November 13, 2002

Re: Can Someone Answer
Brett C.

Rune, the cities name is Minas Tirith, capital of Gondor. Those soldiers marching beside Isildur in the opening sequence came from there. In the movie it is named only as 'The White City', and is also the home of Boromir. You might remember Boromir mentioning how "by the blood of people are your [everyone else's] lands kept safe." Minas Tirith is located only about 30 miles from the borders of Mordor, and the ruins you can see on the other side of the river, in front of the dark mountains blocking the view of Mt. Doom, were actually in Gondorian territory before Sauron and RingWraiths returned.