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Properly speaking Rhovanion was the name of a small region east of Greenwood, which later was the Kingdom of Rhovanion, but the name was used for all of Wilderland by the late Third Age.

In the First Age the Elves passed through it during the Great Journey, and much later the Atanatári (Fathers of Men) followed them. It is not otherwise mentioned until the Second Age, when it played host to two Silvan Elf kingdoms ruled by Sindarin lords: Northern Greenwood and Lórinand (or Lórien). The great battlefield (or Dagorlad) of the Last alliance of Elves and Men against the host of SauronSauron is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe. He is the titular Lord of the Rings against whom the protagonists of that series struggle. His name is pronounced in IPA as: sn and in SAMPA as: sAUr\`Qn''. His "birth" occured in 30 lay in the south of Rhovanion, and in the Gladden FieldsThe Gladden Fields ( Sindarin Loeg Ningloron is a fictional location in J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. The Gladden Fields are located in the vale of the Gladden river, a tributary of the Anduin. At this place Isildur and his sons were ambushed by of the Great River the King of Gondor and ArnorIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Arnor or the Northern Kingdom was a kingdom of the Dunedain in the land of Eriador in Middle-earth. The name probably means "Land of the King", from Sindarin Ara (high, kingly) + n)dor (land). It was founded at the end of the, IsildurTolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth, Isildur was a Dunadan of Numenor, elder son of Elendil. Isildur was born in the year 3220 of the Second Age in Numenor as first son of Elendil, son of Amandil the last Lord of Andunie. He had a younger brother A son of ElendilIn Middle-earth, the fantasy universe of J. Tolkien, Elendil is the father of Isildur and Anarion and the founder and first king of Arnor and Gondor. Elendil was born in 3119 of the Second Age in Numenor as son of Amandil, Lord of Andunie and leader of th was killed.

In the early Third Age, it was a quite populated area: in the north lay the DwarvenKhazad" redirects here. See KHAZAD for the block cipher named after Khazad-dum. The Dwarves of J. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth are beings of short stature, often friendly with Hobbits although long suspicious of Elves. They are typically b kingdom of Erebor and the Mannish kingdom of Dale, in the north of the Great River Anduin lay the Mannish realm of Éothéod, and in and around the south and east of Greenwood the Great lived the Men of Rhovanion. In the north of Greenwood lived the Silvan elves ruled by Thranduil, and in the south of Greenwood and across the river in Lórinand ruled Amdîr and later Amroth. In the far south, near the great falls of Sarn Gebir, watched the northern guard of Gondor, and in the valleys of the Anduin lived Stoors ( Hobbits).

In the later Third Age, Rhovanion was the site of many wars, when the Wainriders came from the east and assailed the people of Rhovanion until all their kingdoms were destroyed, and later when Sauron returned as the Necromancer he took residence at Dol Guldur in the south of Greenwood. Greenwood became evil, and was renamed Mirkwood. The Dwarves of Eregion and the Men of Dale were destroyed and scattered when the dragon Smaug took Erebor, and Gondor retreated from the Falls. Some Men still lived along the forest, notably the Bëornings and the Men of Esgaroth upon the Long Lake. The Men of Éothéod removed south at the invite of Gondor, and settled the plains of Calenardhon, later Rohan.

At the end of the Third Age, the Kingdoms of Erebor and Dale were restored as a result of the death of Smaug and the Battle of Five Armies, and Sauron was removed from Mirkwood by the wizard Gandalf. During the War of the Ring it held off an invasion by Sauron's forces, and after Sauron was defeated Mirkwood was clean again, and renamed Eryn Lasgalen, or "Wood of Greenleaves". Some time during the Fourth Age Gondor claimed large parts of it.

Its boundaries were: To the east, the inland Sea of Rhûn. To the north, the Grey Mountains and Iron Hills, home of the Dwarves. To the west, the range of the Hithaeglir, or Misty Mountains. To the south, the line marked by the Limlight river, Anduin, Emyn Muil, Dagorlad, and the Ered Lithui.

Important rivers were the Anduin or Great River, the Celduin or Running, and the Carnen or Redwater.

Major features were the forest of Mirkwood, and the Long Lake of Esgaroth.