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LOTR red-link fill, book-canon (Corvus)

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'''Eriador''' was the broad region of north-western [[Middle-earth]] lying between the [[Misty Mountains]] in the east and the Blue Mountains (Ered Luin) in the west, bounded by the rivers Lhûn and Greyflood. It contained the [[Shire]], Bree, Rivendell's approaches, and the ruined heart of the old North-kingdom.

== Geography ==
Eriador was a land of rolling hills, downs, woods, and open country, watered by the rivers Baranduin (the Brandywine), Hoarwell (Mitheithel), Loudwater (Bruinen), and Greyflood (Gwathló). The [[Ford of Bruinen]] guarded the eastern approach toward Rivendell. The Great East Road ran across the region, linking the Shire and Bree to the High Pass over the mountains.

== History ==
In the Second Age, Eriador was the scene of the war between [[Sauron]] and the Elves of Eregion. In the Third Age it formed the kingdom of Arnor, the North-kingdom of the [[Dúnedain]], founded by Elendil. Arnor later split into the realms of Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur, which were worn down and at last destroyed in the long wars against the witch-realm of [[Angmar]].

After the fall of the North-kingdom, much of Eriador became empty wilderness, its old cities thrown down. The land was thereafter watched and guarded by the [[Rangers of the North]], the surviving Dúnedain, who kept the peace of the Shire and Bree even though their labour was unknown to the folk who dwelt there.

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