“…For ten leagues or more it ran from the mountains’ feet and so back again, enclosing in its fence the fields of Pelennor; fair and fertile townlands on the long slopes and terraces falling to the deep levels of the Anduin.” – Red Book of Westmarch The Pelennor Fields (S. “Fenced land”) are the townlands and fields… read more »
War of the First Coalition (Q. “Ohta Minyaheren“) was a legendary and poorly understood conflict that allegedly took part at the end of the Second Age, in the land that later become Gondor. It is only mentioned in three extant manuscripts of anonymous authorship, preserved at the monastery of Durthang: Ohta Minyaheren (OM, “War of… read more »
Lossarnach (“Flowery Arnach”) is a historical region of Gondor and and a large feudal county in southern Anórien. Traditionally, the name Lossarnach referred to the valleys in the south of the White Mountains and their foothills between the rivers Celos and Erui, which once belonged to the native kingdom of Arnach. As a district of… read more »
Calenhad is a small feudal county nestled in the northeastern reaches of Anórien, situated between the steep slopes of the Emyn Thobar massif and the venerable Kingsroad. Calenhad in known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times, and lent its name to the Calenhad culture, an early Second Age settlement linked to… read more »
Rimmon is a feudal county in north-western Anórien and a historical region of Gondor. The name Rimmon is of unknown pre-Númenorean language, and is related to other prehistorical toponyms of the area, such as Eilenaer, Eilenach and Ard-Elmar. Rimmon was the heartland of a homonymous native Gwathuirim kingdom, which was incorporated into Gondor in the… read more »
Dúnamar (S. “Western Settlement”) is a small feudal county in the middle of Anórien, on the west side of the Fionnen river. Its lands were settled by Dúnadan farmers when the lands of native Gwathuirim kingdom of Rimmon were incorporated in Gondor. Many people in the county speak a local dialect of Westron called Nardolic,… read more »
County of Caranthan is a large feudal county in northern Anórien, encompassing the entire Ethir Onodló (Mouths of Entwash) and the right bank of the Anduin from Ligaelin to Bar Malthen, spanning some ninety miles in length. These lands are regularly flooded, rendering them exceptionally fertile when cleared of unhealthy marshlands. Approximately half of the… read more »
Imdorad is a sparsely populated urban county in north-western Anórien, bordering Calenardhon and Dor Haeron. “Imdorad” is local corruption of Imardhath (S. “Between Two Provinces”). Town of Imdorad is the largest market in the Mouths of Entwash, the focal point of all local commerce. River Glanhîr (S. “Border Stream”) runs through the county to be… read more »
Seinbar (S. “New Town”) is an urban county in central Anórien, located at the source of the Fionnen (S. “Hawk River”) in the White Mountains. It lies in the ancient heartlands of the prehistorical Gwathuirim kingdom of Rimmon, and most of the inhabitants are descendants of the native Danan Lin tribes. Clans of mountain men… read more »
Duilin (S. “Swallow”) is a county in central Anórien, along the Duilin River. It is mostly know for its large agricultural estates; there has been successful experiments of cultivation of rice. Duilin is one of the oldest urban counties in Anórien, as it lies in the heartlands of the native Gwathuirim kingdom of Eilenach. The… read more »
Minas Anor (“City of the Sun”), also colloquially known as the “The White City”, serves as the royal seat and new capital of Gondor. Named after the fortification erected on the steep foothill of Amon Anor by Anárion, the younger brother of Isildur and the second son of High King Elendil, it was intended to… read more »
Cair Andros (S. “Ship of the Long Foam”) is a large river-island and a small but densely populated feudal county in the Anduin River. Administratively, the island is part of Anórien. The island itself was long and narrow, like a ship, a little over ten miles in length. Its northern end of sharp rocks, like… read more »
Amon Dîn (S. “Silent hill”) is a small urban county in central Anórien, situated along the Kingsroad. It centres around the ancient beacon-hill and fortification of the same name. The capital of the county is the nearby town of Iant Iaur, located fifteen miles north of Thinbar; the town however is subject to the Lord… read more »
Thinbar (S. “Grey manor”) is a small urban county in central Anórien, situated along the Kingsroad between Pelennor and Amon Dîn. It also serves as the seat of the influential House Malredh. Thinbar is renowned for its expansive fields of wheat and vast olive plantations. Virtually all land in Thinbar is owned by one of… read more »
The 17th century was a time of great change and upheaval for Gondor. The society, strongly hierarchical and stratified, dominated by a small Dúnedain elite, experienced two major wars (1633–1638, 1653–1666) and the plague (1635–1638), which claimed the lives of half of the kingdom’s population. Particularly, the economic and political aftermath of the plague disrupted… read more »