Withered Heath

The Withered Heath was a region at the eastern extreme of the Grey Mountains in Middle-earth. There, the Grey Mountains broke into two spurs, north and south, between which was the Heath which was thought to have been the home of dragons.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Wilderland"
== History ==
In the eastern part of their length, the Grey Mountains forked into two thin ranges, with a narrow valley between. On the floor of this long east-west valley between the mountains was a heath, but a heath burned and blackened by its inhabitants. This heath was famed and feared in the north of Middle-earth as the breeding-ground of the dragons. At one time they had infested the Grey Mountains and the lands beyond, and even in the closing decades of the Third Age, the dragon Smaug still terrorized the inhabitants of the north.
Smaug was the last of the great dragons, but lesser members of his kind remained, so perhaps these still occasionally returned to the Withered Heath to continue their race. However, in TA 2941 Thorin spoke of the Withered Heath as the place 'where the great dragons bred', implying that it was by then deserted, or at least not frequented by dragons that could be described as 'great'.The Hobbit, Chapter I: "An Unexpected Party"
== In adaptations ==
The Withered Heath appears as a location in the The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II video game. In Level Six of the Evil Campaign, the forces of Mordor from Dol Guldur march to the Withered Heath, led by the Mouth of Sauron, in hopes of gaining the allegiance of the dragons' leader, Drogoth the Dragon Lord. By killing the Dwarven forces and freeing the imprisoned offspring, Drogoth agrees to fight for Sauron with the promise of a Ring of Power, stolen many years ago from the Dwarves. The Withered Heath is also a playable skirmish battlefield.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	البراح الذابل
Armenian 	չորացրած տափաստան
Bengali 	শুষ্ক ঊষর প্রান্তর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Изсъхнали Хийт
Catalan 	Glever Marcit
Chinese 	干枯石楠荒原
Croatian 	Osušeni stepa
Czech 	Zvadlé vřesoviště
Danish 	Den Visne Hede
Dutch 	Dorre Heide
Esperanto 	Velkinta Erikejo
Estonian 	Kõrbenud nõmm
Filipino 	Natutuyong Sukalan
Finnish 	Kulottunut nummi
French 	Lande desséchée
Frisian 	Wilige Heide
Galician 	Murcho Uceira
Georgian 	ამოიწურა მანანა ?
German 	Dürre Heide
Greek 	Ξερό Ρουμάνι
Gujarati 	વિથર્ડ હીથ
Hebrew 	קָמֵל עֲרָבָה
Hindi 	सूख हीथ
Hungarian 	Kiszáradt Hangás
Indonesian 	Layu Lahan kosong
Irish Gaelic 	Feoite Fraochmhá
Italian 	Brughiera Arida
Japanese 	ヒースの枯れ野
Kazakh 	Соққыға толы Хит (Cyrillic) Soqqığa tolı хït (Latin)
Latvian 	Iznīka tīrelis
Lithuanian 	Nuvytęs viržynas
Luxembourgish 	Wieleg Heed
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Секна Хит
Maltese 	Moxa nixfu
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хатаж хит
Norwegian 	Vissenhei
Persian 	پژمرده خلنگزار
Polish 	Zwiędłe Wrzosowiska
Portuguese (Brazil) 	Urzal Seco
Romanian 	Landa Veștejită
Russian 	Увядший Хит
Scottish Gaelic 	Sheargte Heath
Serbian 	Усахнуле вриштина (Cyrillic) Usahnule vriština (Latin)
Slovak 	Uschnuté vresoviská
Slovenian 	Usahla resava
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Brezal Seco
Sundanese 	Layu tempat nyangcang ?
Swedish 	Den Vissna Heden
Tajik Cyrillic 	Хушк мацрибӣ ?
Tamil 	வாடிய ஹீத்
Telugu 	విథెరెడ్ హీత్
Thai 	ลีบเฮลธ์
Turkish 	Solmuş funda
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Висохлий Пустище
Uzbek 	Қуритилган дашт (Cyrillic) Quritilgan dasht (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Bị khô héo đồng hoang
Welsh 	Araf ddiflannu Mynydd Bychan
Yiddish 	פאַרדאַרט כיט
== References ==
fr:Brande Desséchée
de:Dürre Heide
es:Brezal Marchito
it:Brughiera Arida
nl:Dorre Heide
pl:Zwiędłe Wrzosowiska
Category:Valleys
Category:Regions
Category:Rhovanion