Forodwaith

Forodwaith was the name of both a region (also known as Northerland and the Northern Waste) and its inhabitants, located in northern Arda.
== History ==
Forodwaith was first created after the War of Wrath, when most of the Iron Mountains were destroyed. Its geographical predecessor was the region of Dor-na-Daerachas, which was hemmed behind the Iron Mountains., Pg. 39, Second Age of Arda & Pg. 4, First Age of Arda
Little was known of Forodwaith, except that it was an area of immense cold due to the proximity to the Gap of Ilmen, and Morgoth's evil cold. After the War of Wrath and the breaking of the World, the Iron Mountains were mostly destroyed, and the area of Forodwaith that lay directly north of Eriador became known as Forochel, together with the great icebay and cape that carried the same name. Some of the Dragons fleeing the War of Wrath also journeyed into the Northern Waste, where they would multiply over many centuries.
The Men of Forodwaith were a strange folk, apparently unrelated to the Edain. During the Third Age, they were known as the Snowmen of Forochel or Lossoth. In , it is stated that they could glide on ice by tying bones to their feet.
Arvedui, last King of Arthedain, fled to the Icebay of Forochel after his realm was destroyed by Angmar, and the Lossoth helped him survive the winter. Against their advice, he took ship to sail south, and he was drowned in the icebay, together with the Palantíri of the North. The chieftain of the Lossoth counseled Arvedui not to go aboard the ships and face the bitter northern winter, but the king refused and went anyway. In payment for his safekeeping, King Arvedui gave to the Lossoth his ring, the Ring of Barahir, and bade them ransom it to his kin when the Lossoth had need. Unfortunately, the chieftain's counsel proved wise, and Arvedui was lost at sea, thus ended the Kings of Arnor, and their line continued as the Chieftains of the Dúnedain of Arnor., Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I. "The Númenorean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
== Geography and climate ==
Forodwaith was located in the northernmost part of Middle-earth. It was a vast tundra, reaching all the way to the northern poles, and spanning across most of Middle-earth, until it hit the northern peaks of Orocarni to the East. It was dominated by a polar climate, which is characterized by each month having an average of less than fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
== Etymology ==
The Sindarin name Forodwaith translates loosely as "Northern lands", and was a name for the land north of the Iron Mountains of the First Age.
== In other versions ==
In earlier versions of the legendarium, the Forodwaith were originally conceived as a mythical representation of the , while their land, i·Ponōrir, was the mythical representation of Scandinavia."Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon" in Parma Eldalamberon, n. XII In this tales one of their chieftains, Orm, killed the father of Ælfwine/Eriol., Vol. II: , chapter VI: "The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales"
== In adaptations ==
=== The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ===
Forodwaith appears in the of as the location where Galadriel leads a small force to look for evidence of Sauron's whereabouts. They discover an abandoned fortress built by Morgoth in which remains an anvil marked by Sauron; Galadriel's followers are here attacked by a snow-troll, which she defeats. The location also appears in a flashback of the of the , where Sauron attempts to coronate himself among the orcs of that time.
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ፎሮድዋኢጥ
Arabic 	فورودوايته
Armenian 	Ֆորոդվայթ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Фородўаіт
Bengali 	ফরদ্বয়থ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Фородуаит
Chinese (Hong Kong)	佛洛威治
Danish 	Forodwaith (Den Nordlige Ødemark)
Georgian 	ფოროდვაითი
Greek 	Φορόντγουαϊθ
Gujarati 	ફોરોડવિથ
Hebrew 	פורודוואית
Hindi 	फ़ोरोद्व्ऐथ
Japanese 	フォロドワイス
Kannada 	ಫೊರೊಡ್ವೈತ್
Kazakh 	Фородуаіт (Cyrillic) Forodwait (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Фородwаит
Macedonian Cyrillic	Фородwаит
Marathi 	फोर्ववेथ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Фородүаитh ?
Nepalese 	फ़ोरोद्व्ऐथ
Persian 	فورودوایته ?
Punjabi 	ਫੋਰਡਵਾਇਥ
Russian 	Фородвайт
Serbian 	Фородваитх (Cyrillic) Forodwaith (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ෆොරොඩ්වයිත්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Фородwаит
Tamil 	போராடவைத்த
Telugu 	ఫోరోద్వైత్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Фородwаіт
Urdu 	فوروڈویتہ
Uzbek 	Фородwаитҳ (Cyrillic) Forodwaith (Latin)
Yiddish 	פאָראָדוואַיטה
== References ==
Category:Far North
Category:Middle Men
Category:Regions
Category:The Rings of Power locations
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