Destruction of Dol Guldur

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battle event in Middle-earth legendarium fictional event

The Destruction of Dol Guldur is the climactic downfall of Sauron’s stronghold in southern Mirkwood during the War of the Ring, when the White Council led by Galadriel overthrew and cleansed the fortress of its dark power.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Destruction of Dol Guldur canonical	1
assault on Dol Guldur	1
destruction of Dol Guldur	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9777690 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Destruction of Dol Guldur
Context triple: [Galadriel, notableEvent, Destruction of Dol Guldur]

A. sack of Erebor
The sack of Erebor is the devastating attack in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium when the dragon Smaug destroyed the Dwarven kingdom under the Lonely Mountain, driving out its people and seizing its vast treasure.
B. siege of Aornos
The siege of Aornos was a major military operation during Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign, in which he captured a supposedly impregnable mountain stronghold in present-day Pakistan.
C. Destruction of the One Ring
The Destruction of the One Ring is the climactic event in Tolkien’s Middle-earth saga in which the Dark Lord Sauron’s power is finally undone when the Ring is destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
D. Battle of Azanulbizar
The Battle of Azanulbizar is a major conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium where the Dwarves fought a decisive and bloody battle against the orcs outside the eastern gate of Moria.
E. The Balrog of Moria
The Balrog of Moria is a powerful ancient demon of shadow and flame from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, dwelling deep beneath the dwarven mines of Moria.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Destruction of Dol Guldur
Target entity description: The Destruction of Dol Guldur is the climactic downfall of Sauron’s stronghold in southern Mirkwood during the War of the Ring, when the White Council led by Galadriel overthrew and cleansed the fortress of its dark power.

A. sack of Erebor
The sack of Erebor is the devastating attack in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium when the dragon Smaug destroyed the Dwarven kingdom under the Lonely Mountain, driving out its people and seizing its vast treasure.
B. siege of Aornos
The siege of Aornos was a major military operation during Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign, in which he captured a supposedly impregnable mountain stronghold in present-day Pakistan.
C. Destruction of the One Ring
The Destruction of the One Ring is the climactic event in Tolkien’s Middle-earth saga in which the Dark Lord Sauron’s power is finally undone when the Ring is destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
D. Battle of Azanulbizar
The Battle of Azanulbizar is a major conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium where the Dwarves fought a decisive and bloody battle against the orcs outside the eastern gate of Moria.
E. The Balrog of Moria
The Balrog of Moria is a powerful ancient demon of shadow and flame from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, dwelling deep beneath the dwarven mines of Moria.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in Middle-earth legendarium ⓘ fictional event ⓘ
commandedBy	Galadriel ⓘ
createdBy	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
describedIn	The Lord of the Rings Appendix B ⓘ linked to: The Lord of the Rings appendices The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ The Tale of Years ⓘ linked to: Tale of Bygone Years
effectOnLocation	Mirkwood later renamed Eryn Lasgalen ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Arda ⓘ Middle-earth ⓘ
follows	Downfall of Barad-dûr ⓘ linked to: Fall of Sauron
hasCause	Sauron’s defeat and loss of the One Ring ⓘ Sauron’s use of Dol Guldur as a stronghold ⓘ
hasLocation	Dol Guldur ⓘ Middle-earth ⓘ Rhovanion ⓘ southern Mirkwood ⓘ linked to: Mirkwood
hasMainOpponent	Sauron ⓘ
hasParticipant	Celeborn ⓘ Elves of Lórien ⓘ linked to: Elves of Lothlórien Galadriel ⓘ Nazgûl ⓘ forces of Lothlórien ⓘ linked to: Elves of Lothlórien orcs of Dol Guldur ⓘ linked to: Orcs servants of Sauron ⓘ linked to: Servants of Sauron
involves	casting down of Dol Guldur’s walls ⓘ cleansing of dark sorcery ⓘ use of Galadriel’s power ⓘ
ledBy	Galadriel ⓘ
opposedBy	Sauron’s remaining servants ⓘ
partOf	War of the Ring ⓘ
precededBy	Battles of Lórien ⓘ Sauron’s defeat in the War of the Ring ⓘ War in the North ⓘ
relatedTo	Lothlórien ⓘ Mirkwood ⓘ White Council ⓘ
result	cleansing of southern Mirkwood ⓘ destruction of Dol Guldur ⓘ linked to: Destruction of Dol Guldur end of Sauron’s presence in Mirkwood ⓘ ruin of Sauron’s stronghold ⓘ
significance	completed the downfall of Sauron’s fortresses ⓘ ended the threat from Dol Guldur ⓘ helped restore peace to the Woodland Realm ⓘ
supportedBy	Celeborn ⓘ
timePeriod	War of the Ring ⓘ end of the Third Age ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galadriel → notableEvent → Destruction of Dol Guldur ⓘ

Destruction of Dol Guldur → result → destruction of Dol Guldur ⓘ

linked to: Destruction of Dol Guldur

Siege of Mirkwood → combatFocus → assault on Dol Guldur ⓘ