The Southerners were an ill-defined group of people, generally referred to as such by Bree-landers. These men came up from the Greenway into Bree out of lands to the south around Dunland. They had come up into the Bree-lands looking for a place of peace from the unrest in their homes, though a few such as the squint-eyed southerner were in fact spies of Saruman and were not to be trusted.[1]
Other writings
The End of Bovadium
In the Foreword of The End of Bovadium[2], Doctor Sarevelk labeled the Vastians who dwelt south of the Via Maxima[3] in Bovadium as A-people since they were the speakers of language A.[4] In Fragment II of the text, the A-people[4] are referred to as Southerners. During the takeover of the city by the Motores Bi, the Southerners were not as affected because their lands were "guarded by great gates and iron bars" that the Motores could not pass. As a consequence, they were still able to enjoy a peace free from the Motores. However, after the Northerners became jealous of them and proposed to the Minister that a new road should be built "through the southern meadows", the Southerners distracted the Minister with their own proposals. But this was futile since the Minister choose not to do anything proposed by the Southerners or the Northerners and would have proceeded with his own plan had he not gotten trapped in the Capital City. The debate of the Southerners and the Northerners never reached a resolution because they were all "slain by the poisonous fumes" of the Motores.[3]
In a related poem, the Southerners are referred to as the Southern folk.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
- ↑ Letter to Rayner Unwin (2 December 1968), quoted in Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 737 (entry "2 December 1968")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Bovadium Fragments: together with The Origin of Bovadium, "THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS", "Fragment II"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Bovadium Fragments: together with The Origin of Bovadium, "THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS", "Foreword by Doctor Sarevelk"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Bovadium Fragments: together with The Origin of Bovadium, "THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS", "Other Texts of Fragment II", Domine defende nos contra hos Motores bos!