Writers associated with this include Steven Erikson, Joe Abercrombie, and Scott Lynch, and magazines such as Black Gate and the ezines Flashing Swords ( not to be confused with the Lin Carter anthologies ) and Beneath Ceaseless Skies publish short fiction in the style.

Aragorn and Gandalf then led the final campaign against Sauron's forces at the Black Gate, in an effort to distract the Dark Lord's attention from Frodo and Samwise Gamgee, who were at the same moment scaling Mount Doom to destroy the Ring.

Later Aragorn, on his march to the Black Gate, sent a small group of soldiers to retake the island.

Éomer rode with the armies of Gondor to the Black Gate of Mordor and took part in the Battle of the Morannon against the forces of Sauron, who were defeated when the Ruling Ring was destroyed.

Knowing that it is only a matter of time before Sauron rebuilds his forces for another attack, Gandalf and Aragorn decide to draw out the hosts of Mordor with an assault on the Black Gate, providing a distraction so that Frodo and Sam may have a chance of reaching Mount Doom and destroy the One Ring, unseen by the Eye of Sauron.

Gandalf and Aragorn lead an army to the Black Gate of Mordor and lay siege to Sauron's army.

** The Watchful Shield ( Church of Helm ): Located in the northern Upper City, just east of the Black Dragon's Gate.

The shirt was, along with Frodo's other possessions, shown to Frodo's allies at the Black Gate to falsely imply that he was captured.

It is located on West Telegraph Road, just outside of Santa Paula, and has been the setting for several movies including Amityville 4 ( 1989 ), and The Black Gate ( 1995 ), and How To Make An American Quilt ( 1995 ).

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King also shows Barad-dûr as clearly visible from the Black Gate of Mordor.

) In the Black Gate scene, having Barad-dûr visible from the Gate means that the army can see the Eye of Sauron staring at them.

Characters may enter the Timescape by encountering a Warp Gate, stumbling upon the Horrible Black Void, or by visiting special people such as the Enchantress or the Warlock.

* James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate

* The Black Gate – The gate guarding the gap between the Ered Lithui and the Ephel Dúath.

He appears in The Lord of the Rings — specifically in the chapter " The Black Gate Opens " in the third volume, The Return of the King — as the chief emissary of Sauron.

He belonged to the race of the Black Númenóreans and briefly appeared in person when he haggled with the Army of the West in front of the Black Gate ( Morannon in Elvish ), trying to convince Aragorn and Gandalf to give up and let Sauron win the war for Middle-earth.

Once the Mouth is beheaded, his horse and body are not visible in the following shot as Sauron's armies of Orcs march through the Black Gate, even though Aragorn's sword is visibly stained with his blood.

He is also featured in EA Games ' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King video game, and Warner Brothers ' The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest as a boss character the player must defeat, in both games he appears in the level ' The Black Gate '.

* Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II-Developed by Black Isle Studios

* Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound was in development by Black Isle Studios

This engine was used to power Black Isle Studios ' previous games Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate, and others.

They were released once again in 2002 alongside Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment in Black Isle Compilation.

Not all recent science fiction, however, is dystopian, for the optimistic strain is still very much alive in Mission Of Gravity and Childhood's End, as we have seen, as well as in many other recent popular novels and stories like Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud ( 1957 ) ; ;

Another spot with an image-provoking name is the Black Hills where you can visit the old frontier mining town of Deadwood.

The Black Hills Passion Play is produced every summer and is a pageant worth seeing and shooting.

Wound-tumor virus is a leafhopper transmitted virus not easily transmissible by mechanical inoculation ( Black, 1944 ; ;

Mr. Justice Black no doubt concurs in principle but is more apt to make exceptions to achieve a generous and `` just '' result.

`` Black is Gilborn's best friend ''.

Black and white is her favorite color combination along with lively glowing pinks, reds, blues and greens.

Such is the case with the Black Sea invasion of the natural hybrid Pelophylax esculentus reported in 2010.

It is a peninsula bound by the Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the north-east, the Armenian Highland to the east, Mesopotamia to the south-east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west.

In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus.

The physical oceanography of the Aegean Sea is controlled mainly by the regional climate, the fresh water discharge from major rivers draining southeastern Europe, and the seasonal variations in the Black Sea surface water outflow through the Dardanelles Strait.

The region is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.

Traditionally, Anatolia is considered to extend in the east to a line between the Gulf of Iskenderun and the Black Sea, approximately corresponding to the western two-thirds of the Asian part of Turkey.

The Anatolian peninsula, also called Asia Minor, is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, and the Sea of Marmara to the northwest, which separates Anatolia from Thrace in Europe.

Traditionally, Anatolia is considered to extend in the east to an indefinite line running from the Gulf of Iskenderun to the Black Sea, coterminous with the Anatolian Plateau.

The Black Sea coast is characterized by a range of steep mountains that extend along the entire length of the coast, separating it from the inland Anatolian plateau.

The Bosphorus, which links the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, is about long and averages in width but narrows in places to less than.

True lowland is confined to a few narrow coastal strips along the Aegean, Mediterranean, and Black Sea coasts.

Analog Brothers is an experimental hip-hop crew featuring Ice Oscillator also known as Ice-T ( keyboards, drums, vocals ), Keith Korg also known as Kool Keith ( bass, strings, vocals ), Mark Moog also known as Marc Live ( drums, violyns and vocals ), Silver Synth also known as Black Silver ( synthesizer, lazar bell and vocals ), and Rex Roland also known as Pimp Rex ( keyboards, vocals, production ).

Black arsenic is similar in structure to red phosphorus.

Black antimony is formed upon rapid cooling of vapor derived from metallic antimony.

* 1963 – The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.

* 1966 – The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California.