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| image=[[Image:Nurn.gif|250px]] | |||
| name=Nurn | |||
| type=region | |||
| location=Southern [[Mordor]] | |||
| inhabitants=[[Orcs]], [[Men]] | |||
| realms=[[Mordor]] | |||
| description=quite fertile, with the lake of [[Nurnen]] in the middle of it | |||
| othernames= | |||
| etymology= | |||
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|}} | |||
'''Nurn''' (unknown origin) was the name given to the southern regions of [[Mordor]], more fertile than [[Gorgoroth]] in the north, in which the great inland sea of [[Núrnen]] lay. The people who inhabited Nurn were [[Men]], and there also may have been prisoners of war there as well. These people were enslaved by [[Sauron]], working the soil around the sea of Nurn to feed Sauron's armies. | '''Nurn''' (unknown origin) was the name given to the southern regions of [[Mordor]], more fertile than [[Gorgoroth]] in the north, in which the great inland sea of [[Núrnen]] lay. The people who inhabited Nurn were [[Men]], and there also may have been prisoners of war there as well. These people were enslaved by [[Sauron]], working the soil around the sea of Nurn to feed Sauron's armies. | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 23 May 2009
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| General Information | |
| Location | Southern Mordor |
| Type | region |
| Description | quite fertile, with the lake of Nurnen in the middle of it |
| Regions | Mordor |
| Inhabitants | Orcs, Men |
| Gallery | Images of Nurn |
Nurn (unknown origin) was the name given to the southern regions of Mordor, more fertile than Gorgoroth in the north, in which the great inland sea of Núrnen lay. The people who inhabited Nurn were Men, and there also may have been prisoners of war there as well. These people were enslaved by Sauron, working the soil around the sea of Nurn to feed Sauron's armies.
After the War of the Ring, Aragorn II liberated the peoples of Nurn and giving them the land as their own.
