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'''Androth''' ([[Sindarin]], from ''[[and]]'' = "long" and ''[[roth]]'' = "cave") was the name of a complex of caves in the [[Mithrim|Mountains of Mithrim]]. After the [[Nírnaeth Arnoediad]] ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"), some of the [[Sindar]] and [[Edain]] that survived the battle took refuge there. [[Tuor]] was fostered by the [[Elves]] of Androth.
'''Androth''' ([[Sindarin]], from ''[[and]]'' = "long" and ''[[roth]]'' = "cave") was the name of a complex of caves in the [[Mithrim|Mountains of Mithrim]]. After the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"), [[Annael]] led some of the [[Sindar]] and [[Edain]] that survived the battle to the caves and took refuge there. [[Tuor]] was fostered by the [[Elves]] of Androth and later lived there as an outlaw.<ref>{{UT|Tuor}}</ref>
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Revision as of 05:22, 2 November 2011

Androth
Caves
General Information
LocationMountains of Mithrim
TypeCaves
DescriptionCave-complex
RegionsHithlum
InhabitantsSindar and Edain

Androth (Sindarin, from and = "long" and roth = "cave") was the name of a complex of caves in the Mountains of Mithrim. After the Nirnaeth Arnoediad ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"), Annael led some of the Sindar and Edain that survived the battle to the caves and took refuge there. Tuor was fostered by the Elves of Androth and later lived there as an outlaw.[1]

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