Mordor (besieged) comparison

Mordor besieged overlaid on the Dor Amarth map

Besides all the fancy kings, elfs and estranged cavedwellers and hibernators there are more things to find in both Dor Amarths. Then again 3000 years and an exploding volcano manages to do some work on your real estate.

After a little thought experiment lets take a quick look at what happened to it all

What changed in this time?

  • Barad dur and Dingarth are now both ruins.
  • The elf quest camp has been turned into a evil spirit housing area
  • The Mordorrims at Amon Fum have changed places with the Stout-axes in Lugash

What dissappeared in the 3rd age?

  • Adambel has no ruins on the map
  • Barad-durs waste pits of filth have been overrun with lava
  • Several enemy camps such as the wargs and easterlings
  • The north eastern tunnel
  • Mount Doom
  • Hillbeasts

What got build in the 3rd age?

  • The northern side between Lugash and Barad-dur is now a fortified area with spirits and Carguls
  • Fushaum Tum got a massive upgrade from an orc camp
  • Mordath appeared
  • The darkwater pits scattered around the map
  • An onramp to Mount Doom southwest of Barad-dur

Random thoughts

  • The quality of Gondorian architecture varies a lot with some being completely gone and Lugash still standing.
  • Darkwater pits don’t correspond to any Second Age building or point of interest on the map. What do they do?
  • Dol Naeg is a ruin in Besieged. What was the function of this fortress before the Siege?
  • There’s a distinct lack of Mordrirrim in mordor.
  • Why did Suloks survive, but wargs and hillbeast didn’t?

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