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'''Forostar''' was the northern promontory of [[Númenor]], a land of rocks, cliffs and high moors. It stretched some two hundred miles from its southern borders with the [[Mittalmar]] to its [[North Cape]]. The great road from [[Rómenna]] to [[Andúnië]] passed through its southern parts, at the place known as [[Ondosto]]. | '''Forostar''' was the northern promontory of [[Númenor]], a land of rocks, cliffs and high moors with woods of fir and larch.<ref name="Numenor">{{UT|Numenor}}</ref> It stretched some two hundred miles from its southern borders with the [[Mittalmar]] to its [[North Cape]].<ref>{{UT|NMap}}</ref> The great road from [[Rómenna]] to [[Andúnië]] passed through its southern parts, at the place known as [[Ondosto]].<ref name="Numenor"/> | ||
The lands farther north, toward the Cape, became rockier and more mountainous. In the far north was a region around the peak of [[Sorontil]], where the landscape fell sheer into the sea forming tremendous cliffs. This was the abode of [[Eagles]], and also the dwelling-place of [[Tar-Meneldur|Meneldur Elentirmo]], heir to Númenor's throne and a watcher of the stars, who built a great tower here to follow the movements of the heavens. | The lands farther north, toward the Cape, became rockier and more mountainous. In the far north was a region around the peak of [[Sorontil]], where the landscape fell sheer into the sea forming tremendous cliffs. This was the abode of [[Eagles]], and also the dwelling-place of [[Tar-Meneldur|Meneldur Elentirmo]], heir to Númenor's throne and a watcher of the stars, who built a great tower here to follow the movements of the heavens.<ref name="Numenor"/> | ||
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Revision as of 17:55, 13 June 2012
Forostar was the northern promontory of Númenor, a land of rocks, cliffs and high moors with woods of fir and larch.[1] It stretched some two hundred miles from its southern borders with the Mittalmar to its North Cape.[2] The great road from Rómenna to Andúnië passed through its southern parts, at the place known as Ondosto.[1]
The lands farther north, toward the Cape, became rockier and more mountainous. In the far north was a region around the peak of Sorontil, where the landscape fell sheer into the sea forming tremendous cliffs. This was the abode of Eagles, and also the dwelling-place of Meneldur Elentirmo, heir to Númenor's throne and a watcher of the stars, who built a great tower here to follow the movements of the heavens.[1]
