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‘The Ents . . . stood upon the summit,
and looked down into a dark pit: the
great cleft at the end of the mountains:
Nan Curunír, the Valley of Saruman.’
— The Two Towers
Chapter Three
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Curunír
ike Saruman himself, the land around Isengard goes by many names:
Nan Curunír, the Vale of Angrenost, the Valley of Saruman, or the
L Wizard’s Vale. Long ages have passed like shadows across this oncefertile
stretch at the southern terminus of the Misty Mountains.
Many Men, Elves, and Dwarves—and other creatures of more fell
nature—have laid eyes upon the valley as they crossed from Dunland to Rohan
and back again, for the Vale lies just north of the well-travelled Gap of Rohan.
Over the eons, the Wizard’s Vale
has served as a resting point, a natural
shelter, a Gondorian outpost, and a
hidden shrine of high and nefarious
wizardry. In many ways, Nan Curunír
rests at the very heart of Middle-earth.
As the War of the Ring grows
nigh, the Valley of Saruman darkens,
becoming a place of gathering power,
and that of degenerate evil: The White
Wizard has forsaken his vocation,
joining instead with the Great Enemy
in Mordor. Orcs, Uruks, Half-orcs,
Wargs, and lesser Men defile the place
with their very presence, and other
unnatural beings rove the brambled
plain, spying for the Master of Orthanc
and destroying any who dare to trespass
in the land of Curunír. In short,
the Vale has become a dangerous place
for the Free Peoples, a natural wellspring
turned into a poisoned trough.
This chapter provides a tour of the
Wizard’s Vale, detailing its features
both natural and man-made. As with
other chapters, this chapter describes
the region as it exists immediately
prior to Gandalf ’s imprisonment
atop Orthanc. From this information
and the history set forth in Chapter
One, Narrators can extrapolate to
other time periods as well.
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