Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-31215921-20170526024038/@comment-26863727-20170628194553

"There is a way in through the Ash Mountains which border my people to the south, but it is guarded by a fortress*, as are all the others. You couldn't get in with ten thousand men, but ten or so? That has the power of stealth."

.* Cirith Gondren, which was built about the same time as Cirith Ungol. The Atmorans wanted the Orcs contained as much as anyone, and so allowed Gondor to build the fort. It later was abandoned as Gondor needed the soldiers closer to home and reoccupied by Atmorans. More recently, as the Atmorans began losing land to Sauron, it became his.