The Greenway

The Greenway is one of two major roads in Eriador. In runs south from Fornost (back when it was a major city of Arnor) all the way to Pelargir in southern Gondor. It was built to connect Arnor and Gondor, so it was probably constructed either in the late Second Age or early Third Age.…

The High Men

Okay, a real quick history lesson for those only familiar with the Third Age stories (LotR/Hobbit): Way way back in the First Age there were three groups of men that allied themselves with the elves in their war against Morgoth. When the war was over, the Valar decided to reward these men by giving them…

Dunedain vs Numenorean

Technically they have basically the same meaning. The Numenoreans were, of course, the people of Numenor. And “Dunedain” is just the Sindarin name for “men of the west”, which is also a reference to Numenor. And in The Silmarillion (specifically the Akallabeth, the story of Numenor) the two names are used interchangeably. But in other…

I just though you snould know, I referenced you in my au(?) idea regarding Merry and the Barrow-downs. You can take a look and see if you like it.

(thisarenotarealblog’s AU idea can be found here!) I love it! In fact, I think you could go even deeper – take a look at this post about Merry and the Witch King, which talks more about the sword he took from the barrow. I go more into detail in the post itself, but the important…

Ruins of Middle Earth in the Fourth Age

So many ruins. Like, so many. Below you’ll see a map of the major ruins mentioned in Tolkien’s stories – I wasn’t sure if you were only interested in ruins in/near Dunland, so I just went for broke, lol: Elvish Ruins (Green) Amon Lanc (aka Dol Guldur): When Oropher and his group of Sindarin friends…

Malbeth the Seer

I’m assuming you’re talking about Malbeth the Seer, but if I’m wrong let me know! Malbeth the Seer was a man that lived in Arthedain/Arnor during the mid-Third Age. Tolkien tells us very little about him, other than two of his prophecies (both of which came true, by the way.)8 The first was made about…

Men of Angmar

I can’t really speak for LOTRO has portrayed the information in the books (I don’t play and am not really familiar with the game, so I wouldn’t feel qualified to assess it in that way) ((EDIT: We’ve got a better LOTRO-specific answer here!)), but I can talk more generally about the men living in Angmar,…

Dunedain Naming Traditions

(For the purpose of this post, I’m using “Dunedain” to refer to the Dunedain rangers of the north, and am ignoring the men of Gondor. Most of the information would probably be the same, but still. Only talking about ‘ole Arnor in this post.) Probably the strongest naming tradition of the Dunedain would be their…