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The '''Northern Waste''' was a cold and icy region in the far north end of [[Middle-earth]], located above [[Gundabad|Mount Gundabad]] and the [[Grey Mountains|Ered Mithrin]]. It was a vast region of mostly snow and ice. The two main areas of the Northern Waste were the [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]] and [[Forochel]].  
The '''Northern Waste''' or '''Forodwaith''' ([[Sindarin|S.]], "Nothern lands, people") was a cold and icy region in the far north end of [[Middle-earth]],<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> located above [[Gundabad|Mount Gundabad]] and the [[Grey Mountains|Ered Mithrin]]. It was a vast region of mostly snow and ice. The main known area was [[Forochel]].  


==History==
==History==
The [[Cold-drakes]] of the North, who drove the [[Dwarves]] out of the Grey Mountains, came from the Northern Waste. The Drakes killed [[Dain I]] and his son [[Frór]] outside [[Dáin's halls|their Halls]] in the [[Grey Mountains]]. Most of the Dwarves then moved to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and the [[Iron Hills]].
The Forodwaith had been made very cold earlier in [[Arda]]'s history because of the presence of [[Utumno]] and [[Morgoth|Melkor]]'s evil cold emanating from it. The region remained cold even after Utumno's destruction.
[[File:Angelo Montanini - Northern Waste.jpg|left|thumb|Angelo Montanini - ''Northern Waste'']]
The region was once inhabited by a hardy [[Men|Mannish]] folk, the [[Forodwaith (people)|Forodwaith]] who gave the region its name. However in later years (possibly suffering by the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]]) their [[Lossoth|remnants]] retreated to the [[Cape of Forochel]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> 


According to Frodo's poem "[[When evening in the Shire was grey]]", Gandalf had traveled to the Northern Waste. What his business was up there is unknown; it is nowhere else mentioned.  
[[Dragons]] also dwelt in there.<ref>{{H|Party}}</ref> The [[Cold-drakes]] of the North, who drove the [[Dwarves of the Grey Mountains]] out of their homes, came from the Northern Waste. The Drakes killed [[Dain I]] and his son [[Frór]] outside [[Dáin's halls|their Halls]] in the [[Grey Mountains]]. Most of the Dwarves then moved to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and the [[Iron Hills]].


In the icy North too, lived a branch of [[Men]] called the [[Lossoth]]. They were a hardy folk fit to survive in the cold snowy regions of the north. The people lived mostly in tribes. The Lossoth never involved themselves with the world outside their frozen lands and played no known significant role in the wars until King [[Arvedui]], the last king of [[Arnor]], came out of hiding from an abandoned Dwarf-mine in the far Northern [[Blue Mountains|Ered Luin]] and asked for aid from the Lossoth of Forochel. He was able to convince them to aid him, and as a reward gave them the [[Ring of Barahir]]. [[Círdan]] eventually sent ships for him. On his departure day, the Lossoth warned Arvedui that a storm was coming and urged him not to go, but he paid little heed to their words. He did indeed perish in the storm, and sank to the bottom of the [[Icebay of Forochel|bay]], along with the ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'' of [[Fornost Erain]] and [[Weathertop|Amon Sûl]].  
According to Frodo's poem "[[When evening in the Shire was grey]]", [[Gandalf]] had traveled to the Northern Waste.
==Other versions of the Legendarium==
[[File:Waste vs forodwaith.png|thumb|The different definition of "Forodwaith" between the earlier and the later map.]]
In the earliest [[General Map of Middle-earth]] by [[Christopher Tolkien]], the northern portion of the [[Westlands]] is featureless, labeled as "Northern Waste", with the name "Forodwaith", in smaller letters, above the [[Mountains of Angmar]]; this seemed to suggest that Forodwaith is a part of the wider Northern Waste, if not a separate region.  


Later, Christopher Tolkien realized that the two names are synonymous. The misunderstanding was corrected in the later map known as [[The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age]], where the name "Forodwaith" labels all the blank portion north of the [[Mountains of Angmar]] and the [[Grey Mountains]].<ref name=intro>{{UT|IMap}}</ref>
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Revision as of 12:43, 25 November 2015

This article is about the region of Middle-earth. For the MERP supplement, see The Northern Waste.
Northern Waste
vast desolated territory
Rob Alexander - Forod.jpg
General Information
Locationabove Angmar, Mount Gundabad and Ered Mithrin
Typevast desolated territory
DescriptionIcy isolated region with very few inhabitants
RegionsForochel, Forodwaith
InhabitantsForodwaith, Orcs, Cold-drakes, Lossoth

The Northern Waste or Forodwaith (S., "Nothern lands, people") was a cold and icy region in the far north end of Middle-earth,[1] located above Mount Gundabad and the Ered Mithrin. It was a vast region of mostly snow and ice. The main known area was Forochel.

History

The Forodwaith had been made very cold earlier in Arda's history because of the presence of Utumno and Melkor's evil cold emanating from it. The region remained cold even after Utumno's destruction.

Angelo Montanini - Northern Waste

The region was once inhabited by a hardy Mannish folk, the Forodwaith who gave the region its name. However in later years (possibly suffering by the Witch-king of Angmar) their remnants retreated to the Cape of Forochel.[2]

Dragons also dwelt in there.[3] The Cold-drakes of the North, who drove the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains out of their homes, came from the Northern Waste. The Drakes killed Dain I and his son Frór outside their Halls in the Grey Mountains. Most of the Dwarves then moved to Erebor and the Iron Hills.

According to Frodo's poem "When evening in the Shire was grey", Gandalf had traveled to the Northern Waste.

Other versions of the Legendarium

The different definition of "Forodwaith" between the earlier and the later map.

In the earliest General Map of Middle-earth by Christopher Tolkien, the northern portion of the Westlands is featureless, labeled as "Northern Waste", with the name "Forodwaith", in smaller letters, above the Mountains of Angmar; this seemed to suggest that Forodwaith is a part of the wider Northern Waste, if not a separate region.

Later, Christopher Tolkien realized that the two names are synonymous. The misunderstanding was corrected in the later map known as The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age, where the name "Forodwaith" labels all the blank portion north of the Mountains of Angmar and the Grey Mountains.[4]

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