The threat of Dol Guldur led them to flee for Eriador, but some Stoor Hobbits remained behind for a while, becoming known as the River Folk. The Wood Elves of Mirkwood participated in the War of the Last Alliance, but later on, retreated into the northern parts of the forest to escape the power of Dol Guldur.Īn offshoot of the Northmen, the Halflings or Hobbits emerged in the Gladden Fields beside Greenwood. They were later joined by Sindar who escaped the cataclysm of Beleriand and the dominion of the Ñoldor in Eriador. Easterling invasions destroyed these states, but their descendants became the people of Dale, Esgaroth and the Éothéod, who in turn became the Rohirrim.Įlves, most notably the Silvan Elves settled in the Greenwood when they first passed by it. These included the Woodsmen of Mirkwood, the Beornings, and the men of the Principalities of Rhovanion to the east of Greenwood. The men of Rhovanion were known as the Northmen.
The Dwarves of Durin's Folk at various times mined in Erebor and the Grey Mountains, Early in the Fourth Age Gondor reclaimed large parts of it as part of its East-lands. During the War of the Ring fighting raged across Rhovanion, and after Sauron was defeated Mirkwood was made clean again, and renamed Eryn Lasgalen, or "Wood of Greenleaves". After being driven out of Erebor the Dwarves relocated, some went to the Iron Hills, but most went to the Ered Luin in Eriador.Īt the end of the Third Age, the Kingdoms of Erebor and Dale were restored as a result of the death of Smaug and the Battle of Five Armies, and Sauron was removed from Mirkwood by the White Council. The Men of Éothéod removed south at the invitation of Gondor, and settled the plains of Calenardhon, later Rohan. Some Men still lived along the forest, notably the Beornings, Woodmen and the Men of Esgaroth upon the Long Lake. The Dwarves of Erebor and Men of Dale were destroyed and scattered when the Dragon Smaug took Erebor, and Gondor retreated from its northern outposts. TA 2460 Sauron returned as "the Necromancer", taking residence at Dol Guldur in the south of Greenwood, which became evil and was renamed "Mirkwood". In the mid Third Age, Rhovanion was a quite populated area: in the north lay the Dwarven kingdoms of Erebor and the Dwarf halls in the Grey Mountains, and the Mannish kingdom of Dale, near the sources of the Great River Anduin lay the Mannish realm of Éothéod, and in and around the south and east of Greenwood the Great lived the Woodmen. Many Men of Rhovanion left for Gondor, where they were welcomed as distant relatives, or migrated to the vales of Anduin, where they became the Éothéod. Rhovanion was freed but left extremely weakened. For 43 years Rhovanion was enslaved, but in TA 1899 there was a revolt, coordinated with an attack by Gondor on the Wainriders from the west. This left the Northmen weakened, and in TA 1856 the Wainriders overran and enslaved Rhovanion. In TA 1636 the Great Plague devastated Rhovanion, killing more than half its people. In the far south, near the rapids of Sarn Gebir, watched the northern guard of Gondor, and in the valleys of the Anduin lived Stoors ( Hobbits). In the north of Greenwood lived the Silvan Elves ruled by Thranduil, and in the south of Greenwood and across the river in Lórinand ruled Amroth. Eldacar fled to Rhovanion, and he reclaimed his Kingdom with a Northmen army in TA 1447. Vidugavia's daughter Vidumavi married Valacar, and their son Vinitharya became King Eldacar in TA 1432, which led to the Kin-strife in TA 1437. The strongest of these princes at this time was Vidugavia, and Prince Valacar of Gondor was sent as an ambassador to his court. In TA 1248, Rómendacil II of Gondor destroyed all camps of the Easterlings even beyond the Sea of Rhûn, and a strong alliance with the Northmen princes of Rhovanion was forged.
During the War of the Last Alliance both of these kings, Amdír of Lórinand and Oropher of the Greenwood perished in the Battle of Dagorlad. Rhovanion was host to two Silvan Elf kingdoms ruled by Sindarin lords: Northern Greenwood and Lórinand (later named Lórien). The region is not otherwise mentioned until tales of the Second Age. Much later during the First Age, the Atanatári (Fathers of Men) followed them. In the Years of the Trees the Elves passed through Rhovanion on their Great Journey.
History Years of the Trees, and First Age
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