Cracks of Doom

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Cracks of Doom is the fiery chasm within Mount Doom in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth where the One Ring was ultimately destroyed.

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Cracks of Doom canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chasm
fictional location
volcanic fissure
accessedFrom Sammath Naur chamber
alsoKnownAs Sammath Naur
alsoKnownAsLanguage Sindarin
appearsInWork Fellowship of the Ring
surface form: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
surface form: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
surface form: The Two Towers
associatedWithCharacter Frodo Baggins
Gollum
Samwise Gamgee
Sauron
associatedWithObject The One Ring
surface form: One Ring
belongsToCulture legendarium of Middle-earth
connectedTo Sauron’s forging of the One Ring
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
depictedInAdaptation The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
surface form: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 film)
genre high fantasy
guardedBy Sauron’s forces (indirectly via Mordor’s defenses)
hasEnvironment fiery
volcanic
hasFeature intense heat
lava
narrow ledge
sheer drop
importance central to the resolution of the War of the Ring
inspiredAdaptations The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
surface form: The Lord of the Rings (film series)
languageOfName Westron
locatedIn Mordor
Mount Doom
Mount Doom
surface form: Orodruin
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
medium literature
narrativeRole climactic setting of The Lord of the Rings
onlyPlaceRingCanBeDestroyed The One Ring
surface form: One Ring
partOf Mount Doom
surface form: Mount Doom interior
partOfSeries legendarium of Middle-earth
surface form: The Lord of the Rings legendarium
primaryFunctionInLore place where the One Ring can be unmade
relatedWork The Silmarillion
sceneOfEvent Frodo’s claiming of the Ring
Gollum’s fall into the fire
Sam’s rescue of Frodo
destruction of the One Ring
symbolism destruction of absolute power
ultimate test of will and temptation

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Gollum fallsInto Cracks of Doom
The Ring destroyedIn Cracks of Doom