Withered Heath: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Douglas Chaffee - Withered Lands.jpg|thumb|''Withered Lands'' by Douglas Chaffee]]
{{location
|image=[[File:Douglas Chaffee - Withered Lands.jpg|250px]]
|name=Withered Heath
|othernames=
|etymology=
|type=Valley
|location=Between two arms of the eastern [[Grey Mountains]]
|inhabitants=[[Dragons]]
|realms=
|description=A long valley made barren by dragons
|events=
|references=
|}}
The '''Withered Heath''' was a [[Dragons|dragon]]-infested valley in the eastern [[Grey Mountains]] in northern [[Rhovanion]].


The '''Withered Heath''' was a [[Dragons|dragon]]-infested valley in northern [[Rhovanion]].
==Description==
The Withered Heath was a long narrow valley in the eastern part of the [[Grey Mountains]], where they forked into two thin ranges.<ref>{{H|WM}}</ref><ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> On the floor of this long east-west valley between the mountains was a [[Wikipedia:Heath_(habitat)|heath]], burned and blackened by its inhabitants, being the breeding-ground of [[dragons]].<ref>{{H|1}}</ref>


==Description==
==History==
At one time the dragons of the Heath had infested the Grey Mountains and the lands beyond, and in the closing decades of the [[Third Age]], the Dragon [[Smaug]] terrorised the inhabitants of the north.<ref>{{App|A3}}</ref> Smaug was the last of the great dragons, but lesser members of his kind remained.


The Withered Heath was a long narrow valley in the eastern part of the [[Grey Mountains]], where they forked into two thin ranges.<ref>{{HM|H}}, Map of ''Wilderland''</ref><ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Map of ''The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age''</ref> On the floor of this long east-west valley between the mountains was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_%28habitat%29 heath], but a heath burned and blackened by its inhabitants. This Withered Heath was famed and feared in the north of [[Middle-earth]] as the breeding-ground of the dragons.<ref>{{H|1}}</ref> At one time they had infested the Grey Mountains and the lands beyond, and even in the closing decades of the [[Third Age]], the Dragon [[Smaug]] still terrorised the inhabitants of the north.<ref>{{App|A3}}</ref> Smaug was the last of the great dragons, but we know that other lesser members of his kind remained, so perhaps these still returned to the Withered Heath to continue their race.
==Other version of the legendarium==
==Other version of the legendarium==
In one of the earliest versions of the legendarium, the ''Withered Heath'' was the name of the [[Heath of the Sky-roof]], a location of [[Tol Eressëa]] near [[Tavrobel]], after a great battle between [[Men]] who came to the island.<ref>{{LT2|VI}}</ref>
In the manuscript of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bladorthin (the pre-cursor to [[Gandalf]]) says that the Withered Heath is "''where the Great Dragons used to live''".<ref>{{HM|MB}}, pp. 9, 20</ref>
In the manuscript of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bladorthin (the pre-cursor to [[Gandalf]]) says that the Withered Heath is "''where the Great Dragons used to live''".<ref>{{HM|MB}}, pp. 9, 20</ref>
==Portrayal in adaptations==
==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''
'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''

Revision as of 19:27, 25 June 2014

Withered Heath
Valley
Douglas Chaffee - Withered Lands.jpg
General Information
LocationBetween two arms of the eastern Grey Mountains
TypeValley
DescriptionA long valley made barren by dragons
InhabitantsDragons
GalleryImages of Withered Heath

The Withered Heath was a dragon-infested valley in the eastern Grey Mountains in northern Rhovanion.

Description

The Withered Heath was a long narrow valley in the eastern part of the Grey Mountains, where they forked into two thin ranges.[1][2] On the floor of this long east-west valley between the mountains was a heath, burned and blackened by its inhabitants, being the breeding-ground of dragons.[3]

History

At one time the dragons of the Heath had infested the Grey Mountains and the lands beyond, and in the closing decades of the Third Age, the Dragon Smaug terrorised the inhabitants of the north.[4] Smaug was the last of the great dragons, but lesser members of his kind remained.

Other version of the legendarium

In one of the earliest versions of the legendarium, the Withered Heath was the name of the Heath of the Sky-roof, a location of Tol Eressëa near Tavrobel, after a great battle between Men who came to the island.[5]

In the manuscript of The Hobbit, Bladorthin (the pre-cursor to Gandalf) says that the Withered Heath is "where the Great Dragons used to live".[6]

Portrayal in adaptations

1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:

The Withered Heath (Quenya Sarch nia Linquelíë) is a volcanic basin covering some 8,600 square miles, home to the Drakes of the Grey Mountains.[7][8]

References