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Page 2 The Hall of Fire The Unofficial Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game Webzine Issue 30 May 2006
ADVENTURING IN
MITHLOND by Mathew “GandalfOfBorg” Kearns
HISTORY
The history of Lindon and the Grey Havens began before the
great upheaval at the end of the First Age. The shipwrights long
plied their trade in Beleriand in one of the safest havens of free
folk during this time. A Sindarin people occupying the land of
the Falas in western Beleriand, on the shores of Belegaer. Círdan
the Shipwright was their lord, and their great cities were the
Havens of Brithombar and Eglarest.
The Elves of the Havens enjoyed
peaceful relations with all the Elves of
Beleriand, and were particularly closely
allied with the people of Nargothrond.
As one of the most remote peoples
from Morgoth’s forces in Angband, the
other Elvish lords would often send
their children to the Elves of the
Havens for safekeeping. The elves and
men ruled the oceans and Morgoth
dared not challenge their power there,
nor that of Ulmo, unless his armies
were mighty indeed.
Unfortunately that was the case, as
after the Nirnaeth (the “Battle of
Unnumbered Tears”), Arnoediad,
Brithombar and Eglarest were besieged
and taken by Morgoth’s armies. Most
of the Elves were slain or imprisoned,
but some few, including Círdan and
the young Ereinion Gil-galad, who was
at that time lodging with the people of
the Havens, sailed south to safety on
the Isle of Balar. At the beginning of
the Second Age, Círdan sailed east to
found the Grey Havens on the Gulf of
Lhûn, and the remnant of the Elves of
the Havens must surely have
accompanied him.
It was here they discovered the green
land to the west of the Blue
Mountains; the only region of
Beleriand to survive the destruction
during the War of Wrath. Gil-galad,
last High King of the Noldor, dwelt
there during the Second Age.
Mithlond is where the harbours of Círdan lie -- at the eastern
end of the Gulf of Lhûn, from which the Elves of the north of
Middle-earth passed into the West during the later Ages. While
there was still a recognized king of the Elves, it was part of the
realm of Lindon, ruled by Gil-galad, and then went into Cirdan’s
stewardship after Gil-galad’s death battling Sauron at the side of
Elendil.