The Northern Waste

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Achrond

Achrond (S. “Ivory Hall”) was an abandoned Númenórean whaling colony on the island of Pitkämiehen Saari. It was established during the reign of Tar-Ciryatan, and was delved into a hill.

Emyn Nimbrith

The Emyn Nimbrith (Q. “White Rubble Hills”) were the shattered remains of the Iron Mountains, which divided Forodwaith from Eriador. Beneath them lay the bones of the giant dragon Thaurung who perished during the War of Wrath. Thaurung's right eye socket formed a round cave entrance leading into the Sinikäden Kuoleman Reikä (“Hole of the Blue-handed Death”), because the cave was infested with shrews who carried a deadly disease.

Everdalf

Everdalf (S. “Herd Tundra”, La. Hyvämetsästyksen Maa), was a broad, open plain in the Northern Waste, known for its vast summer migrations of elk, reindeer, and other grazing animals. This abundance attracted many predators, including wolves and wargs, though the latter stalk the tundra year-round.

Seasonally extreme, Everdalf turned dry and fire-prone in autumn and bleak and desolate in winter. It was frequented by Lossoth hunters, and was often called “Caru,” a Rhudaunan word for Elk.

Its southern boundary was marked by the river Everhir.

Järmivaa

Järmivaa (La. “Lakeland”) was a green and fertile region that lay to the southeast of the Bleak Mountains, between Lindalf and Everdalf.

Karhu Järvi

Karhu Järvi (La. “Bear Lake”) was the Forodwaith's largest body of fresh water, named after the snow bears who mate there in summer. These bears sometimes join the Berninga of Ligr Wodaize Berne in their feasts.

Lhúchir

The Lhúchir (S. "Dragon River;" La. Hopeavesi) was the longest river of Forodwaith, which started at Mount Gundabad and ended at the Sheltered Bay. It got its name because it ran through the Dîn Lhûg, a dragon-infested gap between the Grey and Misty Mountains.

Lindalf

Lindalf (S. “Fen Tundra”) lay north of Järmivaa, and to the east of the Bleak Mountains. Near those mountains, the tundra held the lairs of marsh-drakes.

Lódalf

Lódalf (S. “Wash Tundra”) lay between the Blue Mountains and the Emyn Nimbrith, south of the Icy Bay.

In the west of the tundra the three streams of the Kolme Siskoa (La. "Three Sisters") ran, and in the centre the Lääkevesi (La. "Medicine Water"). The Huutava Joki (La. "Shouting River"), its more rapid-ridden brother the Kivivesi (La. "Stonewater"), and the Luiden Joki (La. "River of Bones") were the tundra's eastern streams.

Narthalf

Lódalf (S. “Fire Tundra”) lay to the west of Torogmar and the Bleak Mountains, and to the southeast of the Ered Rhívamar. It was named after Morgoth's Well, which lay within the tundra.

Rast Losnaeth

Rast Losnaeth (S. “Cape of Biting Snow”) was a peninsula to the south of the Bleak Mountains, which wrapped around the Sheltered Bay to the east, and bordered the Berg Cradle Bay to the west.

Talath Muil

Talath Muil (S. “Drear Plain”) separated the Wash Tundra from the Vale of the Lhûn. It was a rocky region, in which bandits, Orcs and Trolls often hid.

Talath Uichel

Talath Muil (S. “Plain of Everlasting Cold”) lay between Everdalf and Angmar. During the reign of the Witch-king, its lossoth inhabitants lived under fearful allegiance to Angmar and the Witch-kings sorcerous powers.

Bays

Bay of Cracking Ice

The Bay of Cracking Ice (S. Hûb Helcharaes, La. Jäänaisen Koti) was an inlet along Everdalf, south of the Sheltered Bay. Because this bay never froze completely over, the ice that did form constantly cracked, exacerbated by the water from the Everhir river.

Homela (La. “Place of Lichen”) was a large Lumimies village on the southern shore of this bay.

Bay of Desolation

The Bay of Desolation (S. Hûb Lostas) was a bay north of Torogmar and the Bleak Mountains.

Bay of Forochel

The Bay of Forochel (S. Hûb Forochel) was formed after the War of Wrath, when the destruction of Morgoth’s realm allowed the waters of Belegaer to flood the region. Sheltered by the Cape of Forochel, it stretched from Lindon in the south to the far northern isles, and its rugged coastline contained many lesser bays.

Berg Cradle

The Berg Cradle (S. “Caew-i-Cheldolath”) was the largest bay of the Cape of Forochel. Its many icebergs were delved by the local Men known as the Merimetsästäjät. Its central arm is the Longwater, known as Pitkävesi by locals. The Elven sanctuary of Evermist is located at the northern end of the river, in a heavily forested area. The bay's easternmost arm is called the Hûb Rochdol (“Horsehead Bay”) by Elves and the Venemiehen Satama (Boatman's Harbour) by local Men.

Icy Bay

The Icy Bay (S. Hûb Helchui) was often confused with the larger Bay of Forochel by the Dunédain, though it was in fact just a small inlet of it north of Lódalf.

After the Fall of Angmar, the ice-drake Gondring who had lived in Angmar made her home in the Icy Bay instead.

Lonely Bay

The Lonely Bay (S. Hûb Ereb) was the bay to the north of Gondalf and the Ered Rhívamar, which opened into Ekkaia.

Sheltered Bay

The Sheltered Bay (S. Hûb Beriannen, La. Turvallinen Satama) was the eastern-most bay of the Northern Waste, situated between Rast Losnaeth and Everdalf. Because the Bleak Mountains shielded it from winter gales, it froze earlier and thicker than the other bays.

Spouting Bay

The Spouting Bay (S. Hûb Falthol, La. Merihenkien Satama), also known as the Bay of Whales, was the westernmost bay of Forochel. It was named after the whales who gathered there..

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