East Road (Beleriand)
'The East Road was an East-West road which spanned from Mount Taras to the Bridge of Esgalduin, thus crossing the Ford of Brithiach, Dimbar, Nan Dungortheb, and Dor Dínen. While it's specific course north of Doriath was unclear, it lay outside the Girdle of Melian.
History
The road was built in peaceful days, before the return of Morgoth to Middle-earth in Years of the Trees 1495. After his return, it became a dangerous route, used only by few hardy Elf or Dwarf travellers.
The road at one time extended all the way westward to Mount Taras on the coast.
When Aredhel escaped Gondolin, she sought to enter East Beleriand to visit the Sons of Fëanor. Her party was denied passage through Doriath by the march-wardens, but they advised her that the speediest way to use the East Road. As they crossed through Nan Dangortheb however, they became enmeshed in shadows and separated. Aredhel managed to find the East Road again and eventually came to Himlad, while her companions were set upon by spiders and barely managed to escape back west and returned to Gondolin.
Other versions of the legendarium
Due to ambiguities, Christopher Tolkien omitted mention of the East Road in The Silmarillion. In The War of the Jewels, he addressed this:
Referencias
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