MORDOR: Middle-Earth’s Black Land Explored | Lord of the Rings Lore

Mordor is well known for being the home of Sauron. But, how much do we really know about it? We look at this today! ----- You Can Support The Broken Sword & our other channels (For the price of a coffee) Here: ----- Timecodes: 00:00 – Intro 02:23 – The Geography & Landscape of Mordor 07:18 – Barad-dûr: The Tower of Sauron 10:37 – The Dark History of Mordor 12:56 – The Aftermath: After the Fall of Sauron 15:41 – Conclusion 16:26 – QotD & Thank you’s. ----- Also check out our other channels! ► The 6th Ranger - ► The Batcave - ► History of Dragon Ball - ► The Tabletop Alliance - ----- If you want to support the channel, you can help us via Patreon. There are different tier options from only $2 which can get you everything from shoutouts, discounts, access to original artwork, producer credits on productions and more! ► ----- Also if you want to support in a different way then check out our Teespring page for original designs for our merch! ► Social media links - ► Facebook – ► Twitter – ► Instagram – --- Please consider subscribing to the channel for all future updates based on the Lord of the Rings! Any future news and updates regarding the show or anything else, we will be sure to let you guys know ASAP! Also, if you have any suggestions for future videos too, then please leave a comment below! -------- We do not claim to own the rights to any of the artwork used throughout this video. All credit must go to the talented artists. If we have not credited an artist, it is because we could not find an owner of the art. Please message us if we have not credited you! If any artists would like us to remove their artwork, or add anything additional to credit you, please contact us and we will sort it straight away! Thank you! CK Goksoy - Ivan Cavini - Ted Nasmith - Peter Xavier Price – Elena Kukanova - Magali Villeneuve - KipRasmussen - RalphDamiani - Matthew Stewart - Anato Finnstark - Illustrator Fabio Leone - Thumbnail Art: Mordor - Julian Calle All Hail Sauron - Simonmoberg Art in order of first appearance: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – New Line Cinema Middle earth – Klaradox The Eye of Sauron - Ralph Damiani Sauron - Anna Podedworna Barad dur – ChasingArtwork War – PhoenixRisingStock Sauron Silhouette - William Faucher The Black Gate Morranon - Davis Engel Sauron – Grimhel The Dark Gate – TobiasRoetsch Minas Ithil Layout Design - Middle-earth Shadow of War The Tower of Cirith Ungol – Enthing Shelob – ThePerfectG Sea of Nurnen Concept Art - Shadow of War The Lord of the Rings - Fell418 The Black Gate of Mordor – simonmoberg Mordor – Datem Sauron Forges The One - Ivan Cavini Road to Mount Doom - DonatoArts. Island of Nurnen - Shadow of War Mordor with Spikes – tobylewin Mordor – kvacm Evil Vigilance – AlMaNeGrA Aragorn - Adam Middleton Mordor – JohnnySlowhand Barad Dur – MaximGaripov Orcs – Sandara Barad-Dur (Mordor) – eksdeth Mirror of Galadriel - Leone-art Mordor landscape – ryddzyk Dark Tower – ArtofReza Morgoth. - Bop Art orc – Geistig Morgoth – CKGoksoy Mordor Speedpaints - Alpha-Step Sauron (Gorthaur) - Mehdi nima ahmadi Sauron - Guardians of Middle-earth Sauron Bows Submits to Ar-Pharazon – KipRasmussen The Eye of Sauron – DinoDrawing Gate to Mordor – JoananBlei Battle of the Black Gate – Ted Nasmith At The Cracks of Doom – Ted Nasmith One ring to rule them all (lotr) – AnatoFinnstark Mordor - Gorgoroth – rodmendez Mount Doom – CraftingVisuals Nurn - Shadow of War Aragorn – Mitheriel Mordor – Allrichart Mordor – Edli Barad dur – Joujeen Tolkien Tribute - Daniel Govar ---------- All content falls under fair use: any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In the event I use art of yours or you have any questions, please contact me and we’ll get it sorted straight away! :) . . . #LordoftheRings #Mordor #Sauron