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Mount Gundabad was a Northern Orc stronghold situated at the northern end of the Misty Mountains, located to the east of the ancient realm of Angmar.

History[]

Dwarves of Durin's Folk, including Durin the Deathless, oldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, awoke at Mount Gundabad shortly after the Awakening of the Elves in the Years of the Trees. Mount Gundabad then became a sacred place to the Dwarves.[1]

In the middle of the Second Age, however, Orcs (ruled over by the servants of Sauron) invaded the mountains and took Gundabad. The site would not be cleansed until very late in the Second Age, possibly around or after the fall of Sauron and the loss of the One Ring.[2]

Gundabad 1

In the Third Age, the Northern Orcs again claimed it, which was one of the reasons for the Dwarves special hatred of them. After the fall of Angmar, Gundabad remained an Orc-hold, until it was cleansed of Orcs during the War of the Dwarves and Orcs. However, hordes of Orcs seem to have trickled back to this hotly contested strong point and fortified it anew before the events of The Hobbit, menacing Wilderland for yet another time. It was from here the great Northern Orcs present at the Battle of Five Armies attacked and marched. Their leader, Bolg son of Azog, was the supreme commander of the Orcs from Gundabad, and presumably the northern Misty Mountains.[3][4]

In adaptations[]

The Hobbit film trilogy[]

In The Hobbit film trilogy, Gundabad plays a key role in the series storyline. It is portrayed as a tall fortress tower in the middle of a remote mountain range. Hidden cauldrons of fire light up the tower with a dim red glow. The tower is surrounded by sharp angled cliffs.

The fortress is home to Bolg and his father Azog the Defiler, as well as an army of Gundabad Orcs. As eventually revealed in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Gundabad is a stronghold with connections to the Angmar kingdom that was destroyed long ago. In the aftermath, Gundabad Orcs like Azog began to take residence in Moria before forging an alliance with Sauron, in his Necromancer guise at Dol Guldur, in an attempt to revive Angmar through Smaug taking the Lonely Mountain. But when Thorin II reclaims the Lonely Mountain, Sauron is forced to send the Orc army he amassed to the Lonely Mountain. On route at the start of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Azog instructs his son Bolg to bring out an additional Orc army from Gundabad itself.

Gundabad fortress

Fortress of Gundabad as depicted in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Legolas and Tauriel follow Bolg north to Gundabad. Once they arrive at the remote fortress they stop, and wait on a ridgeline above the "Red Tower". During their wait Legolas reveals that his mother died at Gundabad during the war.

For a while the area seems deserted, but without warning, huge bats start to swarm the tower. Legolas realizes that these bats are bred for war. Suddenly, Bolg appears on a precipice and bellows out a signal. A huge army of Orcs swarm out and start to march south, towards the Lonely Mountain.

Tauriel and Legolas witness the army of Gundabad Orcs emerging from the mountain, and they rush to warn the armies at Dale

Video games[]

The Lord of the Rings Online - Gundabad

Gundabad in The Lord of the Rings Online

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Berg Gundabad
Albanian Mali Gundabad
Amharic ጎንዳባድ ተራራ
Arabic جبل جونداباد
Armenian Գունդաբադ լեռ
Assamese মাউণ্ট গুণ্ডাবাদ
Asturian Monte Gundabad
Azerbaijani Gundabad dağı
Basque Gundabad mendia
Belarusian Cyrillic Гара Гундабад
Bengali গুন্দাবাদ পর্বত
Bhojpuri माउंट गुंडाबाद
Bosnian Brdo Gundabad
Breton Menez Gundabad
Bulgarian Cyrillic Планина Гундабад
Catalan Mont Gundabad
Chinese (Hong Kong) 剛達巴山脈
Croatian Brdo Gundabad
Corsican Muntagna Gundabad
Czech Hora Gundabad
Danish Gundabad Bjerget
Dutch Gundabadberg
Esperanto Monto Gundabad
Estonian Gundabadi mägi
Faroese Gundabadfjall
Filipino Bundok Gundabad
Finnish Gundabadin vuori
French Mont Gundabad
Galician Monte Gundabad
Georgian გუნდაბადის პიკი
German Berg Gundabad
Greek Όρος Γκούνταμπαντ
Gujarati માઉન્ટ ગુંદાબાદ
Hawaiian Mauna Gundabad
Hebrew ג'בל גונדאבאד
Haitian Creole Mòn Gundabad
Hindi गुंडबड पर्वत
Hungarian Gundabad-hegy
Icelandic Gundabadfjall
Indonesian Gunung Gundabad
Irish Gaelic Sliabh Gundabad
Italian Monte Gundabad
Japanese グンダバード山
Javanese Gunung Gundabad
Kannada ಗುಂದಬಾದ್ ಪರ್ವತ
Kazakh Тауына Гұндабад (Cyrillic) Tawına Gundabad (Latin)
Konkani माउंट गुंडाबाद
Korean 군다바드 산
Kurdish ماونت گوندە ئاباد (Sorani) Çiyayê Gundabad (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Тоо Гундабад
Laotian ພູກູນດາບາດ
Latin Mons Gundabad
Latvian Gundabad smaile
Lithuanian Gundabad viršukalnė
Luxembourgish Montéierung Gundabad
Macedonian Cyrillic Гундабад Гора
Maithili गुंडाबाद पर्वत
Malayalam ഗുണ്ടാബാദ് പർവ്വതം
Malaysian Gunung Gundabad
Manx Beinn Gundabad
Maori Maunga Gundabad
Marathi गुंडाबाद पर्वत
Mongolian Cyrillic Монт Гундабад
Nepalese गुन्डाबाद पर्वत
Norwegian Gundabadfjellet
Occitan Mont Gundabad
Old English Gundabad Beorg
Pashto غر عونداباد
Persian کوه گونداباد
Polish Góra Gundabad
Portuguese Monte Gundabad (Brazil)
Punjabi ਪਹਾੜ ਗੁਨ੍ਦਬਦ
Romanian Muntele Gundabad
Romansh Muntogna Gundabad
Russian гора Гундабад
Samoan Mauga Gundabad
Sanskrit गुंडबड पर्वत
Sardinian Monte Gundabad
Scottish Gaelic Beinn Gundabad
Serbian Гундабад гора (Cyrillic) Gundabad gora (Latin)
Sicilian Munti Gundabad
Sindhi مائونٽ گند آباد
Sinhalese ගුන්ඩාබාද් කන්ද
Slovak Hora Gundabad
Slovenian Gora Gundabad
Somali Buurta Gundabad
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) Monte Gundabad
Sundanese Gunung Gundabad
Swahili Mlima Gundabad
Swedish Gundabadberget
Tagalog Bundok ng Gundabad
Tajik Cyrillic Маунт Гундабад
Tamil குண்டாபாத் மலை
Telugu గుండాబాద్ పర్వతం
Turkish Gundabad Dağı
Turkmen Gundabad Dagy
Urdu کوہ گوندآباڈ
Ukrainian Cyrillic Гора Ґундабад
Uzbek Гундабад чўққиси (Cyrillic) Gundabad choʻqqisi (Latin)
Venetian Monte Gundabad
Vietnamese Núi Gundabad
Walloon Mont Gundabad
Welsh Mynydd Gundabad
Xhosa Entabeni Gundabad
Yiddish מעמד הר גונדאַבאַד
Yoruba Òkè Gundabad
Zazaki Gundabad Koyê
Zulu Entabeni Gundabad
Places of Middle-earth and Arda during the Second & Third Age

Middle-earth Locations:

Provinces/Regions:

Arnor | Dunland | Ettenmoors | Forochel | Forodwaith | Gondor | Harad | Ithilien | Khand | Lindon | Minhiriath | Mordor | Rhovanion | Rhûn | Rivendell | Rohan | The Shire

Forests & Mountains:

Amon Dîn | Amon Hen | Amon Lhaw | Caradhras | Emyn Muil | Erebor | Fangorn Forest | High Pass | Iron Hills | Lórien | Mirkwood | Mount Doom | Mount Gundabad | Old Forest | Orod-na-Thôn | Tower Hills | Weathertop Hill

City/Fortifications:

Angband | Barad-dûr | Bree | Caras Galadhon | Dol Guldur | Fornost Erain | Hornburg | Isengard | Minas Morgul | Minas Tirith | Last Homely House | Tower of Amon Sûl | Tower of Orthanc | Osgiliath | Umbar | Utumno

Miscellaneous:

Argonath | Astulat | Buckland | Cair Andros | Dagorlad | Dead Marshes | Enedwaith | Fords of Isen | Gap of Rohan | Grey Havens

The rest of Arda:

Aman | Burnt Land of the Sun | Dark Land | Empty Lands | Neldoreth | New lands | Númenor | Tol Eressëa


Mountain Ranges of Arda

Ash Mountains | Blue Mountains | Echoriad | Ephel Dúath | Ered Gorgoroth | Ered Lómin | Ered Wethrin | Grey Mountains (north) | Grey Mountains (south) | Iron Hills | Iron Mountains |
Misty Mountains | Mountains of Angmar | Mountains of Mirkwood | Mountains of Mithrim | Mountains of the Wind | Orocarni | Pelóri | Walls of the Sun | White Mountains | Yellow Mountains


Dwarven realms of Middle-earth throughout the Ages
Years of the Trees and First Age Amon Rûdh | Belegost | Khazad-dûm | Mount Gundabad | Nogrod | Narukuthûn | Blue Mountains
Second Age Khazad-dûm | Belegost | Nogrod | Mount Gundabad | Blue Mountains | Iron Hills
Third Age Grey Mountains | Iron Hills | Khazad-dûm | Lonely Mountain | Blue Mountains | Dunland
Fourth Age Glittering Caves | Khazad-dûm | Lonely Mountain | Blue Mountains | Iron Hills


References[]

  1. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, III: Durin's Folk
  2. The History of Middle-earth, Part XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth]], chapter X: "Of Dwarves and Men"
  3. The Hobbit, chapter XVII: "The Clouds Burst"
  4. The Hobbit, chapter XVIII: "The Return Journey"
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