Framsburg
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| Framsburg | |
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| City | |
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| "Framsburg" by Douglas Chaffee | |
| General Information | |
| Location | North-western Wilderland, at the source of the Anduin |
| Type | City |
| Description | Fortified burg of the Éothéod |
| People and History | |
| Inhabitants | Éothéod |
| Created | After T.A. 1977[1] |
| Gallery | Images of Framsburg |
Framsburg[note 1] was the only fortified burg of the Éothéod, the ancestors of the Rohirrim, while they lived in the far north by the Grey Mountains between the rivers Greylin and Langwell.[2]
Framsburg was probably founded shortly after the Éothéod arrived in T.A. 1977,[1] during the rule of Frumgar, but it took its name from his son Fram, the famed slayer of the Dragon Scatha.[3]
The burg was probably abandoned circa T.A. 2510 when Eorl the Young led the Éothéod south to settle Calenardhon, the land later known as Rohan.[1]
Portrayal in adaptations
2020: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- The ruins of Framsburg can be visited and explored in the "Wells of Langflood" region.
Notes
- ↑ The name and location of this town first appeared on Pauline Baynes' A Map of Middle-earth (1970).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", The Ride of Eorl
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
