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Eriador is a large region in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth. In the Second Age, and possibly much earlier, it was largely forested, but the Dúnedain felled most of the forests to build ships out of them. Much of it was encompassed in the early Third Age by the kingdom of Arnor, which later split into the rival kingdoms of Rhudaur, Arthedain and Cardolan. The Shire occupies part of the former kingdom of Arthedain, while Bree and its neighbouring villages lie on the border with the former Cardolan. The Barrow-wights dwell within ancient burial mounds near the scene of an ancient battle between Arthedain and Cardolan. Other important places in Eriador are Rivendell and the abandoned kingdoms of Eregion and AngmarAngmar is a fictional kingdom in J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. Angmar was founded in T. 1300 in the far north of the Misty Mountains by the evil Lord of the Ringwraiths, who became known as the " Witch-king of Angmar". Since the Witch-king was a. By the time of the War of the RingFictional wars In the fiction of J. Tolkien, the War of the Ring ended the Third Age. It was initiated by Sauron, who had gained strength since the end of the Second Age and sought the One Ring. During the War of the Ring, many thousands of Men of Rohan a Eriador was largely deserted.A map of Eriador at the end of the Third Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda.
Its boundaries were:
- To the east, the Misty MountainsTolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, the Misty Mountains (also known by its Sindarin name of Hithaeglir misspelled as Hithaiglin on the original Lord of the Rings map and as the Mountains of Mist are a long mountain range, running north to south, betw.
- To the north, the Ice-bay of Forochel, which flooded part of the lands of MorgothMorgoth Bauglir Morgoth means "The Dark Enemy", Bauglir is "The Constrainer"), originally named Melkor ("He Who Arises in Might"), is a fictional character of Middle-earth, created by J. He was — at the creation of Tolkien's world — the most powerful of t after the War of WrathIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, the War of Wrath or the Great Battle was the final war against Morgoth at the end of the First Age. 500 years into the First Age, Morgoth had become mighty in Middle-earth, not least because of the strife among the Noldor..
- To the west, the mountains of Ered Lindon.
- To the south, the river Greyflood and the land of EnedwaithIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Enedwaith is a land of Middle-earth. Enedwaith ( Sindarin for 'Middle Region') is located in Eriador, a name for all the lands between the Misty Mountains and the Ered Luin. The northern border of Enedwaith is the river Gwath. After the War of Wrath, part of the southwestern border lies along the shores of Belegaer.
Important rivers were the Lune ( Elvish Lhûn), the Brandywine (Elvish Baranduin) and the Greyflood.
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