Rimmon

The Rimmon was a region of forestedThe History of Middle-earth, The War of the Ring, pg. 351 crags that was located on the northern edge of the White Mountains in Anórien between the Firien Wood and the Drúadan Forest. The Beacon-hill, Min-Rimmon, was the highest peak of that region.The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings, pg. 511
==History==
Shortly before the Siege of Gondor during the late Third Age, Ghân-buri-Ghân witnessed some Gondorians travel through the Drúadan Forest to the Rimmon with great wains.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. V: "The Ride of the Rohirrim", pgs. 106-7
On the day of March 7, a group of Gondorians made their way through the Rimmon to light the beacon upon Min-Rimmon.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. I: "Minas Tirith"
On March 12, Théoden and the Rohirrim made camp beneath Min-Rimmon in the Rimmon.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
==Etymology==
The origin of the word Rimmon is unknown, originating in a Pre-Númenórean language during the Second Age of Middle-earth before the arrival of the Númenóreans and the founding of Gondor.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of Men"
==Other versions==
In an early draft of The Lord of the Rings, the Rimmon was referred to as the Taur-rimmon Forest.
==In adaptations==
===The Lord of the Rings Online===
In The Lord of the Rings Online, a town called Ost Rimmon is in the Rimmon. A long flight of stairs begins there and traverses the Rimmon until it reaches the top of Min-Rimmon.
==Translations==
Foreign Language	Translated name
Danish 	Rimmonbjerget
==References==
Category:Forests and woods
Category:Gondor
Category:Hills of Middle-earth
Category:White Mountains
Category:Words
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