The Angle

The thin strip of fertile land that stretches along the Rivers Mitheithel and Bruinen, from Tharbad all the way to the Trollshaws, is called the Hoarwell Marches by the soldiers and politicians of Eriador. It has been the focus of economic and military activity in eastern Eriador for thousands of years. The northern end of the Marches is the En Egladil, or "Angle," of southern Rhudaur. The Mithiethel and Bruinen both leave the fells, the broken country lying along the western flanks of the Misty Mountains, and wander some sixty miles through rolling country before merging at Fennas Drúnin, Along their banks and in some of the small valleys inland farming is possible, and so the "angle" between the two rivers has been fought over since the Elder Days. Traditionally, the Hillmen and anyone controlling the upper Gwathló basin raid downriver, pillaging the farming communities of the southern marches; the civilized peoples campaign upriver to punish the raiders and to conquer their lands for settlement. The Angle has changed hands repeatedly over the last five hundred years as the fortunes of the Rhudaurim and Cardolani wax and wane.

Type

Gorge / Rift