Lord of the Ring landscapes - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tuor of Gondolin · 07-29-2004, 04:44 PM

Especially interesting/poignant are descriptive areas that have, or will again, change.
1---I see Ard-Galen as a region similar generally to Rohan. And then it is changed into its virtual opposite Anfauglith, an area of pits, industrial refuse, etc.
"Then suddenly Morgoth sent forth great rivers of flame that ran down swifter than Balrogs from Thangorodrim, and poured over all the plain; and the Mountains of Iron belched forth fires of many poisonous hues, and the fume of them stank upon the air, and was deadly. Thus Ard-Galen perished, and fire devoured its grasses; and it became a burned and desolate waste, full of a choking dust, barren and lifeless."

2---Ithilien. Once a fair land, still partially allright during the War of the Ring and then restored by Faramir, Eowyn, and Legolas.

07-29-2004, 04:44 PM	#34
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	Especially interesting/poignant are descriptive areas that have, or will again, change. 1---I see Ard-Galen as a region similar generally to Rohan. And then it is changed into its virtual opposite Anfauglith, an area of pits, industrial refuse, etc. "Then suddenly Morgoth sent forth great rivers of flame that ran down swifter than Balrogs from Thangorodrim, and poured over all the plain; and the Mountains of Iron belched forth fires of many poisonous hues, and the fume of them stank upon the air, and was deadly. Thus Ard-Galen perished, and fire devoured its grasses; and it became a burned and desolate waste, full of a choking dust, barren and lifeless." 2---Ithilien. Once a fair land, still partially allright during the War of the Ring and then restored by Faramir, Eowyn, and Legolas.