Lands of Arda: The World of Lord of the Rings

[Music] after the destruction of al-madinah in the early years of the world the Valar fled to the land of amon and settled Valinor raising the pillory mountains to wall off their territory the north-east ottoman and southeast avatar were left outside and so the South became a refuge for the ungoliant and Melkor when they hid from the Valar and the North became a passage through which they could reach Hellcat oxen and escape to middle-earth yet we're both ottoman and avatar were barren wastelands Valinor was a land of beauty and wonder there were the pastures of Yavana the woods of ottoman the halls of nienna the halls of mandals the isle of st the gardens of Lorien the mansions of owlet and the mansions of manwë and vada upon tani quitted the tallest mountain in the world for a time the two trees of Valinor tell peri on and louder Lin stood shining with gold and silver light and surrounding them were the wells of ba-da-da which collected the dew and rains falling from the trees there is also the city of valemar where many of the Valar and Maia resided as well as the house of tulle castes and the halls of Automan the city of tedium upon the hill tuna is where the null or King resided over his kind the city of alcohol owned a home of the farm Adi also called tell Eddie who would make their home on the coast to pursue their love of the sea for menos the great northern fortress was located in the mountains outside Valinor built as a refuge for Feyenoord during his exile for many years Toledo saya stood in the middle of the sea bellick yet until uma moved the island and used it to ferry the elves of middle-earth to the undying lands afterwards the Maya sa fixed the island off the coast of Oman in the Bay of El de Mar where it became home to many of the Tulare Elves protecting the lands of aman from the adventurers of the east the enchanted Isles were raised around tole NSA and for many years they prevented voyages west until a 10 deal and L with the aid of a seal Mario found a passage to Amman and with the permission of the valar entered the undying lands in the north the ice mountains of Hell car ACCI served as a land bridge between middle-earth and Amman it was used by malkor after the destruction of the two trees to escape the valar into the lands of the east later the Nold or elf under phim gold Finn used the past to reach middle-earth after being abandoned by fan or and his followers but the frozen wasteland of Hell Kotak say was harsh and most of those following fingolfin did not survive the journey at the end of the first stage when Belle Etienne was destroyed Hellcat oxy was lost separating the two continents forever the war of Wrath which saw the destruction of melody and saw a great displacement of the tribes of men who had fought for the Valar against Morgoth for many years and so they were rewarded with a new homeland the island of númenor was raised in the middle of the sea of billig yet it became home to the house of bay or the house of haloth and the house of murdock which combined to become the NIE or the men of western as' and whose descendants would be known as the Doudna die these men gifted with long life ruled for many years in peace and grew rich and prosperous but after the whispers of saw Don convinced ar-pharazôn to abandon the light the king of númenor rallied his armies and sailed west to destroy the Valar and gain immortality instead they were destroyed in the attempt and Aluva Todd the Lord of all creation sank Numenor into the sea in reprisal breaking the world and lifting the lands of the West above the rest of the world the rest of out of that curved into a sphere with east and west connected by the sea the undying lands were now unreachable by any safe for the elves who were taught a unique path that would lead them into the heavens they called it the straight road though the lands of middle-earth were often under siege by the forces of the Dark Lord's many great and powerful civilizations rose and flourished on the continent in the land once known as bellerian the elves established great cities and realms such as Doria the kingdom of the Cinderella's led by King Fingal his wife million the my are another branch of the Tulare in the like Wendy or green elves settled in the lands of OCD and later known as Linden the null door elves would establish the legendary realms of he flung Gondolin and not go through the human House of Bay or settled the thief of lad rose the house of haloth settled in the forest of breathy while the house of maroc made their home endure Roman three dwarven clans also settled in Belletti and with the broad beams founding the great city of Bela ghost in the Blue Mountains and the fire beard clan constructing the city of Novgorod nearby the dwarves of students folk settled in the Misty Mountains founding Casa do malkor later known as Morgoth would use Angband in the north and autumnal in the east as staging grounds for war later Mordor would also be used primarily by so Don in later ages after the war of Wrath valerian was destroyed and many of the great realms of elves and men were lost the human survivors of númenor would settle in the lands of Gondor and are nor an idiot or which would later fracture into three kingdoms in oscidyne rudl and cardolan the lady of light Galadriel and her husband kalabaw ruled the nude or realm of Adeje on until it's fall at the hands of Sauron when the survivors fled to lothlórien Rivendell and Lynda in the remains of a city and Linden was founded by give Gilad as a home to the null door and seen that in elves Lothlorien was founded by the nanda lean elves and later taken over by Galadriel and Kella born after the fall of Aragon and the land was populated by Nold or sin that in and Silvan elves Rivendell was founded by Elrond as a refuge for the survivors of Aragon and would become one of the great opponents to soured on in the Wars of the West the Greenwood later known as Mirkwood would also become a home for the Sylvan elves under King Otto fir who founded the woodland realm the Grey Havens were a port city built by the elves to serve as a hub for ships traveling west to Oman the descendants of the ahta naughty men who did not cross the blue Mountains into mullerian would become the Northmen that would inhabit the lands of Dale and Rohan the lands of Rohan were once populated by done landings until they were pushed west into the lands of Bree and done hland by the AO Theo who would later become the ro heating or a lingas the dwarves of Durin's folk continued to live in the Misty Mountains until an attack from a Balrog forced them to flee though they would later recover their homeland students folk would also settle the gray mountains blue mountains a de Bourgh and iron hills though they would suffer many hardships at the hands of Dragon and orc attacks being forced to abandon many of their holdings the hobbits of middle-earth migrated from the valley of the Anduin River to the lands of the Shire in the West further to the east were the lands of room and the realm of the easterling's who would come to serve both Dark Lords in their Wars it is also where the blue wizards presumably travelled in their mysterious mission in service to the Valar and against the rise of Sauron also following soured on where the very acts from the lands of Khan southeast of Mordor further to the south in the lens of Harada and Farhad where the hada three great warriors who fought on early funds and would serve salad on in the Third Age as enemies of Gondor it was also home of the troll men a ferocious race that would also serve the Dark Lord separated from middle-earth during the marring of the world by Morgoth in the early wars against the Valar the dark lands of the far south were largely uninhabited though they may have once been populated by wild men and númenórean colonies during their Golden Age finally there are the uninhabited lands of the Far East known as the land of the Sun this continent is home to a great mountain range called the wall of the Sun and while no known settlement existed númenóreans may have visited the continents during their Age of Exploration [Music]

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Length: 8min 52sec (532 seconds)

Published: Sun May 24 2015