| Ciryatanor | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Other names | Anbalukkhôr (A) |
| Location | Between Tulwang and Sîrayn |
| Capital | Marath Carnadúnê |
| History | |
| Founded | S.A. 1904 |
| Ascension of the Storm King | S.A. 1919 |
| Allegiance to Númenor renounced | S.A. 2250 |
| Storm King defeated, capital razed | S.A. 2280 |
| Map | |
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In Middle-earth Role Playing, Ciryatanor[note 1] or Anbalukkhôr[1] was a Númenórean colony that turned into an independent Kingdom allied with Mordor under the reign of Akhôrahil the Ringwraith. Its capital was Marath Carnadúnê (Q. “Tower of the Red Sunset”, S. Barad Carannûn).[2]
History
Second Age
The colony was founded as a Númenórean client-kingdom by Ciryamir in S.A. 1904, at the northern flank of the Yellow Mountains, and was named after Tar-Ciryatan. In S.A. 1919, Ciryamir's son Akhôrahil ascended to the throne after having influenced his father into suicide a year earlier. As the self-declared Storm King, he expanded the kingdom along the Yellow Mountains through various conquests in Sîrayn: Chennacatt in S.A. 1929, Isra in S.A. 1933, and Kirmiesra in S.A. 1979. Pushing through Harshandat, his armies had reached the Bay of Ormal by S.A. 1999.
The Storm King renounced his allegiance to Númenor in S.A. 2250. The army of Tar-Ancalimon landed in Tulwang in S.A. 2280. The Storm King's armies were defeated and his capital was razed. Akhôrahil himself fled to Mordor.[3] It is unclear what happened to Ciryatanor until it is mentioned again in the Third Age.
Third Age
After T.A. 1050, Akhôrahil moved into the fortress of Ny Chennacatt, hoping to reclaim his former kingdom. He assembled a new army, the Army of the Southern Dragon, and secured the allegiance of Orc-lords from the Yellow Mountains and traitors to the Free Peoples of Greater Harad.[3] This army, headed by Utchû, launched campaigns against Ciryatanor in T.A. 1660 and T.A. 1705, and it is finally conquered in T.A. 1802. Barad Carannûn is the capital, so presumably it had been rebuilt since its razing. Utchû turned on his liege twelve years later. The new Army of the Southern Dragon attacked Utchû's Ciryatanor in T.A. 1815, and a year later, Akhôrahil visited the city for the last time to reorganize its leadership.
In T.A. 2013, a civil war split the kingdoms of Tulwang and Ciryatanor into tiny petty kingdoms. The Sun Lord Pon Ifta conquered Ciryatanor in T.A. 2205.[4]
Fandom
In fan projects elaborating on Greater Harad, such as the New Notion Club Archives and Realms in Exile, the kingdom is instead known as An-Balkûmagân, with the reasoning being that Ciryatanor is not a name the King's Men would use and that Anbalukkhôr is not a entirely correct equivalent either.
Notes
- ↑ The name Ciryatandor, which does not seem to be correct Quenya, was used in earlier MERP publications, such as Shadow in the South, Gorgoroth, Lords of Middle-earth Vol. II The Mannish Races or on the continental map of Middle-earth
References
- ↑ Mark R. Feil (1997), Hands of the Healer (#2026), section 3.10 p. 74
- ↑ . "Ciryatandor". Iron Crown Enterprises
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 William E. Wilson (1990), Greater Harad (#3111), p. 28
- ↑ William E. Wilson, Gary D McClellan, Robert J. McCarter (1991), Nazgûl's Citadel (#8205), p. 5-6