Desolation of the Morannon
The Desolation of the Morannon was the dead land that lay just before the gates of Mordor south of the Dagorlad. The terrible barrenness of the landscape was due to the labours of Sauron 's slaves, who had so defiled the land that it was diseased beyond repair.
The Desolation of the Morannon was the dead land that lay just before the gates of Mordor south of the Dagorlad . The terrible barrenness of the landscape was due to the labours of Sauron 's slaves, who had so defiled the land that it was diseased beyond repair. It was a foul place of horror for absolutely nothing grew in the polluted soil. Pools of water were choked with ash and muds, slag-mounds of crushed and powered rock abounded, and cones of earth fire-blasted and stained with poison rose as if they were part of a graveyard.