Mordor (Adar’s stronghold) in The Rings of Power
After the eruption, Adar claims the burned land as Mordor. Halbrand bargains with him here at the start of Season 2.
About Mordor (Adar’s stronghold)
Who lives here: Adar's orcs
Landscape: Ash plains · black mountains
Story: The Southlands, buried in ash after the eruption. Adar claims the land as a home for orcs, but it becomes Sauron's stronghold.
In Tolkien’s books
Sauron’s realm long before the War of the Last Alliance; Mount Doom is already active and Barad-dûr is built in the Second Age.
The show invents an origin: the Southlands turned into Mordor by an engineered eruption.
Episodes set in Mordor (Adar’s stronghold)
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What happens here
Mordor is named S1E7
Adar calls his orcs to the burned land and gives it a new name: Mordor.
Adar calls his orcs to the burned land and gives it a new name: Mordor.