The White Council and the purging of the Hill of Sorcery

From original :Oils on wood panel with silver leaf and gold clay

Dol Guldur “”Hill of Sorcery”” in Sindarin also called “”the dungeons of the Necromancer”” was a stronghold of Sauron located in the south of Mirkwood.

Gandalf returned to the White Council and urged an attack on Dol Guldur, but was overruled by Saruman, who secretly had begun searching for the One Ring in the area by then. In T.A. 2941 Saruman finally agreed to an attack, which occurred at the same time as the Quest of Erebor.

Signed and dated to the front