刚铎是对抗坐镇在魔多的黑暗魔君索伦的第一防线，他们对于王室的血统、强大的军队和悠久的文化非常自傲。刚铎人非常讲究荣誉感和纪律，只要一声令下，他们毫不犹豫愿意为国牺牲。波罗莫的弟弟法拉墨不像他的哥哥一样受宠，多年来他都被派到刚铎边界进行巡逻。
刚铎是对抗坐镇在魔多的黑暗魔君索伦的第一防线，他们对于王室的血统、强大的军队和悠久的文化非常自傲。刚铎人非常讲究荣誉感和纪律，只要一声令下，他们毫不犹豫愿意为国牺牲。波罗莫的弟弟法拉墨不像他的哥哥一样受宠，多年来他都被派到刚铎边界进行巡逻。
刚铎文化和他们的王都米那斯提力斯将在【魔戒三部曲：王者再临】中占有很重的位置。
相对于洛汗人，刚铎民族似乎要内敛许多——居民性格温顺，城市防御系统发达，重甲步兵为主要兵种，这是典型的农耕民族特征。
索伦的主要战略是击败最强的敌对国刚铎，他须攻陷刚铎的都城米那斯提力斯（Minas Tirith）。为此，魔多（Mordor）的军队都集中于南方，企图各个击破。索伦为了防止刚铎盟国洛汗支援，他鼓动萨鲁曼在洛汗以西的艾辛格发兵牵制洛汗，使洛汗集中应付西面的威胁，不能呼应刚铎的援助。除此之外，索伦又命其盟友昂巴海盗袭击刚铎的南部沿岸地区，以分化北刚铎米那斯提力斯的守军应付南方海盗的袭击。索伦的战略终失败了，刚铎及洛汗联军与魔多大军正式交锋。
三千年以来，刚铎一直受到东方黯影的威胁。第三纪元末，刚铎国力衰落，这为索伦出兵提供契机。刚铎摄政王迪耐瑟之子法拉墨（Faramir）分兵驻守前线，其中最重要的两支部队驻守在凯尔安卓斯（Cair Andros）及奥斯吉力亚斯（Osgiliath）。米那斯魔窟及末日火山的信号亮起，亦即是入侵刚铎之始。魔多大军首先攻击奥斯吉力亚斯，很快便攻陷奥斯吉力亚斯，法拉墨被迫退守堡垒，但也旋即被攻陷。魔多大军进逼米那斯提力斯，戒灵徘徊在空中，对刚铎守军造成很大的压力。魔多的攻城塔开始尝试占领城墙，但攻城塔都被守军摧毁。不过，米那斯提力斯的城门被击破。正在此危急之时，希优顿率领六千骑兵抵达，舒缓了刚铎守军的压力。虽然如此，刚铎及洛汗联军依然陷入劣势，直至亚拉冈率亡灵大军自南刚铎赶至，击败了魔多大军。
刚铎人 （Kandorian） 在美国漫画《超人》中，刚铎人 （Kandorian）是刚铎 （Kandor）城市的市民，刚铎是超人所在星球氪星的首都。刚铎在氪星被摧毁的几年前被超级大反派Brianiac缩小并窃取。后来超人打败超级大反派Brianiac后在另一个星球上恢复了刚铎，但是新的问题又出现了……（实在是懒得翻译了，下面我贴出来英文原文，有兴趣的话童鞋们自己翻译下吧）
Kandor was once the capital of Krypton until it was shrunken and stolen by the supervillain Brainiac, several years before the planet was destroyed. Superman discovered the city in Brainiac's possession when the android came to Earth decades later to harvest more cities (Action Comics #242, July 1958) and rescued it, keeping it in his Fortress of Solitude while looking for a way to restore it to full size. In return, the Kandorians provided the superhero with a place where he was an honored guest who was occasionally invited to participate in matters of local government, various professionals to assist him when asked and even occasionally assisted him in the outside with the Superman Emergency Squad.
Eventually (Superman #338, Aug 1979), Superman was able to restore the population to normal size and they settled on another planet that revolved around a red sun. The Kandorians decided to name their new homeworld Rokyn, which is the Kryptonian word for "gift from God" (Rokyn had first been revealed as existing in the 30th century in Adventure Comics #356, May 1967). Superman constructed a replica of the bottle-sized city to keep as a memento but was surprised when thousands of tiny aliens, fleeing the destruction of their home planet, moved into it (Superman #371, Aug 1982). When told the city's original name was Kandor, the aliens decided to call it that as well. On a trial basis, Superman restored two inhabitants to normal size to introduce them to life on Earth, but discovered that population has a dangerous reaction to the planet's environment which transforms them into mindless, powerful and rampaging beasts who were difficult for Superman to control. As such, Superman decided that for the time being, the New Kandorians would have to remain in the bottled city with a carefully filtered atmosphere until that medical problem was solved
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