6/30/2023 0 Comments Middle earth map puzzle![]() Take out the orcs in your path (with stealth, if you can) and then climb to the memory.Īlign the memory fragments to add it to your collection. A few orcs patrol above and below the memory. Climb the middle beams to access one of the structure’s many bridges and run toward the back wall. This memory is in the southeast, high up on wooden platforms overlooking a mining area. It is time for me to come into the light.” ![]() I explore the Web of Fate, a silent witness to his growing power, his everlasting dominion. Now I live in darkness at the edges of his empire. He praised my hunger, though he called it passion. Etymology Įred Nimrais is a Sindarin name: Ered ('mountains') and Nimrais ('white peaks').The memory reads: “He called me his pet, and I indulged him. After the War of the Ring, Dwarves settled in the Glittering Caves. After they did so, Aragorn released the Dead, for they had fulfilled their oath. Between TA 2800 and TA 2864 these Orcs plagued the parts of Gondor and Rohan near the mountains, killing King Walda, but they were finally hunted down and destroyed by his son Folca.Īragorn, Legolas, and Gimli followed the Paths of the Dead in the year 3019 of the Third Age and convinced the Army of the Dead to fight for Gondor in the War of the Ring. Some of these men swore allegiance to Isildur, but betrayed him when he required their help, and were cursed into the Army of the Dead.įollowing the War of the Dwarves and Orcs some surviving Orcs fled south and attempted to settle in the White Mountains. Sometime thereafter, evil men related to the Dunlendings drove the Drúedain out. The only remnant of their presence in these mountains were their statues, called the Púkel-men. The natives to the White Mountains were Drúedain, who settled the region in the Second Age. Several rivers raised in the White Mountains, among them the Adorn (a tributary of Isen), and the Snowbourn and Mering Stream (tributaries of the Entwash) and, on the south side, the Erui (a tributary of Anduin), the Ringló and its tributary Ciril, which together with the Morthond all entered the Bay of Belfalas at Edhellond near Dol Amroth, the Lefnui of the Anfalas, and the Five Rivers of Lebennin. The Warning beacons of Gondor were placed on foothills along the range: Amon Dîn, Eilenach, Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad, and Halifirien. Between these two lay the Dwimorberg, entrance to the Paths of the Dead.Īt the eastern end, the city of Minas Tirith was carved into the Hill of Guard beneath Mindolluin. Its notable peaks included Irensaga "Iron Saw" and Starkhorn. ![]() They were, however, not as high as the Misty Mountains. The White Mountains formed the northern boundary of Gondor and the southern boundary of Rohan except in their easternmost part, where Gondor's province of Anórien lay to the north of the mountains.īecause of their always bearing snow at their highest peaks, the White Mountains must have been at least 4800 meters (16'000 feet) above sea level, with occasional peaks probably in excess of 5500 meters. The Paths of the Dead lay beneath it, but only the most courageous or foolhardy ever ventured that route. ![]() Even at the southern latitude of Gondor and Rohan, the White Mountains bore snow even in summer, suggesting they were extremely high. The range lay mostly east-west, but also had a northern section, which was separated from the main line of the Misty Mountains by the Gap of Rohan. The mountains were named after the glaciers of their highest peaks. ![]()
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