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Lake Nenuial (from which the Baranduin flowed), and in the North Downs and South Downs to
the east of that area. They governed other Men who had migrated north during the Second Age.

There were three Elven realms which endured in Eriador: the Kingdom of Gil-galad, which
lasted until the end of the Second Age; the realm of Eregion, which lasted from about SA 700 to
1700; and the refuge of Imladris, which was founded after the fall of Eregion in the War of the
Elves and Sauron and lasted until well into the Fourth Age.




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The Kingdom of Arnor was established by the Dunedain at the end of the Second Age, gathering
under one crown all the lands which were not at that time Elvish. Many of these Dunedain were
descended of the B├лorians of Anduni├л, for that was the region where most of the Faithful lived in
Numenor before they were driven from their homeland.

When nearly a third of the Third Age was over, the Kingdom of Arnor was divided into three
realms: Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur. In time Cardolan returned to the Crown of Arthedain
but Rhudaur was conquered by the Witch-king of Angmar, who had established a kingdom in the
far northern mountains.

The restored Kingdom of Arnor struggled to survive with aid from the Elves but before the year
2000 the kingdom was overrun and destroyed. With the fall of Angmar the next year (1975) the
last great power in northern Middle-earth was brought to an end. Afterwards, the region
languished, with only a handful of enclaves surviving until Aragorn II re-established Arnor as
part of the Reunited Kingdom (in the Fourth Age).

Rhovanion (Wilderland)
Rhovanion was the ancient name of the lands which lay east of the Hithaeglir and west of the
Carnen (Red River) and the inland Sea of Rhun. Later the name was taken by a kingdom of the
Northmen which lasted from circa. Third Age 1200 - 1850.

The two great rivers of Rhovanion were the Celduin, which flowed south from Erebor (the
Lonely Mountain) and was joined by Carnen and the Anduin (Great River), which flowed south
from the Grey Mountains. Anduin lay between the Hithaeglir and the mighty forest known as
Greenwood the Great, Mirkwood, and finally Eryn Lasgalen (Wood of Green Leaves).

Although the Eldar passed through the region during the Great Journey, some of the Teleri
turned south and followed Anduin to other lands. Later, a portion of these Teleri (the Nandor)
migrated north along the river, settling in two groups. They were joined by some Avari and Eldar
over the ages and became the Silvan Elves.

The Kingdom of Lorien was the most ancient Elvish kingdom to survive in Middle-earth after
the fall of Gil-galad at the end of the Second Age. It lay in a small forest near the Hithaeglir. The
Silvan Elves of Greenwood the Great had gradually moved northward during the Second and
Third Ages until they finally established the Kingdom of Northern Mirkwood, which in time
became the last of the great Elven Realms (and yet did not rival the ancient Eldarin civilizations).