Post by Hatholdir on Sept 24, 2021 6:07:12 GMT
Author's Note: This RP's text was taken from a Free RP of mine from the Imladris Forum on the Plaza but what happens in this one is unrelated to events occurring on the Plaza nor does it have ties with the RPing sections of this one. This thread is reserved for myself, Sur, and Feapoldië if they want to write here, too, and Melkor if he'd like. No one's characters but ours will be mentioned in this thread.
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"In the east, in Ossiriand, the walls of Ered Luin were broken, and a great gap was
made in them towards the south, and a gulf of the sea flowed in. Into that gulf the River Lhun
fell by a new course, and it was called therefore the Gulf of Lhûn. That country had of old been
named Lindon by the Noldor, and this name it bore thereafter; and many of the Eldar
still dwelt there, lingering, unwilling yet to forsake Beleriand where they had fought and laboured long.
"Upon the shores of the Gulf of Lhûn the Elves built their havens, and named them Mithlond;
and there they held many ships, for the harbourage was good. From th Grey Havens the Eldar
ever and anon set sail, fleeing from the darkness of the days of Earth; for by the mercy of the Valar
the Firstborn could still follow the Straight Road and return, if they would,
to their kindred in Eressëa and Valinor beyond the encircling seas."
- Tolkien, from The Silmarillion: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
"Beyond the Lune was Elvish country, green and quiet, where no Men went; but Dwarves dwelt,
and still dwell, in the east side of the Blue Mountains, especially in those parts south of the Gulf
of Lune, where they have mines that are still in use. For this reason they were accustomed to pass
east along the Great Road, as they had done for long years before we came to the Shire. At the Grey Havens
dwelt Círdan the Shipwright, and some say he dwells there still, until the Last Ship sets sail into the West.
In the days of the Kings most of the High Elves that still lingered in Middle-earth dwelt with Cirdan or in the
Seaward lands of Lindon." - Tolkien, from Appendix A (III): Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur
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"So Thráin and Thorin with what remained of their following returned to Dunland,
and soon afterwards they removed and wandered in Eriador, until at last they
made a home in exile in the east of the Ered Luin beyond the Lune.
Of iron were most of the things that they forged in those days,
but they prospered after a fashion, and their numbers slowly increased."
- Narrator, from The Lord of the Rings: Appendix A - Durin's Folk
"There were however Dwarves on the road in unusual numbers. The ancient East-West Road ran
through the Shire to its end at the Grey Havens, and Dwarves had always used it on their way
to their mines in the Blue Mountains. But now Frodo often met strange Dwarves of
far countries, seeking refuge in the West. They were troubled, and some spoke
in whispers of the Enemy and of the Land of Mordor."
- Narrator, from The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring - the Shadow of the Past