Tower of Sorcery

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Tower of Sorcery is the translated name of Minas Morgul, the sinister fortress-city in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that served as a stronghold of the Nazgûl.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional city ⓘ
fictional fortress ⓘ
location in Middle-earth ⓘ
appearsInLegendarium J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium ⓘ
appearsInWork The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Return of the King ⓘ
The Two Towers ⓘ
associatedWith Morgul Vale ⓘ
Morgul-knife ⓘ
linked to: morgul-knife
besiegedBy Sauron ⓘ
capturedBy forces of Sauron ⓘ
contrastsWith Minas Anor ⓘ
Tower of Guard ⓘ
controlsPass Cirith Ungol ⓘ
Morgul Vale ⓘ
corruptedBy Sauron ⓘ
describedAs sinister fortress-city ⓘ
destroyedAfter destruction of the One Ring ⓘ
destroyedInEvent War of the Ring ⓘ
formerlyFunctionedAs Gondorian watch-tower ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Minas Ithil ⓘ
governedBy Lord of the Nazgûl ⓘ
Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ
guardedBy Easterlings ⓘ
Haradrim ⓘ
Orcs ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
locatedInRegion Mordor ⓘ
locatedNear Ephel Dúath ⓘ
mentionedInChapter The Black Gate Opens ⓘ
linked to: the Black Gate

The Land of Shadow ⓘ
The Siege of Gondor ⓘ
The Stairs of Cirith Ungol ⓘ
linked to: Cirith Ungol
nameMeaning Tower of Sorcery ⓘ
notableFeature horrid stench ⓘ
pale luminous glow ⓘ
sickly corpse-light ⓘ
opposes Minas Tirith ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy Isildur ⓘ
Men of Gondor ⓘ
primaryInhabitants Nazgûl ⓘ
servedAs stronghold of the Nazgûl ⓘ
symbolizes corruption and terror ⓘ
threatens Gondor ⓘ
translatedNameOf Minas Morgul ⓘ
usedBy Sauron ⓘ
usedFor launching attacks on Gondor ⓘ

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

Minas Morgul → nameMeaning → Tower of Sorcery ⓘ
Minas Morgul → nameMeaning → Tower of Dark Sorcery ⓘ
linked to: Tower of Sorcery
Tower of Sorcery → nameMeaning → Tower of Sorcery ⓘ
Morgul Vale → nameMeaning → Valley of Dark Sorcery ⓘ
linked to: Tower of Sorcery