#LORD OF THE RINGS GONDOR SOLDIER SERIES#

The Kingdom extended east to the Sea of RhГ»n, south to the Harnen and down to Umbar, as far north as Mirkwood, and west to the River GwathlГі. In his reign, Gondor reached the height of its power and its borders reached their furthest extent. Gondor's power reached its Golden Age under the four ' Ship-kings':

The Argonath, monument to the earliest Kings of Gondor Gondor's great cities, Minas Anor, Minas Ithil, Osgiliath and Pelargir, only grew and the DГєnedain of Gondor ruled over more and more of the lesser people. While the power of Gondor's sister kingdom Arnor peaked at this time, before it broke into various successor states, Gondor's greatest glory was yet to come.

#LORD OF THE RINGS GONDOR SOLDIER SERIES#

Gondor participated in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men which overthrew Sauron for the first time at the very end of the Second Age, when Isildur cut the One Ring from the dark lord's finger.ДЄfter the war, Gondor's power and wealth grew steadily, only interrupted by a series of Easterling invasions after TA 492, resulting in large conquests in Rhovanion, the East-lands. Sauron's forces overran Minas Ithil but failed to capture the capital, Osgiliath. Gondor joined the Last Alliance of Men and Elves against SauronД¬entred on the Anduin river, the newly founded kingdom of Gondor was the closest to Mordor and was the first to be attacked in SA 3429. South of the Great River, however, the former King's Men did not accept his claim, becoming the Black NГєmenГіreans. The colonists west of Anduin accepted Elendil's claim to kingship over them. The Faithful, or Elendili, from NГєmenor were given a warm reception upon their arrival by those that had already colonized Middle-earth. Gondor, at a latitude comparable to Venice, was a more fertile region than Arnor to the north, and therefore it already had a larger population before the ships of Elendil's sons arrived, including a well-established city, Pelargir. It was located to the South of Rohan and to the West of Mordor, on the Bay of Belfalas.Д«efore the Downfall of NГєmenor, Gondor was home to many NГєmenГіrean colonists, who either mixed blood with the indigenous Middle Men if they were friendly, or dispersed them into Ras Morthil, Dunland, and DrГєadan Forest. Like Arnor to the north, Gondor was a DГєnedain kingdom founded by Isildur and AnГЎrion, the sons of Elendil, after the Downfall of NГєmenor. 1.6.5 The War of the Ring and the Restoration.In all, there were thirty-one kings of Gondor after AnГЎrion, who was slain in the War of the Last Alliance at the Siege of Barad-dГ»r. Following that time the power of Gondor once again expanded, and the former lands of Arnor were united with it under the banner of the Reunited Kingdom. However, continued attacks by allies of Sauron, civil war, and a devastating plague caused it to gradually decline over the course of the Third Age until Sauron's final defeat and the crowning of Aragorn II Elessar. Gondor was at the height of its power in its early years due to the ships and the military might that its armies possessed. Gondor was the sister kingdom of Arnor, whose line of kings came from Isildur, while the Line of the Kings of Gondor descended from AnГЎrion. Gondor was founded by the brothers Isildur and AnГЎrion, exiles from NГєmenor. This city, later renamed Minas Tirith, remained the capital of Gondor for the rest of the Third Age and into the Fourth Age other major fortresses included Pelargir, Dol Amroth in Belfalas and Minas Ithil. Its first capital was Osgiliath, moved to Minas Anor in TA 1640. Gondor was the most prominent kingdom of Men in Middle-earth, bordered by Rohan to the north, Harad to the south, the cape of Andrast and the Sea to the west, and Mordor to the east.

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