Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-32918765-20171027192502/@comment-25376906-20171027194416

What most people picture under the name of Mordor is actually only a small part of it. The barren wastland of Gorgoroth crossed by Frodo and Sam would not sustain much life. Nurn however, is farmland and actually supplied most if not all the food for Sauron's armies. Animals would likely live there and be hunted by wargs (although wargs in Mordor are not really in the lore. They occur mostly in Rhovanion around the Misty mountains). Also on a side note, Nurn doesn't seem to be that bad as land, as the slaves freed by King Elessar continued to live there after the War of the RIng.