The First Age

[Turgon_Turambar]

For a long age under the stars Angband was watched by the spies of King Feanor and Morgoth did not wish to send his forces out for them to see. He wanted to keep the element of surprise for the Balrogs and Dragons would cause most damage if they came onto the field never before seen.

But for this Morgoth became impatient and prepared a host of Orcs and Trolls with Sauron the Maiar as their captain to begin his new campaign. As the gates of Angband opened from the East came a golden light that burnt through the darkness and sent the world into the light. This golden ball of fire in the sky was seen as an omen by the hordes of Morgoth and they were afraid and they fled back into the underground of Angband.

Morgoths rage was terrible and he sent black fumes from Thangorodrim to spoil the clean,blue sky. But the Sun fed Ungoliant who had found her home in a deep crevice on Thangorodrim. She became even more terrible and ventured into the south around her she cast the Unlight that had before aided her and Morgoth to flee from Valinor, and all the Elven spies that looked upon it were wrapped in despair and were afraid. Ungoliant made her path all the way across the Ard-Galen and climbed into Dorthonian, here she found a camp of Elves and she slayed them all eating them from the inside out whilst they were still alive. That region then became dark and twisted and the great Spider poisoned the land so the trees grew like black, grasping hands and were sharp like thorns. To look upon that place would cause a shadow to pass over the heart and Morgoth was pleased.