Men of Carn Dûm

The men of Carn Dûm served the Witch-king of Angmar in the mid-Third Age. Carn Dûm was Angmar's capital.
== History ==
=== Conquest of Arnor ===
The Witch-king intended to conquer the three realms of Arnor by destroying all the Dúnedain and their cities. Rhudaur was the first to fall, and Cardolan was the second. Finally, the men of Carn Dûm attacked the realm of Arthedain and city of Fornost. They destroyed the last of the North Kingdom in TA 1974.
A year later, a large force arrived from Gondor, and allied with the Men of Arthedain and the Elves they routed the Witch-king's army at the Battle of Fornost. The war destroyed the men of Carn Dûm and the kingdom of Angmar. Afterwards the Witch-king abandoned his realm, and retreated south to dwell in his new stronghold Minas Morgul.
== In adaptations ==
==== The Lord of the Rings: War in the North ====
Despite their supposed destruction, in the video game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North the men of Carn Dûm were not all slain. Those who survived returned to fight for Sauron under his deadliest servant, Agandaûr, in the War of the Ring. They are first seen standing on either side of Agandaûr at Sarn Ford after the Nazgûl have pillaged it.
They are seen more often after Agandaûr meets and tries to convince the dragon, Úrgost of the Grey Mountains to serve him. Agandaûr leaves the men of Carn Dûm behind at the dragon's lair to stand watch and await the dragon's answer. They soon take part in Agandaûr's attack on Nordinbad, in which they fail due to Eradan, Farin, and Andriel intervening.
After their failed attack on Nordinbad, they battle the trio who have come to destroy Agandaûr at their ironclad Fortress of Carn Dûm itself. When Agandaûr is destroyed at the same time as Sauron's destruction, the men of Carn Dûm are scattered. Those who still lived may have fled the stronghold, or were picked off by the dragon Úrgost who - sensing Sauron's destruction - claimed it for himself.
Category:Men
Category:Servants of Sauron
Category:Minions of Angmar
Category:Black Númenóreans
Category:Evil
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