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The Battle of Fornost was fought in the year 1975 of the Third Age by an army under Eärnur, Crown-Prince of Gondor against Angmar.

While the battle was a success in that Angmar was defeated, it came too late for Gondor's sister-realm Arnor: the last remaining part of Arnor, Arthedain had been conquered a year prior in 1974, and the last King of Arnor Arvedui had drowned in the Ice-Bay of Forochel.

The battle was named for Fornost the old capital of Arthedain, and was fought in the plains before the city. With Gondor came Men from Rhovanion, ElvesThe Elves (always spelt such, never "Elfs") are one of the races that appear in the work of J. Their complex history is described in full only in The Silmarillion and it is mentioned tangentially in The Lord of the Rings''. Elves were the first inhabitant from Lindon, and the remainder of the DúnedainTolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Dunedain (singular: Dunadan were the Men who descended from the Numenoreans who survived the fall of their island kingdom and came to Eriador in Middle-earth led by Elendil and his sons. They are also call of Arnor (among them AranarthAranarth is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. He was the first of the Chieftains of the Dunedain, and would have been King of Arnor at the death of his father in T. He was the son of Arvedui, last King of the North Kingdom. the Crown-Prince of Arthedain), and, according to the Hobbitfan's idea of a typical Hobbit . Hobbits are a fictional race from J. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe which first appears in the book The Hobbit''. They also play a major role in The Lord of the Rings''. Description Hobbits are two to four feet tall, withs, a company of archers from the Shire.

Angmar rode west to meet the assault, and seeing this, the cavalry of Gondor under Eärnur rode north into the Hills of Evendim to wait in ambush. As the main army of Gondor met the enemy and the battle began, the cavalry of Gondor attacked Angmar in the rear. Realizing that his forces were destroyed completely, the Witch-king of AngmarThe Witch-king is a fictional character created by J. Tolkien, the chief of the Ringwraiths of Middle-earth. The Witch-king was originally a human lord but in the Second Age he was given one of nine Rings of Power to help rule over his realm. He and eight fled away east. Eärnur rode after him, but his horse shied away. Then GlorfindelIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Glorfindel is an Elf, a character that appears on a couple of occasions in the tales of Middle-earth. Glorfindel first comes in as a Noldo in the account of the escape of Tuor, Idril, Earendil and many others from the fall of attacked, and the Witch-king fled east to escape Glorfindel's wrath, disappearing from the north.

Thus the north was freed from the evil of Angmar, but Arnor was no more: those that remained of its people became the Rangers of the North.