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The '''Dwarf-road''' was the road built by the [[Dwarves | {{disambig-two|the Dwarf-road of through Beleriand|the Dwarf-road through Mirkwood|[[Old Forest Road]]}} | ||
The '''Dwarf-road''' was the road built by the [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]] as a trade route to the [[Elves]] of [[Beleriand]] and [[Doriath]].<ref name="Doriath">{{S|Doriath}}</ref> From the cities of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]]<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> it passed under the shoulders of [[Dolmed|Mount Dolmed]]<ref>{{S|Sindar}}</ref> and then ran westward along the north bank of the [[Ascar|River Ascar]] for many miles, and entered [[East Beleriand]] where it crossed the [[Gelion|River Gelion]] at the Ford of [[Sarn Athrad]].<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
[[Finrod Felagund]] used the Dwarf-road to cross the Gelion at Sarn Athrad before crossing the upper part of the River [[Ascar]] just before he discovered the first [[Men]] (the people of [[Bëor]]) to come west beyond the [[Blue Mountains|Ered Lindon]]. Soon other Men were using the Dwarf-road to enter the western lands: First came the [[Haladin]], who turned northward into [[Thargelion]]. Next, [[Marach]] brought his people down the Dwarf-road to settle south and east of the dwellings of [[Baran]] son of Bëor. | |||
In time [[Morgoth]], deciding to assail these Men, sent an Orc-raid to the east that then used the passes of the Dwarf-road to fall upon the Haladin.<ref>{{S|West}}</ref> | |||
After the sack of [[Menegroth]] the Dwarves were marching east upon the Dwarf-road when they were attacked in the [[Battle of Sarn Athrad]].<ref name="Doriath"/> | |||
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Revision as of 13:44, 8 August 2017
The Dwarf-road was the road built by the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains as a trade route to the Elves of Beleriand and Doriath.[1] From the cities of Nogrod and Belegost[2] it passed under the shoulders of Mount Dolmed[3] and then ran westward along the north bank of the River Ascar for many miles, and entered East Beleriand where it crossed the River Gelion at the Ford of Sarn Athrad.[4]
History
Finrod Felagund used the Dwarf-road to cross the Gelion at Sarn Athrad before crossing the upper part of the River Ascar just before he discovered the first Men (the people of Bëor) to come west beyond the Ered Lindon. Soon other Men were using the Dwarf-road to enter the western lands: First came the Haladin, who turned northward into Thargelion. Next, Marach brought his people down the Dwarf-road to settle south and east of the dwellings of Baran son of Bëor.
In time Morgoth, deciding to assail these Men, sent an Orc-raid to the east that then used the passes of the Dwarf-road to fall upon the Haladin.[5]
After the sack of Menegroth the Dwarves were marching east upon the Dwarf-road when they were attacked in the Battle of Sarn Athrad.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Doriath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sindar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
