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{{quote|To North there lay the Land of Dread/whence only evil pathways led/o’er hills of shadow bleak and cold/or Taur-nu-Fuin’s haunted hold/where Deadly Nightshade lurked and lay/and never came or moon or day.|[[Lay of Leithian Canto I|Canto I]], [[Lay of Leithian]]}} | |||
After the [[Dagor Bragollach]], the darkness of [[Morgoth]] began to corrupt the northern forests of [[Dorthonion]], and they came to be called [[Taur-nu-Fuin]], the [[Forest under Nightshade]]. This name is sometimes also used for the land of Dorthonion itself, after its capture by Morgoth. | After the [[Dagor Bragollach]], the darkness of [[Morgoth]] began to corrupt the northern forests of [[Dorthonion]], and they came to be called [[Taur-nu-Fuin]], the [[Forest under Nightshade]]. This name is sometimes also used for the land of Dorthonion itself, after its capture by Morgoth. | ||
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Revision as of 12:17, 2 May 2006
- "To North there lay the Land of Dread/whence only evil pathways led/o’er hills of shadow bleak and cold/or Taur-nu-Fuin’s haunted hold/where Deadly Nightshade lurked and lay/and never came or moon or day."
- ― Canto I, Lay of Leithian
After the Dagor Bragollach, the darkness of Morgoth began to corrupt the northern forests of Dorthonion, and they came to be called Taur-nu-Fuin, the Forest under Nightshade. This name is sometimes also used for the land of Dorthonion itself, after its capture by Morgoth.
