Well it doesn't seem so unusual that capitals are on the very edge of the land they are part of, consider Belfalas, Dol Amroth is on the coast & Lebennin, seemingly Pelargir is the capital (I don't think this has been confirmed), Ithilien's capital is Minas Ithil, and Isengard, was possibly the capital of Calenardhon, or even Enedwaith, and it is right on the edge, so it wouldn't be that unusual of Tharbad to be the capital of Cardolan, though the difference between it and the examples I listed is obviously that Cardolan is it's own Realm rather than a province, but presumably Cardolan used to be a province, or areas of a province so it being the capital may be just a continuation of it being the capital of whatever came before. Any thoughts?
|