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Meoshi · 03-07-2003, 04:25 PM

The Akallabeth mentions many other lands in its desriptions of the travels of the men of Numenor. Unfortunately, there's not enough information to make a map with, although it specifically mentions two areas: The 'dark lands' to the South, and the Gates of Morning to the east.

Shaping of Middle Earth doesn't go into depth on the Dark Lands, but it does when it comes to the Gates of Morning. Apparently, in the East, ME gives way to a sea, beyond which is the Sunlands, a continent 'diametrically opposite' to Valinor, with a wall of mountains lower than Valinor's but still great. One mountain, Kalorme, was made into a 'fortress of the Sun' by the Valar(home of the Maia that drives the Sun?) The Sun would come through the Gates of Morning from the Void every morning, and land in Valinor in the West in the evening. The lands beyond the mountain barrier would probably be a desert, scorched by the Sun's frequent arrivals(I'm guessing on that particular point) and its shore is described as a 'silent beach', so it was probably uninhabited.

But besides that, I don't know much about what was beyond ME. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ March 08, 2003: Message edited by: Meoshi ]

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03-07-2003, 04:25 PM	#1
Meoshi Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atop the peak of Kalormë Posts: 163	The Akallabeth mentions many other lands in its desriptions of the travels of the men of Numenor. Unfortunately, there's not enough information to make a map with, although it specifically mentions two areas: The 'dark lands' to the South, and the Gates of Morning to the east. Shaping of Middle Earth doesn't go into depth on the Dark Lands, but it does when it comes to the Gates of Morning. Apparently, in the East, ME gives way to a sea, beyond which is the Sunlands, a continent 'diametrically opposite' to Valinor, with a wall of mountains lower than Valinor's but still great. One mountain, Kalorme, was made into a 'fortress of the Sun' by the Valar(home of the Maia that drives the Sun?) The Sun would come through the Gates of Morning from the Void every morning, and land in Valinor in the West in the evening. The lands beyond the mountain barrier would probably be a desert, scorched by the Sun's frequent arrivals(I'm guessing on that particular point) and its shore is described as a 'silent beach', so it was probably uninhabited. But besides that, I don't know much about what was beyond ME. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [ March 08, 2003: Message edited by: Meoshi ]