Tol-in-Gaurhoth

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Tol-in-Gaurhoth is a fortified island stronghold in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, infamous as Sauron’s lair and a place of imprisonment and torment in the First Age of Middle-earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
island fortress
stronghold of Sauron
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Lay of Leithian NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Beren NERFINISHED
Finrod Felagund NERFINISHED
Huan NERFINISHED
Lúthien NERFINISHED
Sauron NERFINISHED
associatedWithCreature werewolves
attackedBy Huan NERFINISHED
Lúthien Tinúviel NERFINISHED
besiegedBy Lúthien and Huan NERFINISHED
builtBy Finrod Felagund NERFINISHED
capturedBy Sauron NERFINISHED
capturedDuring Dagor Bragollach NERFINISHED
controlledBy Sauron NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
defendedBy werewolves of Sauron
faction forces of Morgoth
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
formerlyKnownAs Tol Sirion NERFINISHED
genre high fantasy
governedFrom Sauron’s tower NERFINISHED
guardedPass Pass of Sirion NERFINISHED
languageOfName Sindarin NERFINISHED
locatedIn Beleriand NERFINISHED
River Sirion NERFINISHED
locatedInTimePeriod First Age NERFINISHED
nameMeaning Isle of Werewolves NERFINISHED
notableEvent death of Finrod Felagund
rescue of Beren by Lúthien
notableFeature dungeons
wolf-pits
notablePrisoner Beren Erchamion NERFINISHED
Finrod Felagund NERFINISHED
originalFunction watch-fortress
originalName Minas Tirith NERFINISHED
partOf legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED
regionType island in a river
statusAfterEvents ruined
strategicImportance control of Sirion crossing
usedAs lair of werewolves
prison
torture chamber

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Sauron formerResidence Tol-in-Gaurhoth