the Last Alliances of Elves and Men but because the foundations were immovable it was quickly rebuilt on the return of Sauron one thousand years later. It said to be a building with a succession of lower towers topped by the Dark Tower and its eye of Sauron. In the film the model was designed to project a height of over 300 metres 1000ft.
11.30 However these are not the only towers in Middle Earth and for some readers of the books Tolkien intended the title not to communicate the two towers of evil forces united and preparing to take over Middle Earth and destroying all opposing forces and their people, but could be taken to mean the Tower of Sauron confronted by the Towering capital city of Gondor, Minas Tirith a city in white standing for over 1000 years, where Aragorn is the rightful King but where the Steward, mourns his son Boromir and Faramir has been rejected for his part in the fall of Osigilath. It is important to understand the geography of the area and the routes .which were taken by the Fellowship members and where the battle were fought. A vast distance greater than that between Isengard and Barad-Dur was from the Shire of the Hobbits, to the township village of Bree, to the Rivendell of the Elves, over the Misty Mountains or through the Mines of Moira to reach Lorien, the second Elven city, bypassing the Fangorn Forest if using the Anduin River to then reach Isengard which is to the west of the Forest and where nearby is the Rohan stronghold of Helm’s Deep and then the mountainous capital of Rohan with its Great Hall. Separating the Rohan Capital from the Ash Mountains of Gondor and Sauron’s Dark Tower are the Dead Marshes either side of the Anduin. It is here to one side of the White Mountains that there are the twin cities of Minas Tirith and what has become known as Minas Morgul.
12.00 The Gondorian capital city of Minas Tirith was built on seven levels each 100 feet higher, and topped by the T Ecthelion, which brings its height close to that of the Dark Tower. It was considered defendable against siege with the first level surrounded by a black wall and the others by white walls This is becomes an important part of the Rteurn of the King. Across from Minas Tirith was another Gondorian City Minas Ithil in the Mogul Vale, however it was captured by the Black Riders, the Nazgul and renamed Minas Morgul with its Tower of Black Sorcery. For a thousand years the two cities faced each other in opposition, one guarding Gondor and the other Mordor. During the Two Towers film Gollum takes Frodo and Sam to the mountain side overlooking the Cirith Ungol with is formidable great gate, built originally by the Numemorean Men of Gondor as the first line of defence before their cities of Minas However the fortress was vacated by Gondorians after the great plague decimated large parts of the population an control returned to the power of Mordor and the remerging power of Sauron. To reach the Tower fortress you pass through the pass of Cirith Ungol, the Greater Spider. This Tower fortress is to play an even greater role in the Return of the King, which follows.
14.00 I have a salad with shelled prawns and a banana and commence some correspondence, one of which takes a long time and make the mistake of not saving, losing the text by a single key stroke, and not realising until saving a couple of paragraphs later thus losing over an hour’s work. It is very frustrating and I have no heart to rewrite again from my poor memory. I know if it was worthwhile being said the first time it will be recalled, and written better. I listened to Volume 1 of Chris Barber Lost and Found again although my concentration was such that it was mostly background sound. When I awoke this morning what struck me was the absence of noise in what is a concentrated built up area of tall and narrow terraced housing with small yards sufficient for a car and a little more depending on its size on its size, no gulls, no vehicles, but in this silence the smallest outside sound carries. I hear a plane on its flight path from Newcastle airport away over the north sea, to where? So many people always travelling so it seems?
16.00 I take a break for this and that including a coffee and single slice Leerdammer cheese sandwich. Do Leerdammer make anything other than cheese?
16.20. I will do some more work on the Lord of the Rings and then rewrite the lost letter. Having looked at Elves and Orcs, the Ring-wraiths and the Men of Numenor it is time of Dwarves and for John Rhys Davies as Gimli who had the most painful of the prosthetic faces to endure, Tolkien is said to have been inspired by Nordic tales of dwarves of those in Brother’s Grimm Tales and at first he saw them primarily as evil beings who employed the Orcs, who were involved with mining and underground places, and with liking for loot. He changes his approach in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Ring books into honourable, serious at time over serious, proud people, sometimes comic and bumbling. It is said that Tolkien also drew upon the historical role of Jews as people dispossessed of their homeland but willing to work hard and to create, including wealth. Traditionally the Dwarves are enemies of the Elves but in The Lord of the Rings, Gimli save his warrior inclinations for the Orcs and establishes a close relationship with Legolas. Only a proportion of Elves marry so the ratio of male to females is two to one, and the females also have beards. Dwarves do not grow their own food from living underground. During the second Age seven of the rings were given to the seven heads of the Dwarf Clans and they fought in the Sauron War. Later they retreated behind the doors of the their kingdom which the Elves name Moria, the dark chasm. Unfortunately as a consequence of their excavations they released the last of the great fiery demons the Balrog’s and those who were not killed escaped moved first onto the Misty Mountains, then the Lonely mountains, then the Grey mountains and during this era there was war between Dwarves and Orcs which led to about a third of all Dwarves perishing.
17.00 Community police call if I had heard anything as overnight there had been an attempt to take a car parked in the street near by. Alas no as I am at the back of the house during most of the day and hear little of what happens in the street outside. I tend to draw the bedroom curtains when it gets dark and I am already on the stairs for another reason although before I draw them I do tend to see what is happening in the street, which is usually nothing with no vehicle movement and no pedestrians and I commented earlier that on waking this morning and although it was late I noted how soundless it was.
17.10 Gimli is a lone dwarf who joins the Fellowship and we first encounter his former people when Gandalf decides they need to journey three days going through the Mines of Moria after Sauruman stops their efforts to cross over the Misty mountains. The film recreates something of the great halls that formed the world of the Dwarves but as the Fellowship make their jounrey they encounter the Orcs and a Troll who now inhabit the Mines and then the Balrog which appears to have destroyed Gandalf. It is said that over a thousand years into the fourth age, that as it after the events of the Ring, and which includes the death of the Balrog following the epic battles with Gandalf, from which he becomes the Gandalf the White, and the subsequent defeats of the Orcs, the dwarves were able to return to their former homeland which fits into the theory that Tolkien drew about the history of the Jewish people when he wrote of this race. It is also recorded that Gimli is the son of a former companion of Bilbo Baggins and a remote ancestor of one of the Royal lines. When the Fellowship enters the Mines of Moria Gimli is enthusiastic because he hopes to find a colony of his people but they have been killed by the Orcs, and the Trolls and the Balrog. Disappointed Gimli remains a loyal member of the Fellowship and we learn later of his reward in the Return of the King. John Rhys Jones had a very difficult task in this film as he is over six feet tall and dwarves are small creatures and he also had to wear a prosthetic which caused him much discomfort. His stunt double had an important role, so much so that when the others in Fellowship decided to get a special Tattoo which says the nine written in Tengwar he gave the honour to the stunt double. He first came to national attention in the TV film series drama I Claudius and has a number of roles in action movies as such as Indiana Jones, Star Trek Voyager and a James Bond film. He is known for his distinctive deep Welsh voice and has a good career in voice part roles, he plays Treebeard in the Two Towers. He has strong political views which changed from left to right over his life.
17.25 I decided to go out on foot to the post box and the supermarket for milk. Checking out the transparent pockets there is only one pack left and as there is no film of interest showing at Bolden, adjacent to the Asda, checking out the position there is not a priority. I will decide if to make a special visit on Saturday/or Sunday when I go to the football. I decide on a Beef stir fry which later I add a whole yellow pepper, and have some grapes. Even later some cereal with a coffee in between. I have cold water rather than open a new bottle of red.
19.00 It looked as if I was to miss the final episode of Martin Chuzzlewit which commences at seven with American Idol at 19.40, but it is still episode three of four. Hopefully this is a reminder showing for those who missed before the next showing, but when? American Idol was not as disappointing as last week and when the female rocker Amanda Overmyer was voted out.. There was one memorable and outstanding performance that of David Cook singing we are the Champions of the World. David Archuleta is not delivering nor is Jason Castro, who have also unique great performances although the former Australian Michael Johns and the Irish singer Carly Smithson were up to their high standards and one young woman booked her place by singing one of the American national songs.
22.00 Much of the evening was devoted to redoing the letter which had been lost at a key stroke earlier in the day. It was a better result as my second drafts always tend to be.
23.00 The evening political programme focussed on the visit of the French President who is talking the talk and has a beautiful young wife, former model and singer. The talk of the day is the overheard comment of the Queen that the Prime Minister has got lost in the Castle and was therefore not at the top table where it looked as if Jack Straw had taken his place. Although the episode has been dismissed by number Ten saying that the PM followed the instructions given to him there is something off about what happened. The Queen appeared gleeful when she told those around her of the situation.
24.00 I do some work but not much and I listen to the Queen’s welcome at the dinner to the President of French Republic, his reply and excepts of his address to the two houses of Parliament earlier. It was funny that the Queen’s toast referred to the French Republic but everyone refers to the two democracies as if there is no difference between our own revolution and that of the USA and then the reinstate of the Monarchy is the UK. It is the character of the Queen which is the significant factor as the value of the monarchy as a tourist attraction is doubled edged with the need to present ourselves at the forefront of technological, commercial and financial innovation. It is of interest thought in one of the most modern of buildings in the city, an historical Hall has been rebuilt by carefully dismantling the originally from its former location. Shush have we got the balance right?
01.00 I make it to bed and sleep with one rising during the night and then waking early I decided to say up about 7am.
07.46 My research this morning led to Wikipedia information about max gross films which is very different from great films although that the greater proportion of the film going world goes to see a picture together with those who only go rarely does make the use of the term great appropriate. It is also debatable to make a distinction between great and artistic as all those who achieving max grossing have many artistic and creative qualities. Distinctions such as populist and artistic and between films that change film making and influence lives are important. Inflation of the past decade also accounts for why there are only half a dozen films in the top fifty which were made before 1999, although the most successful nearly grossing 2 billion dollars was Titanic made in 1997, with the Lord of the Rings , the Return of the King $.1119 million and Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead men’s Chest $1.066. Those who broke the mould are Jurassic Park 1993 10th at $914 million in 1993, 18-Independence Day 1996 $816million 21-ET £794 million in 1982 , 22-The Lion King $783 million in 1994 24-Star Wars Episode 4, $782 million in 1977,, 29-Forrest Gump £677 million 1994 and 47- Star Wars V 1980, I have not seen a dozen of the top fifty, all but one family films of recent times. The is only one film I have never heard of called I am a Legend made in 2007 and number 412 on the list. However the real money is to be made from series with Harry Potter already had with $4.69 million followed by James Bond at $4.3 billion and where new films will be made as possibly 5th the Pirates series at $3.5 billion and Spider Man $2.49 billion Star wars at 3, The lord of the Rings at 4 Jurassic Park at 8 and the Matrix 1- had probably had their day. The others in the top ten are Shrek and Batman. The issue of inflation excludes films like Gone with the Wind, the Sound of Music and Jaws, and the one Supernatural Horror the Exorcist. One supernatural film with the greatest twist of an ending of all time is The Sixth Sense at number 30 and the most interest and some will argue the 1most significant is that Passion of Christ is at number 37 grossing $611 million.
10.00 I decide to attend to communications and new order of card after a phone call from the supplier reminding my log on information. The online catalogue does not include the special offer so I find the weekly edition and the product number registers as does the free attach bag from a different edition. It is worth about £10 and as something I need occasionally it brings the cost down. I remember to ask for Monday as the earliest delivery date. This reminds that I have until a week Friday to decide about a season the season ticket renewal for Sunderland at this year’s price.
11.00 The Two Towers was title which had to be thought about post 9/11 and in the film One Tower is interpreted as the Orthanc of Isengard, built by Numenoreans of Gondor, but located in the north west corner of Rohan and at one point was regarded with hostility by the Rohans because raiding parties were based there. Eventually what was thought to be a peaceful solution was for Saruman to be installed there as warden on behalf of Gondor, for he was regarded as the head of the peaceful order of Wizards. Then Saruman took over the tower as its Lord, formed an alliance with the Dark Lord of the One Ring and used the surrounding area to create the great pits to breed the Uruk-hai Orc warriors, and provide them weapons using the ancient trees for fuel, cut down from the surrounding valley. He and Wormtongue were then kept prisoners in the tower by Treebeard after he and the other Ents and the rest of the trees destroyed the pits by flooding from the dam and then killed Orcs there and deployed at Helm’s Deep. The second Tower seen across a vast distance and also with its fiery and all seeing eye, across a vast distance a vast distance is the Barad-Dur, deep in Mordor, the Tower of Sauron great fortress which took 600 years to build and was intended to hold the One Ring. It was destroyed during the Last Alliances of Elves and Men but because the foundations were immovable it was quickly rebuilt on the return of Sauron one thousand years later. It said to be a building with a succession of lower towers topped by the Dark Tower and its eye of Sauron. In the film the model was designed to project a height of over 300 metres 1000ft.
11.30 However these are not the only towers in Middle Earth and for some readers of the books Tolkien intended the title not to communicate the two towers of evil forces united and preparing to take over Middle Earth and destroying all opposing forces and their people, but could be taken to mean the Tower of Sauron confronted by the Towering capital city of Gondor, Minas Tirith a city in white standing for over 1000 years, where Aragorn is the rightful King but where the Steward, mourns his son Boromir and Faramir has been rejected for his part in the fall of Osigilath. It is important to understand the geography of the area and the routes .which were taken by the Fellowship members and where the battle were fought. A vast distance greater than that between Isengard and Barad-Dur was from the Shire of the Hobbits, to the township village of Bree, to the Rivendell of the Elves, over the Misty Mountains or through the Mines of Moira to reach Lorien, the second Elven city, bypassing the Fangorn Forest if using the Anduin River to then reach Isengard which is to the west of the Forest and where nearby is the Rohan stronghold of Helm’s Deep and then the mountainous capital of Rohan with its Great Hall. Separating the Rohan Capital from the Ash Mountains of Gondor and Sauron’s Dark Tower are the Dead Marshes either side of the Anduin. It is here to one side of the White Mountains that there are the twin cities of Minas Tirith and what has become known as Minas Morgul.
12.00 The Gondorian capital city of Minas Tirith was built on seven levels each 100 feet higher, and topped by the T Ecthelion, which brings its height close to that of the Dark Tower. It was considered defendable against siege with the first level surrounded by a black wall and the others by white walls This is becomes an important part of the Rteurn of the King. Across from Minas Tirith was another Gondorian City Minas Ithil in the Mogul Vale, however it was captured by the Black Riders, the Nazgul and renamed Minas Morgul with its Tower of Black Sorcery. For a thousand years the two cities faced each other in opposition, one guarding Gondor and the other Mordor. During the Two Towers film Gollum takes Frodo and Sam to the mountain side overlooking the Cirith Ungol with is formidable great gate, built originally by the Numemorean Men of Gondor as the first line of defence before their cities of Minas However the fortress was vacated by Gondorians after the great plague decimated large parts of the population an control returned to the power of Mordor and the remerging power of Sauron. To reach the Tower fortress you pass through the pass of Cirith Ungol, the Greater Spider. This Tower fortress is to play an even greater role in the Return of the King, which follows.
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