Battle of the Morannon

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event in Middle-earth fictional battle

The Battle of the Morannon is a climactic confrontation at the Black Gate of Mordor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings," where the forces of the West make a desperate stand against Sauron to distract him from Frodo’s quest.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of the Black Gate	1
Battle of the Morannon (Battle of the Black Gate)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in Middle-earth ⓘ fictional battle ⓘ
appearsIn	The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorCreatedBy	J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	near the end of the War of the Ring ⓘ
commandedBySideA	Aragorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Elladan NERFINISHED ⓘ Elrohir NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ Imrahil NERFINISHED ⓘ Éomer NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBySideB	Mouth of Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazgûl NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Aragorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ Gimli NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwaihir NERFINISHED ⓘ Imrahil NERFINISHED ⓘ Legolas NERFINISHED ⓘ Merry Brandybuck NERFINISHED ⓘ Mouth of Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazgûl NERFINISHED ⓘ Pippin Took NERFINISHED ⓘ Éomer NERFINISHED ⓘ
foughtBetween	Forces of Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ Forces of the West ⓘ
hasPurpose	to distract Sauron from Frodo’s quest ⓘ to give Frodo and Sam time to destroy the One Ring ⓘ
involvesForceType	Dúnedain of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ Eagles ⓘ Men of Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ Men of Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ Orcs of Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ Trolls ⓘ
isClimacticEventOf	The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction	distraction for Sauron’s Eye ⓘ final stand of the Free Peoples against Sauron ⓘ
partOf	War of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Mount Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ Quest of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ
result	collapse of Barad-dûr ⓘ defeat of Sauron ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ victory of the West ⓘ
sideA	Army of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ
sideB	Sauron’s armies ⓘ
takesPlaceAt	Black Gate of Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ Morannon NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle at the Black Gate → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Morannon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Black Gate

Third Age → majorEvent → Battle of the Morannon ⓘ

War of the Ring → notableBattle → Battle of the Morannon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Morannon (Battle of the Black Gate)

Éomer → participatedIn → Battle of the Morannon ⓘ

Harad → sendsForcesTo → Battle of the Morannon ⓘ

Andúril → usedInBattle → Battle of the Morannon ⓘ

Narsil (reforged as Andúril) → usedInBattle → Battle of the Morannon ⓘ

subject surface form: Andúril