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'''Calembel''' was a township in [[Gondor]].
'''Calembel''' was a town in the region of [[Lamedon]] in northern [[Gondor]]. It was located on a small hill near the road between [[Erech]] and [[Pelargir]],<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref> near the fords of the river [[Ciril]].<ref name=Company>{{RK|Company}}, p. 790</ref>


==History==
==History==
Calembel was located on the road between [[Erech]] and [[Pelargir]],<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref> at the fords of the river [[Ciril]].<ref name="Company">{{RK|Company}}</ref>
On [[9 March]] {{TA|3019}},<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, March, 9, p. 1093</ref> [[Aragorn]], the [[Grey Company]] and the [[Oathbreakers|Army of the Dead]] departed from Erech, crossed the fords over the river [[Ciril]] and arrived at Calembel. The fords over the river Ciril and the town of Calembel were deserted, because many men had gone to fight in the [[War of the Ring]] and the remaining population had fled to the hills after they heard a rumour that the [[King of the Dead]] was coming.<ref name=Company/>


During the [[War of the Ring]], the town was deserted. Most of the men had gone to fight in [[Minas Tirith]], and those that remained fled into the hills as they heard news of the coming of the [[Dead Men of Dunharrow|Dead Men]].<ref name="Company"/>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] translated ''Calembel'' as "Greenham".<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 537 (citing from the [[Unfinished index]])</ref> The name likely consists of [[Sindarin]] ''[[calen]]'' "green" + ''[[pel]]'' "fence".{{or}}
''Calembel'' is a [[Sindarin]] name.<ref name=Eldamo>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-3680342403.html|articlename=S. ''Calembel'' loc.|website=Eldamo|accessed=07 February 2022}}</ref> It means "Greenham".<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 537</ref> Paul Strack and David Salo suggest that it is a compound of ''[[calen]]'' ("green") and the [[lenition|lenited]] form ''bel'' of ''[[pêl]]'' ("fenced field", "fence").<ref name=Eldamo/><ref>{{HM|GS}}, p. 371</ref>
 
==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2014: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Calembel is the seat of Lord [[Angbor]], who was charged by Prince [[Imrahil]] with protecting the land from the Corsairs of [[Umbar]] when the other Lords of Gondor rode to the defence of [[Minas Tirith]]. Deciding to make a stand against the Corsairs in [[Linhir]], Angbor left his son Drambor in charge of Calembel, which served as a refuge for inhabitants of the nearby village of Lothgobel when it was attacked by the Corsairs.


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Latest revision as of 07:35, 22 June 2022

Calembel
Town
The Lord of the Rings Online - Calembel.jpg
Calembel in The Lord of the Rings Online
General Information
LocationLamedon, Gondor
TypeTown
InhabitantsGondorians
GalleryImages of Calembel

Calembel was a town in the region of Lamedon in northern Gondor. It was located on a small hill near the road between Erech and Pelargir,[1] near the fords of the river Ciril.[2]

History[edit | edit source]

On 9 March T.A. 3019,[3] Aragorn, the Grey Company and the Army of the Dead departed from Erech, crossed the fords over the river Ciril and arrived at Calembel. The fords over the river Ciril and the town of Calembel were deserted, because many men had gone to fight in the War of the Ring and the remaining population had fled to the hills after they heard a rumour that the King of the Dead was coming.[2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Calembel is a Sindarin name.[4] It means "Greenham".[5] Paul Strack and David Salo suggest that it is a compound of calen ("green") and the lenited form bel of pêl ("fenced field", "fence").[4][6]

Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]

2014: The Lord of the Rings Online:

Calembel is the seat of Lord Angbor, who was charged by Prince Imrahil with protecting the land from the Corsairs of Umbar when the other Lords of Gondor rode to the defence of Minas Tirith. Deciding to make a stand against the Corsairs in Linhir, Angbor left his son Drambor in charge of Calembel, which served as a refuge for inhabitants of the nearby village of Lothgobel when it was attacked by the Corsairs.

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