Gondor (Faction)

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Gondor was the kingdom of Men in Middle-earth, bordered by Rohan to the north, Harad to the south, the cape of Andrast and the Sea to the west, and Mordor to the east. Its first capital was Osgiliath, moved to Minas Tirith in TA 1640. The city of Minas Tirith remained the capital of Gondor for the rest of the Third Age and into years of the Fourth Age; other major fortresses include Dol Amroth in Belfalas and Osgiliath, which was a city on the Anduin.

Gondor was founded by the brothers Isildur and Anárion, exiles from Númenor. Gondor was an allied kingdom with Arnor, whose line of king chieftains came from Isildur, while the Line of the Kings of Gondor was from Anárion. Gondor was at the height of its power in its early years due to the ships and the military might that its armies possessed. However, continued attacks by allies of Sauron, civil war, and a devastating plague caused it to gradually decline over the course of the Third Age until Sauron's final defeat and the crowning of Aragorn II Elessar.

In all, there were thirty-one kings of Gondor after Anárion, who was slain before Barad-dûr at the Siege of Barad-dûr.

Gondor also has many fiefdoms, including Lossarnach the Land of flowers, Mornan the blackroot vale, Pinnath Gelin the green hills, Lamedon the land of hills and vales, Pelargir the haven of the Ship-kings, Lebennin the land of the five Streams, Dor-en-Ernil the principality of Dol Amroth, Anórien the Land of the Sun and Ithilien the Land of the Moon. Harondor was also once a fiefdom of Gondor, but now it is a debatable land, split between the folk of Gondor and Near Harad.