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The Black Pits were dungeons of torment located beneath the tower of Barad-dûr.[1]
History[]
Between the years 3009 and 3017 of the Third Age,[2] Gollum was held captive in the Black Pits, only being taken out to be interrogated by the Questioner.[3][4] Gollum was released from the Black Pits only after he revealed the information that "Baggins" from "Shire" held the One Ring.[4]
On March 14 of the year 3019, the Captain of the Tower of Cirith Ungol, Shagrat, cursed "that filthy rebel Gorbag" to the Black Pits after a skirmish broke out between his Mordor-orcs and Gorbag's company from Minas Morgul.[5]
When Shagrat's underling, Snaga, informed him that he was not willing to report the altercation to Sauron at Barad-dûr, Shagrat told him that they both would "be for the Black Pits" if such news were not relayed to Sauron.[5]
In adaptations[]
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum[]
During the opening chapters of the game, Gollum is thrown into the Black Pits after being tortured by Sauron. There are multiple locations within the Black Pits that are featured within each chapter.
Beast Pits[]
Bird Tower[]
Catacombs[]
Execution Chamber[]
Halls of Grond[]
Orkish Mines of Mordor[]
Service Gate[]
Silent stairs[]
Slave Barracks[]
Tower of Light[]
The Lord of the Rings Online[]
In the Stout-axe introduction storyline, players begin as a prisoner in the Black Pits trying to break out of Mordor.[6] After the Downfall of Barad-dûr, the Black Pits[7] and the abyss[8] beneath them were all that remained of the tower.
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", pg. 603
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, "Appendix B", "The Third Age"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, chapter III: "The Uruk-hai", pgs. 59-60
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, chapter II: "The Shadow of the Past"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, chapter I: "The Tower of Cirith Ungol", pg. 182
- ↑ Barad-dûr, T.A. 3017 on lotro-wiki.com
- ↑ Dungeons of Barad-dûr on lotro-wiki.com
- ↑ Mordath on lotro-wiki.com