11 Facts About Isengard

In JR R Tolkien's fantasy writings, Isengard is a large fortress in Nan Curunir, the Wizard's Vale, in the western part of Middle-earth.

Isengard had been ensnared by the Dark Lord Sauron through the tower's palantir, a far-seeing crystal ball able to communicate with others like it.

Isengard has been described by Tolkien scholars as an industrial hell, and as an illustration of the homogeneity of evil, in contrast to the evident diversity of the free societies of Middle-earth, including those of the Elves, Dwarves, and Gondor.

The rest of its perimeter consisted of a large wall, the Ring of Isengard, breached only by the inflow of the river at the north-east through a portcullis, and the gate of Isengard at the south, at both shores of the river.

For most of its history, Isengard was a green and pleasant place, with many fruiting trees.

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Isengard remained guarded by a small company, led by a hereditary captain.

When Cirion, Steward of Gondor, gave Calenardhon to the Eotheod, becoming the land of Rohan, Isengard was the sole fortress retained by Gondor north of the Ered Nimrais.

Orcs of Isengard bore upon their shields the symbol of a White Hand on a black field, and on their helmets an S-rune to signify Saruman.

Treebeard, leader of the Ents, seeing that the Orcs would destroy his forest of Fangorn, led an army of Ents and Huorns to Isengard, destroyed it, and flooded it, leaving Saruman isolated in the impervious tower of Orthanc.

Isengard was restored, and the entire valley granted to the Ents.

Isengard is the promised reward for the nameless "Mouth of Sauron", as soon as Gondor and its allies had surrendered.