Therefore, he did not see the need to defend Mount Doom as rigorously as his other strongholds, such as Barad-dûr. Sauron may have also been overconfident in his ability to track and influence ...

It was in the year 1000 of the Second Age that Sauron began the construction of his fortress of Barad-dûr near Mount Doom, in order to ensure his control over the land of Mordor. Amazon's series ...