Outlands

The Outlands, also known as Western Gondor or the Southern Fiefs of Gondor, were the coastal lands south of the White Mountains,The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings", pg. 776 (entry Sunlending) the regions of Gondor outside the Pelennor Fields.The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", pg. 523 (entry Outlands)
These lands along the Bay of Belfalas provided several resources including fish from the Ethir Anduin, flowers from Lossarnach, and stone from the foothills of the mountains. There were also skilled soldiers who lived in these fiefs.
The Anfalas and Pinnath Gelin were collectively known as further Gondor.The Nature of Middle-earth, Part Three: "The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants", XXII: "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", pg. 386 (entry Levnui)
==History==
After the Great Plague, the Corsairs of Umbar raided Gondor's coasts up to Anfalas, until Umbardacil retaliated, and retook Umbar in TA 1810.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
Years later, the Corsairs harried the coasts of Gondor again, during the reign of Cirion.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", "The Stewards"
In TA 2758, when Gondor and Rohan were plagued by the Long Winter, three great fleets sailed from Umbar and Harad, then raided and landed on Gondor's coasts as north as the mouth of Isen. Travelling up the Lefnui and Isen, they even attacked Rohan. Before the spring of TA 2759, Steward Beregond overcame these invaders.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
By the late Third Age, most regions of Gondor were either deserted or overrun and only the Outlands remained. During the War of the Ring, the Outlands were under attack from the south by a large army of Corsairs from Umbar, allies of Mordor, and they sent small reinforcements to Minas Tirith.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Minas Tirith"
==Etymology==
In feudalism, a fief was a piece of inheritable land given to a vassal. The vassal returned this gift with (military) allegiance and/or revenue.
==In adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, the western most part of Outlands are collectively called Outer Gondor.
== References==
Category:Gondor
Category:Locations