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Dol Guldur was established by Sauron after his return to Middle-earth somewhere after 1000 Third Age, although his identity was long unknown. Dol Guldur was originally known as Amon Lanc (bald hill), and had been the capital of Oropher's Silvan Elves, who had departed north to the Black Mountains (Later Mountains of Mirkwood). After Sauron took over Amon Lanc Thranduil son of Oropher led his people over the Forest river, where they remained.

The Council of the Wise long feared the power in Dol Guldur might be Sauron, and in 2063 Gandalf went to Dol Guldur, and Sauron, not yet powerful, fled to the east. In 2460 Sauron returned there, just as the One Ring was found by Sméagol the Stoor. However, the Ring disappeared with Sméagol under the Hithaeglir.

In 2845 Thráin IIThrain II is a Dwarf from J. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. Thrain is the father of Thorin Oakenshield, and the son of Thror. He became heir of the lost King under the Mountain and King of Durin's Folk as Thrain II when his father Thror was, King of Durin's folkTolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Durin's folk is the most important folk of Dwarves. Durin's folk were by right the inhabitants of Khazad-dum, also called the Longbeards''. Their first King was Durin the Deathless. The Dwarves of Durin's folk in exile and holder of the last of the Seven RingsThe Rings of Power or Great Rings are fictional artifacts from J. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. There were twenty Rings of Power. The Elves of Eregion made nineteen of the Rings of Power (and many other lesser rings) with knowledge obtained from Sau of the DwarvesKhazad" redirects here. See KHAZAD for the block cipher named after Khazad-dum. The Dwarves of J. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth are beings of short stature, often friendly with Hobbits although long suspicious of Elves. They are typically b, was emprisoned in Dol Guldur's dungeons. In 2850 Gandalf again entered Dol Guldur, finding the dying Thráin, and Gandalf was entrusted the map and key to give to Thorin OakenshieldTolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Thorin Oakenshield was a Dwarf, the son of Thrain II and the grandson of King Thror. Born in the year 2746 of the Third Age (TA), Thorin was driven into exile by Smaug in 2770, along with the rest of the surviving Dwarv, although Thráin could not tell him his own or his son's name before he died. Gandalf confirmed Sauron was the master of Dol Guldur at that time.

Gandalf returned to the White Council and urged an attack on Dol Guldur, but was overruled by SarumanSaruman is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth. Saruman the White Curunir Lan in Sindarin) was the first of his order of Wizards (or Istari) who came into Middle-earth as Emissaries of the Valar in the Third Age. He was the lead, who had begun searching for the One Ring in the area by then. In 2941 Saruman finally agreed to an attack, which occurred at the same time as the Quest for Erebor. This was carefully planned by Gandalf, so that Sauron and SmaugFor the MUD of this name, see SMAUG. In the fiction of J. Tolkien, Smaug was a greedy, reddish-gold dragon of Middle-earth, who laid waste to Dale and captured the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) with all its treasure. Smaug's scales rendered him almost invulner could not assist each other, as otherwise they surely would have done. Sauron fled to Mordor, his plans now ready. Dol Guldur remained staffed by a lieutenant of Barad-dûr.

During the War of the Ring, the forces of Dol Guldur made three assaults upon Lórien, causing grievous damage to the outlying woodlands, but were driven back each time by the power of Nenya which only Sauron himself could have overcome. Dol Guldur was finally destroyed and cleansed by the Elves of Lórien, led by Galadriel, after Sauron's fall. Renamed back to Amon Lanc it became the capital of Celeborn's realm of Southern Greenwood for a while.