Destruction of Amon Sûl

In TA 1409, the Tower of Amon Sûl was destroyed by the forces of Angmar, in the climax of the Witch-king's war on the kingdom of Arnor.
== Prelude ==
Fifty years after the Witch-king's initial assault upon Arnor, King Arveleg I upheld his father Argeleb's defence against Angmar along the fortified Weather Hills, the East-West Road, and the lower Hoarwell, and for many years repelled the assaults of Angmar and Rhudaur. It was also at this time that the Elven haven of Rivendell was besieged by the forces of Angmar. Arnor's capital of Fornost Erain lay upon the North Downs and the Witch-king of Angmar sought a way to break through the frontier and outflank the city's defences. It was to this end that in TA 1409 a great host from Angmar crossed the river and entered Cardolan, surrounding Amon Sûl. After a fierce battle the Dúnedain of Arnor were defeated, the Tower of Amon Sûl was destroyed, and King Arveleg was slain. However, the Witch-king's victory was not complete, as the palantír of Amon Sûl, the greatest of the three in the north, was carried back in retreat to Fornost Erain.
After the destruction of the Tower of Amon Sûl, the power of Arthedain to resist the army of Angmar was severely weakened. The watch-tower's destruction meant that the army of Angmar had now made the fortified line along the Weather Hills untenable, and its forces gained easy access to the heart of Arthedain. Rhudaur was now absorbed by Angmar and populated by evil men subject to the Witch-king. The few Dúnedain who remained were either slain or fled far westwards, never returning to the lands now claimed by Angmar. Cardolan was ravaged by the forces of Angmar who entered its northern borders uncontested by the crippled army of Arthedain, and its people fled into hiding on the ancient Tyrn Gorthad. It was in this desperate defence against Angmar that the last prince of Cardolan fell in battle, and he was entombed by the survivors among his people in what some say was the very same barrow that Frodo Baggins and his companions would be imprisoned in before the Great War of the Ring.
Though the situation was dire, the young King Araphor, son of Arveleg, defended Fornost Erain against Angmar. Araphor proved valiant despite his youth, and with the help of Círdan of the Grey Havens he repulsed Angmar's army from the North Downs. It was at this time that Angmar was subdued by Elven-folk from Lindon, Rivendell, and even Lothlórien, for Elrond had brought help over the passes of the Misty Mountains. At the same time, the Stoors who had previously dwelt in the Angle between the Hoarwell and the Loudwater fled south-westwards because of the wars and dread of Angmar, and because the land and clime of eastern Eriador worsened and became unfriendly.
== Aftermath ==
The Tower of Amon Sûl was the main defensive outpost in the Weather Hills and northern Cardolan. With it gone, the Witch-king was able to take and ravage Cardolan, as well as consolidate his new conquests in Rhudaur, which his Hill-men allies and subjects had taken, as well as launch attacks against the whole of Arthedain. 
However, despite permanently ending the threat that was Cardolan, Angmar was unable to ride its momentum, and was driven away from the city of Fornost and the North Downs by the forces of the new King Araphor and Lord Círdan. 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Vernietiging van Amon Sûl
Albanian 	Shkatërrimi i Amon Sûlit
Amharic 	የአሞን ሱል ጥፋት
Arabic 	تدمير آمون سول
Armenian 	Ամոն Սուլի ոչնչացումը
Assamese 	আমন ছুলৰ ধ্বংস
Asturian 	Destrucción de Amon Sûl
Azerbaijani 	Amon Sûlun məhv edilməsi
Basque 	Amon Sûl-en suntsipena
Belarusian Cyrillic	Разбурэнне Амона Сула
Bengali 	আমন সুলের ধ্বংস
Bosnian 	Uništenje Amon Sûla
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Унищожението на Амон Сул
Catalan 	Destrucció d'Amon Sûl
Cebuano 	Ang Kalaglagan ni Amon Sûl
Croatian 	Uništenje Amon Sûla
Czech 	Zkáza Amon Sûl
Danish 	Ødelæggelsen af Amon Sûl
Dutch 	Vernietiging van Amon Sûl
Esperanto 	Detruo de Amon Sûl
Estonian 	Amon Sûli hävitamine
Filipino 	Pagkawasak ni Amon Sûl
Finnish 	Amon Sûlin tuho
French 	Destruction d'Amon Sûl
Frisian 	Ferneatiging fan Amon Sûl (Western)
Friulian 	Distruzion di Amon Sûl
Galician 	Destrución de Amon Sûl
German 	Zerstörung von Amon Sûl
Greek 	Καταστροφή του Αμον Σολ
Gujarati 	અમોન સુલનો વિનાશ
Hawaiian 	Ka Iuku ana o Amon Sûl
Hindi 	आमोन सोल का विनाश
Hmong 	Kev puas tsuaj ntawm Amon Sûl
Hungarian 	Amon Sûl Pusztulása
Icelandic 	Eyðing Amon Sûl
Indonesian 	Penghancuran Amon Sûl
Italian 	Distruzione di Amon Sûl
Javanese 	Pangrusak Amon Sûl
Kazakh 	Амон Солдың жойылуы
Korean 	아몬 술의 파괴
Kurdish 	Wêrankirina Amon Sûl (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Амон Сулдун Жок кылынышы
Latvian 	Amona Sûl Iznīcināšana
Lithuanian 	Amon Sûl Sunaikinimas
Luxembourgish 	Zerstéierung vum Amon Sûl
Macedonian Cyrillic	Уништувањето на Амон Сул
Malagasy 	Fandringanana an’i Amon Sûl
Malayalam 	അമോൺ സോളിൻ്റെ നാശം
Malaysian 	Pemusnahan Amon Sûl
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Амон Сулын сүйрэл
Nepalese 	आमोन सुल को विनाश
Norwegian 	Ødeleggelsen av Amon Sûl
Occitan 	Destruccion d'Amon Sûl
Pashto 	د امون سول له منځه وړل
Persian 	نابودی آمون سول
Polish 	Zniszczenie Amona Sûla
Portuguese 	Destruição de Amon Sûl
Punjabi 	ਆਮੋਨ ਸੁਲ ਦਾ ਵਿਨਾਸ਼
Romanian 	Distrugerea lui Amon Sûl
Russian 	Уничтожение Амон Сула
Sardinian 	Distrutzione de Amon Sûl
Scottish Gaelic 	Sgrios de Amon Sûl
Serbian 	Уништење Амон Сула (CyrilliC) Uništenje Amon Sula (Latin)
Sicilian 	Distruzzioni di Amon Sûl
Slovak 	Zničenie Amon Sûl
Slovenian 	Uničenje Amon Sûl
Somali 	Burburkii Amon Sûl
Spanish 	Destrucción de Amon Sûl
Swedish 	Förstörelsen av Amon Sûl
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҳалокати Амон Сул
Tatar 	Амон Сулны юк итү
Turkish 	Amon Sûl'un Yıkılışı
Turkmen 	Amon Sûliñ Heläk Bolmagy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Знищення Амона Сула
Urdu 	امون سل کی تباہی
Uzbek 	Амон Сулнинг Йўқ қилиниши (Cyrillic) Amon Sulning Yoʻq qilinishi (Latin)
Venetian 	Distrusion de Amon Sûl
Vietnamese 	Hủy diệt của Amon Sûl
Welsh 	Dinistr Amon Sûl
Yoruba 	Iparun Amon Sûl
Yiddish 	צעשטערונג פון אמון סול
Category:Battles