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  Posted by Michael Martinez on June 26, 1999 at 15:50:22
In Reply to: Re: Fall of Arthedain/Arnor posted by Martin Read on June 17, 1999 at 04:16:28:



: I see what your basis for the depopulation of the region is : now. I would agree that the shift of the centre of power of : Arnor westwards would leave the Evendim Hill region as a : backwater. While a fall in population would be expected, I : think there would be no reason to assume the area became : totally deserted. Pinnath Gelin, Anfalas, Morthond Vale and : Lamedon all supported quasi-Dunedain populations at the time of : TWOTR without being cheek by jowl to a major town or city. The : choice of residence of Faramir as Prince of Ithilien shows that : hill-land was not unattractive to the Dunedain nobility for : settlement - as indeed does the Cardolanish settlement of the : Barrow Downs.

I agree that a city was not necessary for a land to support a population, but Gondor had two advantages over Arnor: it had never been overrun and it had enjoyed more than one influx of immigrants which helped replenish its population.

: Later in Arthedain's troubled history there is no direct : evidence that the area was ever subject to the devastation so : many other areas of Eriador suffered. Indeed at the time when : Cardolan had fallen and the area around Fornost and the : Baranduin were hard pressed by Angmar, The Evendim Hills may : have looked very attractive as a settlement area and may have : had a resurgence in population.

Perhaps. Unfortunately, Tolkien doesn't say any more about them.

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