https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Tharbad&feed=atom&action=historyTharbad - Revision history2024-03-28T11:42:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Tharbad&diff=382877&oldid=prevAkhorahil: Made corrections and added references, not finished yet2023-11-26T15:37:17Z<p>Made corrections and added references, not finished yet</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Tharbad''' was a ford<ref name=pat>{{PE|17}}, entry S ''pat-'', p. 34</ref> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ruined </del>town<ref name=South>{{FR|South}}, p. 274</ref><ref name=UI>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''Tharbad'', p. 15</ref> at the river [[Gwathló]] on the southern border of [[Eriador]]<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, first paragraph, p. 1039</ref>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Tharbad''' was a ford<ref name=pat>{{PE|17}}, entry S ''pat-'', p. 34</ref> and town<ref name=South>{{FR|South}}, p. 274</ref><ref name=UI>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''Tharbad'', p. 15</ref> at the river [[Gwathló]] on the southern border of [[Eriador]]<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, first paragraph, p. 1039</ref>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]] a few miles downstream from the confluence of the river [[Hoarwell]] and the river [[Glanduin]], which formed the river Gwathló.<ref name=Map>{{FR|Map}}</ref> The lower part of the river [[Glanduin]] was a fenland called the [[Swanfleet]] and the natural state of the upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread into a fenland.<ref name=Glanduin>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Glanduin</ref> The land around Tharbad was later drained and dykes were built to contruct a great port<ref>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, fifth paragraph</ref> for seagoing ships,<ref name=Author>{{UT|6d}} discussion of the name Glanduin, Author's note after Enedwaith</ref> a bridge,<ref name=Glanduin/> forts on great earthworks on both sides of the river to guard the bridge<ref name=Author/> and long causeways on both sides of the Gwathló and Mitheithel on which the road ran to the bridge of Tharbad<ref name=Glanduin/>. Ships with a smaller draught could be sailed or rowed up the Gwathló as far as Tharbad.<ref>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, first paragraph</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]] a few miles downstream from the confluence of the river [[Hoarwell]] and the river [[Glanduin]], which formed the river Gwathló.<ref name=Map>{{FR|Map}}</ref> The lower part of the river [[Glanduin]] was a fenland called the [[Swanfleet]] and the natural state of the upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread into a fenland.<ref name=Glanduin>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Glanduin</ref> The land around Tharbad was later drained and dykes were built to contruct a great port<ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name=fifth</ins>>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, fifth paragraph</ref> for seagoing ships,<ref name=Author>{{UT|6d}} discussion of the name Glanduin, Author's note after Enedwaith</ref> a bridge,<ref name=Glanduin/> forts on great earthworks on both sides of the river to guard the bridge<ref name=Author/> and long causeways on both sides of the Gwathló and Mitheithel on which the road ran to the bridge of Tharbad<ref name=Glanduin/>. Ships with a smaller draught could be sailed or rowed up the Gwathló as far as Tharbad.<ref>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, first paragraph</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road crossed the river Gwathló at Tharbad.<ref name=Map/></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road crossed the river Gwathló at Tharbad.<ref name=Map/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early [[Second Age]] the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Swanfleet</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' river, entered </del>the southern <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">part </del>of the [[Noldor]]in realm [[Eregion]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After he took the sceptre </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early [[Second Age]] the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">river </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Glanduin</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>the southern <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">border </ins>of the [[Noldor]]in realm [[Eregion]].<ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name=Glanduin</ins>/></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in {{SA|883}}</del><ref<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>{{UT|4a}}, ''Chronology'', second paragraph<</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref> the King of [[Númenor]], [[Tar-Aldarion]] traveled up the River Gwathló to Tharbad and met [[Galadriel]] there.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, ''The Further Course of the Narrative'', fourth paragraph</ref</del>></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Such early river voyages were also made by hardy explorers </del>of [[Númenor]], in ships of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">smaller draught,</del><ref <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name=UT</del>>{{<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HM</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UT</del>}}</ref> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but such journeys up the Gwathló increased rapidly after the Númenóreans constructed a small harbour at the river's estuary to exploit the local timber: '[[Vinyalondë]]', 'the New Haven'.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Before the year {{SA|800}}, [[Tar-Aldarion|Aldarion]], the son </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">King </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tar-Meneldur]] of </ins>Númenor<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, built the haven [[Vinyalondë</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which means New Haven </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Quenya]] at the mouth of the river Gwathló as a point where he could obtain timber and repair his </ins>ships <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in [[Middle-earth]], because his father had decreed a curb on the felling of trees in Númenor for the purpose </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shipbuilding.</ins><ref>{{<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UT</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wife</ins>}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">By </del>{{SA|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1695</del>}}, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Númenóreans were devastating the forests below Tharbad</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and had been obliged to build forts both at </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Haven and along the river</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to protect their ship-building yards and wood</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stores from </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">local population, who were understandably hostile, treated </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">enemies</del>.<ref <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name="GC"</del>/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After he took the sceptre in </ins>{{SA|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">883}}<ref>{{UT|4a</ins>}}, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Chronology''</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">second paragraph</ref> </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">King of [[Númenor]]</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Tar</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aldarion]] traveled up </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">River Gwathló as far </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tharbad and met [[Galadriel]] there</ins>.<ref<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>{{UT|Wife}}, ''The Further Course of the Narrative'', fourth paragraph<</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</ins>> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is not known if Tharbad was just a ford or if somebody already settled at Tharbad at the time of their meeting.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Despite overrunning all of Eriador in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">war which began in that year, Sauron</del>'s <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">armies had eventually been forced back </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fortified River Gwathló</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">where they were held. Beforehand, Sauron had not enough force to spare for any assault upon </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forts, but late in the war he had summoned more forces</del>, which <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were approaching from the south-east, and were indeed in </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Enedwaith</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at the Crossing of Tharbad, which was only lightly held.</del><ref name="GC"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>{{UT|Concerning}}<</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</del>></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Númenóreans constructed a small harbour at </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">river</ins>'s <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estuary </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exploit </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">local timber: ''</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">New Haven'</ins>, which <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was later called </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lond Daer</ins>]]<ref name="GC"/><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Whether </del>Tharbad<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s defences - which presumably consisted </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most northerly </del>of the Gwathló<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s </del>river <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forts - </del>were <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">overcome is uncertain</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but Tharbad </del>did <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">become </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">site </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[The Battle </del>of the Gwathló]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>where <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">after having his army caught </del>in the rear by [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ciryatur</del>]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who had hurried up </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gwathló </del>from [[Lond Daer]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>"Sauron <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>routed <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utterly.</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del><ref name=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UT</del>/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Before {{SA|1695}},<ref name=fourth>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, fourth paragraph</ref> the Númenóreans had devastated the forests below </ins>Tharbad <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by felling trees to obtain timber to build ships. The local population who had lived in those forests had initially been in awe of the Númenóreans, but had become hostile to them and attacked and ambushed them when the felling </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">trees became devastating. In return, </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Númenóreans treated their attackers as enemies.<ref name=third>{{UT|6d}}, discussion </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name </ins>Gwathló<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, third paragraph</ref> It is possible that the Númenóreans built the forts at the haven of Lond Daer and along the banks of the </ins>river <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gwathló, because of those conflicts with the native population. The surviving native population fled from Enedwaith to the Misty Mountains in the east and from Minhiriath to the dark woods of the cape of [[Eryn Vorn]].<ref name=third/>.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">During the war in Eriador Sauron </ins>did <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not have enough troops to spare for assaults on the forts of the Númenóreans at </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">haven </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vinyalondë and along the banks </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">river </ins>Gwathló<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.<ref name=fourth/> By {{SA|1700}} Sauron had destroyed the elven realm of Eregion and conquered all of Eriador except [[Rivendell</ins>]] where <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">he had left strong forces to prevent Elrond to attack him </ins>in the rear <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and had reached the river [[Lhûn]], which was defended </ins>by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Elves of the realm of </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lindon</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and by Númenórean forces that had been stationed in Lindon. Additional forces of Sauron approached from the south-east and were in Enedwaith at the crossing of Tharbad</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which was only lightly held.<ref name="GC">{{UT|Concerning}}</ref> It is not known if there were Númenórean forts at the crossing of Tharbad and if the crossing of Tharbad was lightly held by the Númenóreans or by forces of Sauron. After a great fleet commanded by </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Númenórean admiral Ciryatur landed with troops </ins>from <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Númenór the forces of Sauron were defeated and driven back to the south-east to the river [[Baranduin]]. After another defeat at the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sarn Ford]] they were driven back further to the south-east to the river Gwathló where the forces of Sauron were reinforced by his force at Tharbad. However, Ciryatur had sent a part of his fleet to the haven of </ins>Lond Daer <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and landed a strong Númenórean force there who attacked the forces of Sauron in his rear in the [[Battle of the Gwathló</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.<ref name="GC</ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/> It is not known if the forces of Sauron that had approached from the south-east were still on the southern bank of the river Gwathló in Enedwaith at Tharbad or had already crossed to the northern side of the river. It is also not known if the forces of Sauron that retreated from Sarn Ford had already crossed the river to its southern side at Tharbad and where at the Gwathló the Battle of the Gwathló took place. In the Battle of the Gwathló the forces of </ins>Sauron <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were utterly </ins>routed <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and Sauron only barely managed to escape with a small force to [[Calenardhon]]</ins>.<ref name=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"GC"</ins>/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad is not mentioned in surviving records for more than 1500 years after the war: the whole region was largely ignored by the elves and the Númenóreans following the destruction of Eregion and the forests "and the continued hostility of the surviving natives."{{fact}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad is not mentioned in surviving records for more than 1500 years after the war: the whole region was largely ignored by the elves and the Númenóreans following the destruction of Eregion and the forests "and the continued hostility of the surviving natives."{{fact}}</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the massive fenlands above it were extensively drained, until a much smaller Swanfleet was all that remained. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a bridge, the immense labour of which "was shared by the North and South Kingdoms", and included "a fortified town and haven about the [[Bridge of Tharbad|great bridge]] over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]]."<ref>{{PM|XNotes}}, note 76</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the massive fenlands above it were extensively drained, until a much smaller Swanfleet was all that remained. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a bridge, the immense labour of which "was shared by the North and South Kingdoms", and included "a fortified town and haven about the [[Bridge of Tharbad|great bridge]] over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]]."<ref>{{PM|XNotes}}, note 76</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]] a few miles downstream from the confluence of the river [[Hoarwell]] and the river [[Glanduin]], which formed the river Gwathló.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> The lower part of the [[Glanduin]] was a fenland called the [[Swanfleet]] and the natural state of the upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread into a fenland. The land around Tharbad was later drained to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strengthen </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">banks </del>of the river to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">allow </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">construction </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">causeways, a </del>bridge<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, a harbour and a town</del>. Ships with a smaller draught could be sailed or rowed up the Gwathló as far as Tharbad.<ref>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]] a few miles downstream from the confluence of the river [[Hoarwell]] and the river [[Glanduin]], which formed the river Gwathló.<ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name=Map</ins>>{{FR|Map}}</ref> The lower part of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">river </ins>[[Glanduin]] was a fenland called the [[Swanfleet]] and the natural state of the upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread into a fenland.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name=Glanduin>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Glanduin</ref> </ins>The land around Tharbad was later drained <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and dykes were built </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">contruct a great port<ref>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, fifth paragraph</ref> for seagoing ships,<ref name=Author>{{UT|6d}} discussion of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name Glanduin, Author's note after Enedwaith</ref> a bridge,<ref name=Glanduin/> forts on great earthworks on both sides </ins>of the river to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">guard </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bridge<ref name=Author/> and long causeways on both sides </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Gwathló and Mitheithel on which the road ran to the </ins>bridge <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Tharbad<ref name=Glanduin/></ins>. Ships with a smaller draught could be sailed or rowed up the Gwathló as far as Tharbad.<ref>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, first paragraph</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road crossed the river Gwathló at Tharbad.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road crossed the river Gwathló at Tharbad.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name=Map/></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the massive fenlands above it were extensively drained, until a much smaller Swanfleet was all that remained. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a bridge, the immense labour of which "was shared by the North and South Kingdoms", and included "a fortified town and haven about the [[Bridge of Tharbad|great bridge]] over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]]."<ref>{{PM|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dwarves</del>}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the massive fenlands above it were extensively drained, until a much smaller Swanfleet was all that remained. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a bridge, the immense labour of which "was shared by the North and South Kingdoms", and included "a fortified town and haven about the [[Bridge of Tharbad|great bridge]] over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]]."<ref>{{PM|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">XNotes</ins>}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, note 76</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These fortifications around the town were "raised there on great earthworks on both sides of the river..", and '[[Greenway|The Great South Road]]', which was built at the same time to connect the two nations, passed across the bridge via "long causeways that carried the road to it on either side across the fens.."<ref name=UT/></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These fortifications around the town were "raised there on great earthworks on both sides of the river..", and '[[Greenway|The Great South Road]]', which was built at the same time to connect the two nations, passed across the bridge via "long causeways that carried the road to it on either side across the fens.."<ref name=UT/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is probable that Tharbad became part of the kingdom of Arnor in {{SA|3320}}, because after the establishment of the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor, Enedwaith belonged to neither of those two kingdoms<ref name=Glanduin<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name ''Glanduin'', first paragraph<</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</del>> and the Gwathló was the eastern border of Arnor and the Isen was the western border of Gondor<ref name=Isen>{{UT|11c}}, note to the text, first paragraph</ref>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is probable that Tharbad became part of the kingdom of Arnor in {{SA|3320}}, because after the establishment of the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor, Enedwaith belonged to neither of those two kingdoms<ref name=Glanduin/> and the Gwathló was the eastern border of Arnor and the Isen was the western border of Gondor<ref name=Isen>{{UT|11c}}, note to the text, first paragraph</ref>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]], between the lands of [[Minhiriath]] and [[Enedwaith]].<ref name="UT" /> The town was built a few miles downstream from the confluence of the River [[Hoarwell]] and the River [[Glanduin|Glanduin,]] which formed the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">River </del>Gwathló.<ref name=":0">{{FR|Map}}</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]], between the lands of [[Minhiriath]] and [[Enedwaith]].<ref name="UT" /> The town was built a few miles downstream from the confluence of the River [[Hoarwell]] and the River [[Glanduin|Glanduin,]] which formed the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">river </ins>Gwathló.<ref name=":0">{{FR|Map}}</ref> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The lower part of the Glanduin was a wide fenland called the [[Swanfleet]]. The upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">out </del>into fenland. The land around Tharbad was later drained to allow the construction of causeways, a bridge, a harbour and the town itself. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The lower part of the Glanduin was a wide fenland called the [[Swanfleet]]. The upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread into <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>fenland. The land around Tharbad was later drained to allow the construction of causeways, a bridge, a harbour and the town itself. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road crossed the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">River </del>Gwathló at Tharbad.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road crossed the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">river </ins>Gwathló at Tharbad.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the construction of the haven of [[Vinyalondë]] at the mouth <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the </del>Gwathló, between [[Second Age|S.A.]] [[Second Age 750|750]] and [[Second Age 800|800]],<ref name=":1" /> the [[Guild of Venturers]] began harvesting the local timber for the ship-building industry of [[Númenor]].<ref name=":2" /> After he took the sceptre in {{SA|883}}<ref name=":1">{{UT|4a}}</ref> the King of Númenor, [[Tar-Aldarion]] travelled up the Gwathló to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a place named </del>Tharbad and met [[Galadriel]] there.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, ''The Further Course of the Narrative'', fourth paragraph</ref> Whether there was a settlement here during this time is unclear, but it was known by the Guild that ships with a smaller draught could be sailed or rowed up the Gwathló as far as Tharbad.<ref name=":3">{{UT|6d}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the construction of the haven of [[Vinyalondë]] at the mouth Gwathló, between [[Second Age|S.A.]] [[Second Age 750|750]] and [[Second Age 800|800]],<ref name=":1" /> the [[Guild of Venturers]] began harvesting the local timber for the ship-building industry of [[Númenor]].<ref name=":2" /> After he took the sceptre </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By {{SA|1695}}, the Númenóreans had devastated the forests below Tharbad. They had been obliged to build forts both at the Haven and along the river, to protect their ship-building yards and wood-stores from the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">native </del>population, who were understandably hostile.<ref name="GC">{{UT|Concerning}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By {{SA|1695}}, the Númenóreans had devastated the forests below Tharbad. They <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>had been obliged to build forts both at the Haven and along the river, to protect their ship-building yards and wood-stores from the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">local </ins>population, who were understandably hostile.<ref name="GC">{{UT|Concerning}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In that year, the forces of [[Sauron]] invaded Eriador in what became known as the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]]. Though he over-ran much of Eriador, Sauron was eventually [[Battle of the Gwathló|forced back to the fortified River Gwathló]]. Though strengthened by his forces at Tharbad he was assailed by a host of Númenóreans under [[Ciryatur]], who had sailed upriver from Vinyalondë. Sauron<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s forces were </del>routed utterly and he and his bodyguard fled only narrowly escaped eastwards.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In that year, the forces of [[Sauron]] invaded Eriador in what became known as the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]]. Though he over-ran much of Eriador, Sauron was eventually [[Battle of the Gwathló|forced back to the fortified River Gwathló]]. Though strengthened by his forces at Tharbad he was assailed by a host of Númenóreans under [[Ciryatur]], who had sailed upriver from Vinyalondë. Sauron <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>routed utterly and he and his bodyguard fled only narrowly escaped eastwards.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad is not mentioned in surviving records for more than sixteen hundred years after the war. Following the destruction of most of the forests of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Eriador</del>, the whole region was largely ignored by the Elves and the Númenóreans. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad is not mentioned in surviving records for more than sixteen hundred years after the war. Following the destruction of most of the forests of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Eregion</ins>, the whole region was largely ignored by the Elves and the Númenóreans <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> and the "and the continued hostility of the surviving natives</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"{{fact}}</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After </del>the founding of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] in {{SA|3320}}, however, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the site of the ford became of great importance to both kingdoms </del>and saw extensive development. The [[Faithful]] undertook works of drainage and dyke-building that would turn Tharbad into a great port.<ref name="UT" /> The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the wide fenlands above it were drained, until the Swanfleet was much diminished. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a [[Bridge of Tharbad|bridge]], the immense labour of which was shared by the North and South Kingdoms<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del><ref name=":3" /> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tharbad became </del>a fortified town and haven about the great bridge over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]].<ref name=":2">{{PM|Dwarves}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The site of the ford became very important after </ins>the founding of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] in {{SA|3320}}, however, and saw extensive development. The [[Faithful]] undertook works of drainage and dyke-building that would turn Tharbad into a great port.<ref name="UT" /> The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the wide fenlands above it were <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">extensively </ins>drained, until the Swanfleet was much diminished. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a [[Bridge of Tharbad|bridge]], the immense labour of which was shared by the North and South Kingdoms<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</ins><ref name=":3" /> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and included "</ins>a fortified town and haven about the great bridge over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]].<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins><ref name=":2">{{PM|Dwarves}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fortifications around the town were raised there on great earthworks on both sides of the river<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The </del>great [[North-South Road]], which was built at the same time to connect the two kingdoms, passed across the bridge via long causeways that carried the road to it on either side across the fens.<ref name="UT" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fortifications around the town were raised there on great earthworks on both sides of the river<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and the </ins>great [[North-South Road]], which was built at the same time to connect the two kingdoms, passed across the bridge via long causeways that carried the road to it on either side across the fens.<ref name="UT" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is probable that Tharbad became part of the kingdom of Arnor, as the land of Enedwaith to the south belonged to neither of the two [[Realms in Exile]].<ref name="Glanduin">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name ''Glanduin'', first paragraph</ref> The Gwathló was the southern border of Arnor and the [[Isen]] was the western border of Gondor.<ref name="Isen">{{UT|11c}}, note to the text, first paragraph</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is probable that Tharbad became part of the kingdom of Arnor, as the land of Enedwaith to the south belonged to neither of the two [[Realms in Exile]].<ref name="Glanduin">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name ''Glanduin'', first paragraph</ref> The Gwathló was the southern border of Arnor and the [[Isen]] was the western border of Gondor.<ref name="Isen">{{UT|11c}}, note to the text, first paragraph</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Third Age===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Third Age===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Enedwaith remained of interest to both Arnor and Gondor well into the Third Age,<ref name="NM">{{NM|P3xxii}}, p. 378</ref><ref name="RC">{{HM|RC}}, p. 650</ref><ref name="VT">{{VT|42a}}</ref> in as much as they were mainly concerned with the building and maintenance of the North-South Road.<ref name=Glanduin/> This was the main route of transport between the two kingdoms, so Tharbad, its bridge and haven were of great importance at this time.<ref name=Glanduin/> Other than at Tharbad<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, where a large garrison of soldiers, mariners and engineers<ref name="Glanduin" /> was stationed</del>, there were no permanent settlements of people of Númenórean origin in Enedwaith<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del><ref name=Glanduin/><ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/> In addition, the drainage works were maintained and the banks of the Rivers [[Mitheithel]] and Gwathló were strengthened.<ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Enedwaith remained of interest to both Arnor and Gondor well into the Third Age,<ref name="NM">{{NM|P3xxii}}, p. 378</ref><ref name="RC">{{HM|RC}}, p. 650</ref><ref name="VT">{{VT|42a}}</ref> in as much as they were mainly concerned with the building and maintenance of the North-South Road.<ref name=Glanduin/> This was the main route of transport between the two kingdoms, so Tharbad, its bridge and haven were of great importance at this time.<ref name=Glanduin/> Other than at Tharbad, there were no permanent settlements of people of Númenórean origin in Enedwaith<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</ins><ref name=Glanduin/><ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">where a large garrison of soldiers, mariners and engineers<ref name=Glanduin/> was stationed. </ins>In addition, the drainage works were maintained and the banks of the Rivers [[Mitheithel]] and Gwathló were strengthened.<ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When the Kingdom of Arnor was divided <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into three realms </del>in {{TA|861}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 861, p. 1085</ref> Minhiriath, the region between the River [[Baranduin]] and the Gwathló<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>became a part of [[Cardolan]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', first paragraph, p. 1039</ref> As a consequence, Tharbad <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">too </del>probably became a part of Cardolan.<ref name=":0" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When the Kingdom of Arnor was divided in {{TA|861}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 861, p. 1085</ref> Minhiriath, the region between the River [[Baranduin]] and the Gwathló became a part of [[Cardolan]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, one of the three successor states of Arnor</ins>.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', first paragraph, p. 1039</ref> As a consequence, Tharbad probably became a part of Cardolan.<ref name=":0" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Great Plague]] spread north-west from Gondor in {{TA|1636}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1636, p. 1086</ref> most of the people of Cardolan <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">persihed</del>, especially in Minhiriath.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for king Argeleb II, p. 1041</ref> Afterwards, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the region </del>was almost completely deserted,<ref name="SecondParagraph">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, second paragraph</ref>, but some survivors of the plague continued to live in Tharbad. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Great Plague]] spread north-west from Gondor in {{TA|1636}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1636, p. 1086</ref> most of the people of Cardolan <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">died</ins>, especially in Minhiriath.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for king Argeleb II, p. 1041</ref> Afterwards, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Minhiriath </ins>was almost completely deserted,<ref name="SecondParagraph">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, second paragraph</ref>, but some survivors of the plague continued to live in Tharbad. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the decline of Arnor, Enedwaith became a part of Gondor. As a consequence, it is possible that the town of Tharbad came under the rule of Gondor. However, the region fell quickly into decay and reverted to wild fenlands.<ref name=Glanduin/></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the decline of Arnor, Enedwaith became a part of Gondor. As a consequence, it is possible that the town of Tharbad came under the rule of Gondor. However, the region fell quickly into decay and reverted to wild fenlands.<ref name=Glanduin/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road continued to be an important trade route for another three hundred and fifty years until the Fall of [[Arthedain]] in {{TA|1974|n}}. From the end of the days of the Kings of Gondor in {{TA|2050|n}}, the people of Enedwaith, including the [[Dunlendings]], and the remaining inhabitants of Tharbad ceased to be subjects of Gondor. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Around Tharbad</del>, the North-South Road fell into disrepair. The Bridge of Tharbad became ruinous and was replaced by a dangerous ford.<ref>{{UT|Isen}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survivors of the Great Plague remained in Tharbad, and the </ins>North-South Road continued to be an important trade route for another three hundred and fifty years until the Fall of [[Arthedain]] in {{TA|1974|n}}. From the end of the days of the Kings of Gondor in {{TA|2050|n}}, the people of Enedwaith, including the [[Dunlendings]], and the remaining inhabitants of Tharbad ceased to be subjects of Gondor. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In Enedwaith</ins>, the North-South Road fell into disrepair. The Bridge of Tharbad became ruinous and was replaced by a dangerous ford.<ref>{{UT|Isen}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Fell Winter]] of [[Third Age|T.A.]] [[Third Age 2911|2911]] – [[Third Age 2912|2912]]<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2911, p. 1089</ref> Enedwaith and Minhiriath were devastated by great floods. Tharbad was ruined and became deserted.<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2912, p. 1089</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Fell Winter]] of [[Third Age|T.A.]] [[Third Age 2911|2911]] – [[Third Age 2912|2912]]<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2911, p. 1089</ref> Enedwaith and Minhiriath were devastated by great floods. Tharbad was ruined and became deserted.<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2912, p. 1089</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was also at Tharbad where [[Boromir]] lost his horse <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </del>he crossed the river at the ford.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[Farewell to Lórien]]",p. 487</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was also at Tharbad where [[Boromir]] lost his horse <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">when </ins>he crossed the river at the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">now dangerous </ins>ford.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[Farewell to Lórien]]",p. 487</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the War of the Ring at the end of the [[Third Age]], the North-kingdom of Arnor was re-established by [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, p. 1042</ref> It is probable that the town of Tharbad and its bridge were rebuilt. On his return to [[Bree]] after the coronation of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the new king</del>, Gandalf announced that the [[Greenway]] would be opened again, that there would be people and fields where once there was wilderness and that there would be realms between the Isen and the Greyflood.<ref>{{RK|Homeward}}, p. 993</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the War of the Ring at the end of the [[Third Age]], the North-kingdom of Arnor was re-established by [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, p. 1042</ref> It is probable that the town of Tharbad and its bridge were rebuilt. On his return to [[Bree]] after the coronation of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">King [[Elessar]]</ins>, Gandalf announced that the [[Greenway]] would be opened again, that there would be people and fields where once there was wilderness and that there would be realms between the Isen and the Greyflood.<ref>{{RK|Homeward}}, p. 993</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the construction of the haven of [[Vinyalondë]] at the mouth Gwathló, between [[Second Age|S.A.]] [[Second Age 750|750]] and [[Second Age 800|800]],<ref name=":1" /> the [[Guild of Venturers]] began harvesting the local timber for the ship-building industry of [[Númenor]].<ref name=":2" /> After he took the sceptre </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the construction of the haven of [[Vinyalondë]] at the mouth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the </ins>Gwathló, between [[Second Age|S.A.]] [[Second Age 750|750]] and [[Second Age 800|800]],<ref name=":1" /> the [[Guild of Venturers]] began harvesting the local timber for the ship-building industry of [[Númenor]].<ref name=":2" /> After he took the sceptre in {{SA|883}}<ref name=":1">{{UT|4a}}</ref> the King of Númenor, [[Tar-Aldarion]] travelled up the Gwathló to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a place named </ins>Tharbad and met [[Galadriel]] there.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, ''The Further Course of the Narrative'', fourth paragraph</ref> Whether there was a settlement here during this time is unclear, but it was known by the Guild that ships with a smaller draught could be sailed or rowed up the Gwathló as far as Tharbad.<ref name=":3">{{UT|6d}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in {{SA|883}}<ref name=":1">{{UT|4a}}</ref> the King of Númenor, [[Tar-Aldarion]] travelled up the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">River </del>Gwathló to Tharbad and met [[Galadriel]] there.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, ''The Further Course of the Narrative'', fourth paragraph</ref> Whether there was a settlement here during this time is unclear, but it was known by the Guild that ships with a smaller draught could be sailed or rowed up the Gwathló as far as Tharbad.<ref name=":3">{{UT|6d}}</ref></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By {{SA|1695}}, the Númenóreans had devastated the forests below Tharbad. They <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>had been obliged to build forts both at the Haven and along the river, to protect their ship-building yards and wood-stores from the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">local </del>population, who were understandably hostile.<ref name="GC">{{UT|Concerning}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By {{SA|1695}}, the Númenóreans had devastated the forests below Tharbad. They had been obliged to build forts both at the Haven and along the river, to protect their ship-building yards and wood-stores from the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">native </ins>population, who were understandably hostile.<ref name="GC">{{UT|Concerning}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In that year, the forces of [[Sauron]] invaded Eriador in what became known as the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]]. Though he over-ran much of Eriador, Sauron was eventually [[Battle of the Gwathló|forced back to the fortified River Gwathló]]. Though strengthened by his forces at Tharbad he was assailed by a host of Númenóreans under [[Ciryatur]], who had sailed upriver from Vinyalondë. Sauron <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>routed utterly and he and his bodyguard fled only narrowly escaped eastwards.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In that year, the forces of [[Sauron]] invaded Eriador in what became known as the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]]. Though he over-ran much of Eriador, Sauron was eventually [[Battle of the Gwathló|forced back to the fortified River Gwathló]]. Though strengthened by his forces at Tharbad he was assailed by a host of Númenóreans under [[Ciryatur]], who had sailed upriver from Vinyalondë. Sauron<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s forces were </ins>routed utterly and he and his bodyguard fled only narrowly escaped eastwards.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad is not mentioned in surviving records for more than sixteen hundred years after the war. Following the destruction of most of the forests of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Eregion</del>, the whole region was largely ignored by the Elves and the Númenóreans <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> and the "and the continued hostility of the surviving natives</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"{{fact}}</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad is not mentioned in surviving records for more than sixteen hundred years after the war. Following the destruction of most of the forests of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Eriador</ins>, the whole region was largely ignored by the Elves and the Númenóreans. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The site of the ford became very important after </del>the founding of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] in {{SA|3320}}, however, and saw extensive development. The [[Faithful]] undertook works of drainage and dyke-building that would turn Tharbad into a great port.<ref name="UT" /> The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the wide fenlands above it were <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">extensively </del>drained, until the Swanfleet was much diminished. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a [[Bridge of Tharbad|bridge]], the immense labour of which was shared by the North and South Kingdoms<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del><ref name=":3" /> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and included "</del>a fortified town and haven about the great bridge over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]].<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del><ref name=":2">{{PM|Dwarves}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After </ins>the founding of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] in {{SA|3320}}, however, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the site of the ford became of great importance to both kingdoms </ins>and saw extensive development. The [[Faithful]] undertook works of drainage and dyke-building that would turn Tharbad into a great port.<ref name="UT" /> The ford was deepened to receive sea-going vessels, and the wide fenlands above it were drained, until the Swanfleet was much diminished. Tharbad's new river-port was spanned by a [[Bridge of Tharbad|bridge]], the immense labour of which was shared by the North and South Kingdoms<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins><ref name=":3" /> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tharbad became </ins>a fortified town and haven about the great bridge over the [[Gwathló|Greyflood]].<ref name=":2">{{PM|Dwarves}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fortifications around the town were raised there on great earthworks on both sides of the river<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and the </del>great [[North-South Road]], which was built at the same time to connect the two kingdoms, passed across the bridge via long causeways that carried the road to it on either side across the fens.<ref name="UT" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fortifications around the town were raised there on great earthworks on both sides of the river<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The </ins>great [[North-South Road]], which was built at the same time to connect the two kingdoms, passed across the bridge via long causeways that carried the road to it on either side across the fens.<ref name="UT" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is probable that Tharbad became part of the kingdom of Arnor, as the land of Enedwaith to the south belonged to neither of the two [[Realms in Exile]].<ref name="Glanduin">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name ''Glanduin'', first paragraph</ref> The Gwathló was the southern border of Arnor and the [[Isen]] was the western border of Gondor.<ref name="Isen">{{UT|11c}}, note to the text, first paragraph</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is probable that Tharbad became part of the kingdom of Arnor, as the land of Enedwaith to the south belonged to neither of the two [[Realms in Exile]].<ref name="Glanduin">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name ''Glanduin'', first paragraph</ref> The Gwathló was the southern border of Arnor and the [[Isen]] was the western border of Gondor.<ref name="Isen">{{UT|11c}}, note to the text, first paragraph</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Enedwaith remained of interest to both Arnor and Gondor well into the Third Age,<ref name="NM">{{NM|P3xxii}}, p. 378</ref><ref name="RC">{{HM|RC}}, p. 650</ref><ref name="VT">{{VT|42a}}</ref> in as much as they were mainly concerned with the building and maintenance of the North-South Road.<ref name=Glanduin/> This was the main route of transport between the two kingdoms, so Tharbad, its bridge and haven were of great importance at this time.<ref name=Glanduin/> Other than at Tharbad, there were no permanent settlements of people of Númenórean origin in Enedwaith<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del><ref name=Glanduin/><ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">where a large garrison of soldiers, mariners and engineers<ref name=Glanduin/> was stationed. </del>In addition, the drainage works were maintained and the banks of the Rivers [[Mitheithel]] and Gwathló were strengthened.<ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Enedwaith remained of interest to both Arnor and Gondor well into the Third Age,<ref name="NM">{{NM|P3xxii}}, p. 378</ref><ref name="RC">{{HM|RC}}, p. 650</ref><ref name="VT">{{VT|42a}}</ref> in as much as they were mainly concerned with the building and maintenance of the North-South Road.<ref name=Glanduin/> This was the main route of transport between the two kingdoms, so Tharbad, its bridge and haven were of great importance at this time.<ref name=Glanduin/> Other than at Tharbad<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, where a large garrison of soldiers, mariners and engineers<ref name="Glanduin" /> was stationed</ins>, there were no permanent settlements of people of Númenórean origin in Enedwaith<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins><ref name=Glanduin/><ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/> In addition, the drainage works were maintained and the banks of the Rivers [[Mitheithel]] and Gwathló were strengthened.<ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When the Kingdom of Arnor was divided in {{TA|861}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 861, p. 1085</ref> Minhiriath, the region between the River [[Baranduin]] and the Gwathló became a part of [[Cardolan]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, one of the three successor states of Arnor</del>.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', first paragraph, p. 1039</ref> As a consequence, Tharbad probably became a part of Cardolan.<ref name=":0" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When the Kingdom of Arnor was divided <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into three realms </ins>in {{TA|861}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 861, p. 1085</ref> Minhiriath, the region between the River [[Baranduin]] and the Gwathló<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>became a part of [[Cardolan]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', first paragraph, p. 1039</ref> As a consequence, Tharbad <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">too </ins>probably became a part of Cardolan.<ref name=":0" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Great Plague]] spread north-west from Gondor in {{TA|1636}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1636, p. 1086</ref> most of the people of Cardolan <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">died</del>, especially in Minhiriath.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for king Argeleb II, p. 1041</ref> Afterwards, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Minhiriath </del>was almost completely deserted,<ref name="SecondParagraph">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, second paragraph</ref>, but some survivors of the plague continued to live in Tharbad. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Great Plague]] spread north-west from Gondor in {{TA|1636}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1636, p. 1086</ref> most of the people of Cardolan <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">persihed</ins>, especially in Minhiriath.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for king Argeleb II, p. 1041</ref> Afterwards, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the region </ins>was almost completely deserted,<ref name="SecondParagraph">{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, second paragraph</ref>, but some survivors of the plague continued to live in Tharbad. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the decline of Arnor, Enedwaith became a part of Gondor. As a consequence, it is possible that the town of Tharbad came under the rule of Gondor. However, the region fell quickly into decay and reverted to wild fenlands.<ref name=Glanduin/></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the decline of Arnor, Enedwaith became a part of Gondor. As a consequence, it is possible that the town of Tharbad came under the rule of Gondor. However, the region fell quickly into decay and reverted to wild fenlands.<ref name=Glanduin/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survivors of the Great Plague remained in Tharbad, and the </del>North-South Road continued to be an important trade route for another three hundred and fifty years until the Fall of [[Arthedain]] in {{TA|1974|n}}. From the end of the days of the Kings of Gondor in {{TA|2050|n}}, the people of Enedwaith, including the [[Dunlendings]], and the remaining inhabitants of Tharbad ceased to be subjects of Gondor. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In Enedwaith</del>, the North-South Road fell into disrepair. The Bridge of Tharbad became ruinous and was replaced by a dangerous ford.<ref>{{UT|Isen}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The North-South Road continued to be an important trade route for another three hundred and fifty years until the Fall of [[Arthedain]] in {{TA|1974|n}}. From the end of the days of the Kings of Gondor in {{TA|2050|n}}, the people of Enedwaith, including the [[Dunlendings]], and the remaining inhabitants of Tharbad ceased to be subjects of Gondor. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Around Tharbad</ins>, the North-South Road fell into disrepair. The Bridge of Tharbad became ruinous and was replaced by a dangerous ford.<ref>{{UT|Isen}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Fell Winter]] of [[Third Age|T.A.]] [[Third Age 2911|2911]] – [[Third Age 2912|2912]]<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2911, p. 1089</ref> Enedwaith and Minhiriath were devastated by great floods. Tharbad was ruined and became deserted.<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2912, p. 1089</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Fell Winter]] of [[Third Age|T.A.]] [[Third Age 2911|2911]] – [[Third Age 2912|2912]]<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2911, p. 1089</ref> Enedwaith and Minhiriath were devastated by great floods. Tharbad was ruined and became deserted.<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2912, p. 1089</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 27 September {{TA|3018}} [[Gandalf]] crossed the Greyflood at Tharbad<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3018, 27 September, p. 1091</ref> with his horse [[Shadowfax]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 552 citing from ''The Hunt for the Ring'', Marquette manuscript 4/2/33</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 27 September {{TA|3018}} [[Gandalf]] crossed the Greyflood at Tharbad<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3018, 27 September, p. 1091</ref> with his horse [[Shadowfax]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 552 citing from ''The Hunt for the Ring'', Marquette manuscript 4/2/33</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was also at Tharbad where [[Boromir]] lost his horse <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">when </del>he crossed the river at the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">now dangerous </del>ford.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[Farewell to Lórien]]",p. 487</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was also at Tharbad where [[Boromir]] lost his horse <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </ins>he crossed the river at the ford.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[Farewell to Lórien]]",p. 487</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the War of the Ring at the end of the [[Third Age]], the North-kingdom of Arnor was re-established by [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, p. 1042</ref> It is probable that the town of Tharbad and its bridge were rebuilt. On his return to [[Bree]] after the coronation of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">King [[Elessar]]</del>, Gandalf announced that the [[Greenway]] would be opened again, that there would be people and fields where once there was wilderness and that there would be realms between the Isen and the Greyflood.<ref>{{RK|Homeward}}, p. 993</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the War of the Ring at the end of the [[Third Age]], the North-kingdom of Arnor was re-established by [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, p. 1042</ref> It is probable that the town of Tharbad and its bridge were rebuilt. On his return to [[Bree]] after the coronation of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the new king</ins>, Gandalf announced that the [[Greenway]] would be opened again, that there would be people and fields where once there was wilderness and that there would be realms between the Isen and the Greyflood.<ref>{{RK|Homeward}}, p. 993</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]], between the lands of [[Minhiriath]] and [[Enedwaith]].<ref name="UT" /> The town was built a few miles downstream from the confluence of the River [[Hoarwell]] and the River [[Glanduin|Glanduin,]] which formed the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">river </del>Gwathló.<ref name=":0">{{FR|Map}}</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tharbad was located on the southern border of [[Eriador]], between the lands of [[Minhiriath]] and [[Enedwaith]].<ref name="UT" /> The town was built a few miles downstream from the confluence of the River [[Hoarwell]] and the River [[Glanduin|Glanduin,]] which formed the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">River </ins>Gwathló.<ref name=":0">{{FR|Map}}</ref> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The lower part of the Glanduin was a wide fenland called the [[Swanfleet]]. The upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread into <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </del>fenland. The land around Tharbad was later drained to allow the construction of causeways, a bridge, a harbour and the town itself. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The lower part of the Glanduin was a wide fenland called the [[Swanfleet]]. The upper [[Gwathló]] near Tharbad was a slow wide river that spread <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">out </ins>into fenland. The land around Tharbad was later drained to allow the construction of causeways, a bridge, a harbour and the town itself. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early [[Second Age]] the '[[Swanfleet]]' river, entered the southern part of the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Noldor|</del>Noldor]]in realm [[Eregion]]. After he took the sceptre </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early [[Second Age]] the '[[Swanfleet]]' river, entered the southern part of the [[Noldor]]in realm [[Eregion]]. After he took the sceptre </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in {{SA|883}}<ref>{{UT|4a}}, ''Chronology'', second paragraph</ref> the King of [[Númenor]], [[Tar-Aldarion]] traveled up the River Gwathló to Tharbad and met [[Galadriel]] there.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, ''The Further Course of the Narrative'', fourth paragraph</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in {{SA|883}}<ref>{{UT|4a}}, ''Chronology'', second paragraph</ref> the King of [[Númenor]], [[Tar-Aldarion]] traveled up the River Gwathló to Tharbad and met [[Galadriel]] there.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, ''The Further Course of the Narrative'', fourth paragraph</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Great Plague]] spread north-west from Gondor in {{TA|1636}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1636, p. 1086</ref> most of the people of Cardolan died, especially in Minhiriath.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for king Argeleb II, p. 1041</ref> After that Minhiriath was almost completely deserted,<ref name=SecondParagraph>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, second paragraph</ref>, but some survivors of the plague continued to live in Tharbad. After the decay and receding of the kingdom of Arnor, which had originally included Minhiriath,<ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/> Enedwaith became a part of Gondor during the days of the Kings of Gondor. Like before, Gondor was mainly concerned with the maintenance and patrolling of the North-South-Road.<ref name=Isen/> As a consequence, it is possible that the town of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tharbard </del>became a part of Gondor. However, after the [[Great Plague]] of {{TA|1636}} the region fell quickly into decay and turned back into wild fenlands long before the War of the Ring.<ref name=Glanduin/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the [[Great Plague]] spread north-west from Gondor in {{TA|1636}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1636, p. 1086</ref> most of the people of Cardolan died, especially in Minhiriath.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for king Argeleb II, p. 1041</ref> After that Minhiriath was almost completely deserted,<ref name=SecondParagraph>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name Gwathló, second paragraph</ref>, but some survivors of the plague continued to live in Tharbad. After the decay and receding of the kingdom of Arnor, which had originally included Minhiriath,<ref name=NM/><ref name=RC/><ref name=VT/> Enedwaith became a part of Gondor during the days of the Kings of Gondor. Like before, Gondor was mainly concerned with the maintenance and patrolling of the North-South-Road.<ref name=Isen/> As a consequence, it is possible that the town of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tharbad </ins>became a part of Gondor. However, after the [[Great Plague]] of {{TA|1636}} the region fell quickly into decay and turned back into wild fenlands long before the War of the Ring.<ref name=Glanduin/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:First built by the Númenóreans as a ford and settlement, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it </del>has been rebuilt over the many centuries of its existence. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tharbad's </del>position upon the river [[Gwathló]] marks the boundary between the [[Cardolan]] and [[Swanfleet]] regions: thus making it a landmark in both regions. It is also the dividing point between the [[Greenway]] and the [[Old South Road]]. The ruins are occupied by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">some very overpowered </del>[[Orcs]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. On the Swanfleet side dwell ''Tharbad Fire-berserkers'', ''Tharbad Defilers'', ''Tharbad Warriors'', and ''Tharbad Skirmishers''. On the Cardolan side dwell ''Orc-thieves'' and ''Tharbad Orc-leaders''</del>. An expedition of hopeful settlers from [[Bree-land]] camp nearby on the Cardolan side.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:First built by the Númenóreans as a ford and settlement, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tharbad </ins>has been rebuilt over the many centuries of its existence. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Its </ins>position upon the river [[Gwathló]] marks the boundary between the [[Cardolan]] and [[Swanfleet]] regions: thus making it a landmark in both regions. It is also the dividing point between the [[Greenway]] and the [[Old South Road]]. The ruins are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">currently </ins>occupied by [[Orcs]]. An expedition of hopeful settlers from [[Bree-land]] camp nearby on the Cardolan side.</div></td></tr>
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