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The '''Brown Lands''' was a region across the [[Anduin]] from [[Fangorn Forest]]. For a long time the [[Entwives]] worked in their gardens there. Later [[Sauron]] blasted the entire area, which was when it became known as the Brown Lands. [[Treebeard]] appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost". Their ultimate fate remains a mystery.
[[File:Ben Zweifel - Brown Lands.png|thumb|''The Brown Lands'' in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game]]'']]
The '''Brown Lands''' ([[Sindarin|S.]] '''''Berennyr'''''<ref name=rc/><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/readers_by_date.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion'' (2005, 2008, 2014) Arranged by Date|dated=|website=HS|accessed=03-08-2015}}</ref>) was a region east of the [[Anduin]] between [[Mirkwood]] to the north and the [[Emyn Muil]] to the south.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> 
 
The area was the home of the [[Entwives]] who made their gardens there; but during the [[War of the Last Alliance]] at the end of the [[Second Age]], they were driven away when [[Sauron]] ruined the land against the advance of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Allies]] down the [[Anduin]].<ref>{{L|144}}</ref> Thenceforth the area became a desolate desert. The [[Ents]] vainly had crossed the Anduin in search of the [[Entwives]]. [[Treebeard]] appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost".<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref>
 
Even by the end of the [[Third Age]], when the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] drifted by in boats upon the Great River, they saw only long, formless slopes with a withered look, without trees or even grass.  What had caused such desolation not even [[Aragorn]] could tell.<ref>{{FR|II9}}</ref>
 
==Etymology==
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] describes in his unfinished index (for ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'') the ''Brown Lands'' as a 'translation' of '''''Berennyr''''' (a pluralized compound of [[Sindarin]] ''[[baran (Sindarin)|baran]]'' 'brown, yellow-brown' and ''[[dôr]]'' 'land') "a devastated region, east of [[Anduin]], between [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] and the [[Emyn Muil]]".<ref name=rc>{{HM|RC}}, p. 343 (quoting from the manuscript "[[Index questions]]")</ref>
 
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The Brown Lands (S. Berennyr[1][2]) was a region east of the Anduin between Mirkwood to the north and the Emyn Muil to the south.[3]

The area was the home of the Entwives who made their gardens there; but during the War of the Last Alliance at the end of the Second Age, they were driven away when Sauron ruined the land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin.[4] Thenceforth the area became a desolate desert. The Ents vainly had crossed the Anduin in search of the Entwives. Treebeard appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost".[5]

Even by the end of the Third Age, when the Fellowship of the Ring drifted by in boats upon the Great River, they saw only long, formless slopes with a withered look, without trees or even grass. What had caused such desolation not even Aragorn could tell.[6]

Etymology

J.R.R. Tolkien describes in his unfinished index (for The Lord of the Rings) the Brown Lands as a 'translation' of Berennyr (a pluralized compound of Sindarin baran 'brown, yellow-brown' and dôr 'land') "a devastated region, east of Anduin, between Lórien and the Emyn Muil".[1]

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