Posted: November 24, 1999 at 07:09:41: by Berembrôg
:I know Lond Daer was a Numenorean port (in fact the first one known), but did any Numenoreans permanently live there? It seems to me yes, as there would probably have been a garrison there to protect it from wild peoples, but what happened to these people? I would appreciate any information or speculation on Lond Daer that anyone could give me.Since the sailors and soldiers of the garrison had to eat they probably also had some sort of agricultural system (either of their own or forcing the 'natives' to work for them). When you say "these people" do you mean the Numenoreans or the "wild folk"? If I am not mistaken, Lond Daer would have been included in the borders of Cardolan, so the Numenoreans became a part of the Kingdom of Arnor and subsequently of the Kingdom (Principality?)of Cardolan. Since we do know that the Dunedain of Cardolan at some point in time died out, we must assume that the descendants of the Numenoreans no longer existed at the time of the WoR or perhaps had degenrated to a more 'humble' status. As for the wild people, they were the ancestors of the Dunlandings, weren't they?
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