Beleriand
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| Dates: | Destroyed at the end of the First Age, c.I 583 | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Subcontinent in the northwest of Middle-earth | ||||||||||||||
| Meaning: | 'Country of the Power', where the 'Power' refers to a sea-spirit who taught the Sindar and persuaded many of them to stay in this region | ||||||||||||||
| Pronunciation: | bele'riand | ||||||||||||||
The lands west of the Blue Mountains
Bounded to the north and east by mountain chains, and to the south and west by the Great Sea, Beleriand and the lands to the north were the setting for the wars of the First Age. Originally, the name 'Beleriand' applied only to the shoreland regions, but as time passed the name came to be given to the entire land. In the final battle that saw the ultimate defeat of Morgoth, Beleriand was broken and destroyed - only parts of Ossiriand in the east remained, to be renamed Lindon in later ages.
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