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'''Tolfalas''' was a large island | [[File:Larry Elmore - Tolfalas.jpg|thumb|''Tolfalas'' by Larry Elmore]] | ||
'''Tolfalas''' also '''Tol Falas''' was a large island, that stood beyond the [[Ethir Anduin]] in the [[Bay of Belfalas]]. | |||
During the [[Akallabêth|Drowning of Númenor]] Tolfalas was almost destroyed, and was left like a barren and lonely mountain in the water not far from the Ethir.<ref>{{PM|Second}}, p. 183</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
The name is claimed by [[Robert Foster]] to mean "coastal island".<ref>{{HM|Guide}}</ref> Cf. ''[[tol]]'' "island" and ''[[falas]]'' "coast". | |||
==Portrayal in adaptations== | |||
'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':''' | |||
: In early Third Age, Tolfalas was settled by fisher-folk from the Ethir. After the Kin-strife, the island was raided by the Corsairs, and became almost deserted until the Fourth Age.<ref>{{ICE|2021}}, pp. 100-102</ref> | |||
'''1995-8: ''[[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game]]'':''' | |||
:Players face an attack by Undead at the site of Tolfalas. | |||
{{references}} | |||
[[Category:Islands]] | [[Category:Islands]] | ||
[[Category:Gondor]] | [[Category:Gondor]] | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 9 June 2019
Tolfalas also Tol Falas was a large island, that stood beyond the Ethir Anduin in the Bay of Belfalas.
During the Drowning of Númenor Tolfalas was almost destroyed, and was left like a barren and lonely mountain in the water not far from the Ethir.[1]
Etymology
The name is claimed by Robert Foster to mean "coastal island".[2] Cf. tol "island" and falas "coast".
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- In early Third Age, Tolfalas was settled by fisher-folk from the Ethir. After the Kin-strife, the island was raided by the Corsairs, and became almost deserted until the Fourth Age.[3]
1995-8: Middle-earth Collectible Card Game:
- Players face an attack by Undead at the site of Tolfalas.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VI. The Tale of Years of the Second Age", p. 183
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
- ↑ Jason Beresford, Anders Blixt, Mats Blomqvist, Gunnar Brolin, Jeff Hatch, Tim Innes, Åke Rosenius, Martin Rundkvist, Erik, Rågvik, Chris Seeman, Magnus Seter (1996), Southern Gondor: The Land (#2021), pp. 100-102
