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The Cross​-​roads Of The Fallen King

from Singles 2022 by Secret Archives of the Vatican

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The Cross-roads of the Fallen King was where the Harad Road crossed the Morgul-road in Ithilien. They were located some hundred miles south of the Black Gate and were roughly a day's ride from Minas Tirith. The location was surrounded by a great ring of trees and nearby was built a statue of an unknown former King of Gondor. The Cross-roads, along with the nearby statue, were constructed by the Men of Gondor in the Second Age. By the time of the War of the Ring, however, Gondor had relinquished effective control of the region, leading Orcs to vandalise the statue.

In the year TA 3019, Gollum led Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee through the Cross-roads on their way to the Morgul Vale, in their attempt to enter Mordor. The hobbits found the statue's head, which had been broken off and replaced by a hideous stone orc-head.

Later that year, following the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Aragorn led the combined armies of Gondor and Rohan through the Cross-roads on their way to the Morannon, stopping to reclaim the location for Gondor and repair the king's statue. A force was left to guard the Cross-roads in case Sauron sent an army over the Morgul Pass to attack Gondor whilst the Army of the West marched to the Black Gate.

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from Singles 2022, track released October 21, 2022

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Secret Archives of the Vatican's music is usually described as Transglobal Breakbeat Dub Science. It contains elements of many genres: breakbeat, dub, dubstep, triphop, drum and bass, Indian, Arabian, Turkish, medieval, folk musics and much more. Music that is sufficiently advanced as to be indistinguishable from magic! ... more

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