Sinking Beleriand - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

drigel · 01-08-2003, 09:18 AM

This is a great thread! I always thought that Beleriand after the war was initially ruined by the violence, but not instantly submerged. Otherwise how could so many creatures (elves dwarves men et al)survived to migrate? I imagined an inhabitant of Beleriand deciding to leave because of the resulting aftermath of the war, and that decision would be supported by the fact that they would be observing the coastline creeping toward them on a daily basis. At that rate it wouldnt take too many years for the entire region to either be either partially or completely submerged. Maybe a Valar induced global warming? Anyhoo - I thought that the sinking of Numenor was just icing on the cake that effectively wiped out any remnants...

Heres a question - Other than swords, were there any artifacts from Belerian itself that were saved?

01-08-2003, 09:18 AM	#1
drigel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: commonplace city Posts: 518	This is a great thread! I always thought that Beleriand after the war was initially ruined by the violence, but not instantly submerged. Otherwise how could so many creatures (elves dwarves men et al)survived to migrate? I imagined an inhabitant of Beleriand deciding to leave because of the resulting aftermath of the war, and that decision would be supported by the fact that they would be observing the coastline creeping toward them on a daily basis. At that rate it wouldnt take too many years for the entire region to either be either partially or completely submerged. Maybe a Valar induced global warming? Anyhoo - I thought that the sinking of Numenor was just icing on the cake that effectively wiped out any remnants... Heres a question - Other than swords, were there any artifacts from Belerian itself that were saved?