It was in the year 1000 of the Second Age that Sauron began the construction of his fortress of Barad-dûr near Mount Doom, in order to ensure his control over the land of Mordor. Amazon's series ...

No place more heavily illustrates this than the seat of darkness itself, Mordor’s Barad-dûr, the place where Sauron, the ultimate corrupt craftsman, calls his home, and no nature dares to thrive.