"J.R.R. Tolkien - The History of Middle-Earth - 00" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tolkien J.R.R)

The dominant feature of Rhun was the chain of mountains called the Orocarni (Red Mountains).
These mountains stretched along the eastern coasts of Middle-earth from the north to the middle
regions.




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After the War of Wrath even Rhun was affected by the changes inflicted upon Middle-earth and
Helcar was drained so that only the Sea of Rhun survived its destruction. Cuivi├лnen itself was
apparently destroyed, and it may be that the Orocarni suffered some damage similar to that
which the Ered Luin experienced (they were broken by the Lhun).

Men awoke in Hildorien, a land which lay southeast of Cuivi├лnen and beyond the southern peaks
of the Orocarni. There is mention of a small range of mountains on one map called the
Mountains of the Wind which may have been the western border of Hildorien. Like Cuivi├лnen,
Hildorien was eventually destroyed, but Men had started leaving it long before the end of the
First Age.

The only other land in Rhun which was named by Tolkien was Khand, which lay just to the east
of Mordor. The Variags of Khand were similar in culture to the Wainriders who had dwelt in the
lands to the north and had traditionally passed between the Ered Lithui and Sea of Rhun in their
invasions.

Other Easterlings dwelt farther north. These engaged in wars with the Northmen (and,
presumably, the Dwarves) living between the Carnen Celduin rivers. Although Rhun was said to
contain great plains from whence the Wainriders and other peoples emerged, the northern lands
may have been well-forested.

Hyarmenor (The Dark Lands)
Tolkien wrote virtually nothing about this continent. It lay to the east of Endor (Middle-earth)
and mostly in the southern regions of Arda. Its northern tip created a narrows in the East Sea
with the promontory of Hildorien. Although the continent was explored by the Numenoreans,
Tolkien does not say whether they found Men, Elves, Dwarves, or other creatures dwelling there,
but they do not appear to have established any havens or kingdoms in the eastern lands.

Romenor (The Eastern Lands)
All that we know of this land-mass is that a mountain range known as the Walls of the Sun was
raised up there, and the highest peak was called Kalorm├л. Like Hyarmenor, Romenor was
explored but apparently never settled by the Numenoreans, and probably was not settled by any
Men. When Arda was changed Romenor may have been destroyed or removed from the circles
of the world.




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