The brave people of Ithilien - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 04-26-2020, 07:43 AM

As Benjamin Franklin said, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet."

Going back to the source (Appendix A & B) we have

2000 Nazgul besiege M Ithil
2002 City falls
2050 Earnur rides there and is lost

No mention of Ithilien's population so far

2475 Uruks take Osgiliath. Boromir I drives them back and re-takes Ithilien, but Osgiliath is ruined and deserted

2885 Haradrim invade Ithilien, but get their butts kicked
2901 (i.e. during Turin II's stewardship) Uruks drive out most of Ithilien's population. The tough, the stubborn and the stupid remain. Henneth Annun built
2942 Sauron returns to Mordor
2951 Sauron declares himself openly
2954 Mt Doom erupts. Last inhabitants flee Ithilien

So, basically for nine centuries, with one rocky bit around the halfway point, Ithilien and its people were pretty much fine. Just stay away from the spooky old city that radiates EVIL! like a frickin' neon warning sign.

04-26-2020, 07:43 AM	#4
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	As Benjamin Franklin said, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet." Going back to the source (Appendix A & B) we have 2000 Nazgul besiege M Ithil 2002 City falls 2050 Earnur rides there and is lost No mention of Ithilien's population so far 2475 Uruks take Osgiliath. Boromir I drives them back and re-takes Ithilien, but Osgiliath is ruined and deserted 2885 Haradrim invade Ithilien, but get their butts kicked 2901 (i.e. during Turin II's stewardship) Uruks drive out most of Ithilien's population. The tough, the stubborn and the stupid remain. Henneth Annun built 2942 Sauron returns to Mordor 2951 Sauron declares himself openly 2954 Mt Doom erupts. Last inhabitants flee Ithilien So, basically for nine centuries, with one rocky bit around the halfway point, Ithilien and its people were pretty much fine. Just stay away from the spooky old city that radiates EVIL! like a frickin' neon warning sign. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it. Last edited by William Cloud Hicklin; 04-26-2020 at 11:04 AM.