In J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ...J. R. R. Tolkien's A map of the Northwestern part of Middle_earth at the end of the Third Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda. ...Middle_earth, Utumno (also known as Udûn¹) is the first fortress of Morgoth Bauglir (Morgoth means The Dark Enemy, Bauglir is The Constrainer), originally named Melkor (He Who Arises in Might), is a fictional character of Middle_earth, created by J. R. R. Tolkien. ...Melkor in the far north of Middle_earth.

It was built by Melkor after his first expulsion from A map of Arda before the end of the First Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, Arda is the world in which all of the events occur, including the continents of Middle_earth and Aman. ...Arda. The In J. R. R. Tolkiens fantasy universe, Middle_earth, the Valar are the Powers of Arda who live on the Western continent of Aman. ...Valar had by this time created the In the mythology of J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional Middle_earth, Illuin and Ormal were great lamps which once stood respectively at the northern and southern ends of Arda. ...Two Lamps, and Utumno was built around Valian Year 3400 under the In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle_earth, the Iron Mountains or Ered Engrin were an immense mountain range in the north. ...Ered Engrin, where the light of In the mythology of J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional Middle_earth, Illuin and Ormal were great lamps which once stood respectively at the northern and southern ends of Arda. ...Iluin was very dim.

Utumno was his base of operations for 1149 Valian Years, and from here he assaulted the Two Lamps, and began corrupting Arda. It was also here that the first captured The Elves (always pluralized as such, never Elfs) are one of the races that appear in the work of J. R. R. Tolkien. ...Elves were dragged to, and breeding of the Orc or Ork, an Old English word (orc_neas from Beowulf) for the zombie_like monsters of Grendels race was revived by J. R. R. Tolkien in his Middle_earth legendarium. ...Orcs began.

Utumno was laid waste in the A map of Aman, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda In J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle_earth legendarium, the Years of the Trees are one of the three great time_periods of Arda. ...Days of the Trees, Valian Year 1099, in the War that the Valar began against Melkor because of the Elves. Melkor was chained and dragged as a captive to A map of Aman and Valinor A fictional location from J. R. R. Tolkiens legendarium, Valinor (meaning Land of the Valar) is the realm of the Valar in Aman, the place to which they moved after being driven from Almaren by Melkor. ...Valinor.

Melkor established a second fortress at the eastern end of the Ered Engrin, known as See Angband (game) for the computer game. ...Angband: this was held by The main part of this article relates to the version of Middle_earths history that is considered canon by most Tolkien fans who accept such labels (see: Middle_earth canon). ...Sauron.

¹Udûn is also the name of a valley in northern In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle_earth, Mordor is the dwelling place of Sauron, in the southeast of Middle_earth. ...Mordor. The word means "Hell".