- Cities and buildings
- Fields, plains and deserts
- Forests
- Hills and mountains
- Islands and promontories
- Lands, realms and regions
- Rivers and lakes
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Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
The lands northward of Beleriand, most notably Dor-lómin, but also incorporating (from west to east) Nevrast, Mithrim and greater Hithlum, and Dorthonion; northward beyond these lands lay the plain of Ard-galen (later Anfauglith) and then Dor Daedeloth surrounding Morgoth's stronghold of Angband
Race
These lands were formally under the power of the Elves, but both Dor-lómin and Dorthonion were held in later times as fiefs by Men
Division
Cultures
Family
Important peaks
Most of the lands of the North were separated from Beleriand by mountain ranges, notably Ered Wethrin, the Mountains of Shadow, and Ered Gorgoroth, the Mountains of Terror
Passes
The Pass of Sirion divided the two great highland regions of the North
Notes
The peoples of Beleriand used 'the North' in two different ways, and this entry refers to its use for northern lands held by allies, especially Dor-lómin; sometimes, however, 'the North' could be be used of the more distant northern region held by Morgoth and his servants, and for that latter usage see the alternative entry for The North.
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The lands northward of Beleriand1
When the people of Beleriand spoke of 'the North', they were most often referring to the terrors of Morgoth's kingdom among the Iron Mountains. At times, though, the name was used to describe the allied lands that lay between Beleriand and Angband. In particular, the name was used for Dor-lómin, the grey land beyond the Mountains of Shadow that was held by the Men of the House of Hador. Notes
See also...Edain of the North, Grey-elves of Mithrim, Hareth, Havens of the Shipwrights, King of the North, Men of Hador’s House Indexes: About this entry:
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