Angmar (Keep)

Angmar is the name for the keep of the Witch King Angmar. It was erected in the year 890. Its original name has been lost to time, so it is often named after its constructor. The keep is situated on the slopes of the Dragontail Mountains. From here the Witch King waged war on the people of Geldrin. During that war the keep was eventually sieged by an alliance of the men of Geldrin and the dwarves of theKingdom of Mazaar. Many of its defences were razed during that siege.
Until the age of the Girger (1195) the fortress lay a ruin from which the Angmarian orcs undertook an occasional raid. After the Girger laid waste to the kingdom of Thedas however, the Angmarian chieftain, Thorek, launched an invasion of Geldrin. After siezing the province he restored the keep of Angmar to its former strength and used it as his seat to rule as the new Witch King of the Kingdom of Angmar .
In the year 1395 the keep was again sieged. This time by the combined forces of The Night's Watch and the Bands of Brothers. They had learned of Thorek's plan to reinvoke the spirit of Angmar to the plane of Mundus. In order to stop him, they rushed over its defences and defeated the last Angmarian orc.
The keep once again lay abandoned until the great Nordmarian invasion of 1407 onwards. The mighty orc magician Azhidal was drawn to the magic powers of the site and established it as his seat of power from where to rule his newfound orc realm.

Alternative Name(s)

Keep of the Witch King

Type

Military, Base