The Siege of Minas Tirith was a military battle in the Lord of the Rings fictional universe created by J. R. R. Tolkien. It occurs in The Return of the King, volume three of The Lord of the Rings. Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ... A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1972, in his study at Merton Street (from by H. Carpenter) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. ... The Return of the King is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, following The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. ...

The siege lasted two days and one night. The battle consisted of the Rohirrim, Gondorians, and (at the end) the Army of the Dead on one side, and the orcs, easterlings, Haradrim, trolls, and southrons as Sauron's minions. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Rohan. ... Depiction of a Dungeons & Dragons orc Orc (sometimes spelled Ork) comes ultimately from the Latin word Orcus, a title of the god Pluto, the king of the underworld. ... In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Easterlings were Men who lived in the east of Middle-earth, and were enemies of the Free Peoples. ... The Haradrim or Southrons, are a race of Men in the Middle-earth, fantasy world created by J.R.R. Tolkien Spoiler warning: Lands of haradrim lie to the south of Gondor past the river Harnen, said to be of Swarthy skin, the Harad tribesmen as being skilled archers and... For other uses, see Sauron (disambiguation). ...

The forces of Sauron numbered at least 50,000 when the attack began. His forces crossed the Anduin River on boats and quickly captured West Osgiliath and established a foothold. The forces of Gondor were forced back to their fortifications several miles away from the city, the Rammas Echor, but within a day were forced from there as well. In their retreat, Faramir, the Prince of Gondor, was badly wounded. In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Osgiliath is a city of Middle-earth, the old capital city of Gondor. ... One rendition of the flag of Gondor Gondor is a fictional country from J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth. ... —Peregrin Tooks thoughts after seeing Faramir for the first time Faramir (T.A. 2983 – F.A. 82) is a wise man of nobility and the second of Denethors two sons in J. R. R. Tolkiens fantasy universe, Middle-earth. ...

The forces of Mordor began their siege by digging trenches around the city and filling them with flame. They used catapults to lay ruin to the city, and their siege lines to stop all food from entering. The Nazgul also filled the hearts of all Gondorians with pure terror. ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY ROCK INTO MORDOR! http://tweaker. ... One of the Nazgûl portrayed in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy In the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Nazgûl (Black Speech: Ringwraiths, sometimes written Ring-wraiths), also known as the Nine Riders or Black Riders (or simply the Nine), are evil servants of Sauron...

On the morning of the second day, they pulled their great battering ram Grond forward. On the third stroke, it shattered the gate of Gondor, opening the city to the Orcs. As the lord of the Nazgul rode in, the Rohirrim (all mounted) arrived from the north to help Gondor. 6000 skilled cavalry troops charged the forces of Mordor, which were ill-prepared for a cavalry assault. Grond Grond (called the Hammer of the Underworld) is the name of two fictional weapons from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. ...

They began to take the northern fields of the city. However, the Easterlings had horses and oliphaunts (100 foot tall elephants), and they were triple the number of the Rohirrim. Additionally, the Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgul, took out Theoden, the King of Rohan. Just as all once more seemed hopeless for Gondor, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli came sailing from the south up the Anduin with his kin and many citizens of Gondor. An oliphaunt from Peter Jacksons The Two Towers; note the humans riding on it for size comparison (note also that Tolkien himself did not necessarily envision them as being this large. ... The Witch-king of Angmar, aka Lord of the Nazgûl or the Black Captain, is the chief of the Ringwraiths of Middle-earth. ... In J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, Théoden was the seventeenth King of Rohan, and last of the Second Line. ... Aragorn II, 16th Chieftain of the Dúnedain of the North (T.A. 2931 – F.A. 120), later crowned King Elessar Telcontar, 26th King of Arnor, 34th King of Gondor and First High King of the Reunited Kingdom, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkiens fantasy world... In J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, Legolas Greenleaf is an Elf, a Sinda prince who becomes a member of the Fellowship of the Ring. ... Gimli may refer to: Gimli, Manitoba, a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba Gimli, a political riding in the same province Gimli (Middle-earth) Gimli Glider This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

He had taken the paths of the dead, and enlisted the Army of the Dead to take the ships of the Southerlings from Lebennin. He filled them with Gondorians, and sailed up the river to Minas Tirith. In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth, Lebennin was an region and fiefdom in southern Gondor. ...

They managed to turn the tide of the battle, and by sunset, there were no living orcs on that side of the river.