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LOTR red-link fill, book-canon (Corvus)

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'''Dol Guldur''', "the Hill of Sorcery", was the fortress and stronghold of [[Sauron]] in southern Mirkwood during much of the Third Age, before he openly returned to [[Mordor]]. From this dark hold the shadow spread that gave the great forest its later name.

== Description ==
Dol Guldur stood upon a high hill in the south-western part of Mirkwood, a place of dungeons, sorcery, and creeping dread. While Sauron dwelt there in secret he was known only as the Necromancer, and few guessed his true identity. The forest around it grew dark and tangled, infested with spiders and evil things.

== History ==
The shadow first crept into Greenwood the Great about a thousand years into the Third Age, and the forest came to be called Mirkwood. The [[Wizards]] and the Wise feared that an evil power had taken root in Dol Guldur. [[Gandalf]] entered the fortress in secret and discovered that the Necromancer was indeed Sauron, returned and gathering strength.

The White Council, the gathering of the Wise, at length drove Sauron from Dol Guldur, but he had already prepared his return and removed openly to Mordor. During the War of the Ring, forces from Dol Guldur thrice assailed Lothlórien and made war upon the woodland realm. After the fall of Sauron, [[Galadriel]] threw down the walls of Dol Guldur and laid bare its pits, cleansing the forest at last.

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