Q: What Is the Earliest Date Hobbits Could Have Settled in the Vales of Anduin? ANSWER: As I have phrased this question it presupposes that […]
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These articles discuss topics relating to the peoples and locations associated with the Vales of Anduin.
What Kind of Army did the Beornings Maintain?
Q: What Kind of Army did the Beornings Maintain? ANSWER: J.R.R. Tolkien did not describe the military tactics and forces of the Beornings. The reader […]
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Did Hobbits Ever Live in Tribes?
Q: Did Hobbits Ever Live in Tribes? ANSWER: There is no definitive statement from J.R.R. Tolkien in any published writing of which I am aware […]
Continue readingHow Many Lords of Éothéod Were There?
Q: How Many Lords of Éothéod Were There? ANSWER: So far as I know, to date, no complete list of the Lords of Éothéod has […]
Continue readingWhy Did the Rohirrim Move South to Gondor?
Q: Why Did the Rohirrim Move South to Gondor? ANSWER: According to the story “Cirion and Eorl”, published in Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, […]
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How Much Land Did the Beornings Control?
Q: How Much Land Did the Beornings Control? ANSWER: J.R.R. Tolkien does not offer precise measurements for the extent of the Beornings’ lands; nor does […]
Continue readingWhat Were the Beornings Like?
Q: What Were the Beornings Like? ANSWER: The Beornings are about as non-descript a tribe in Middle-earth as any, receiving even less attention than the […]
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Who are Beorn’s Followers?
Q: Who are Beorn’s Followers? ANSWER: One might easily get the impression from reading The Hobbit that Beorn lives all alone between the Anduin and […]
Continue readingWhere did the Rohirrim Come From?
Q: Where did the Rohirrim Come From? ANSWER: The Rohirrim were a tribe of Northmen who traced their origins back to an ancient kingdom that […]
Continue readingDid Grimbeorn the Old Have Any Sons?
Q: Did Grimbeorn the Old Have Any Sons? ANSWER: In The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien shares a foretelling about Beorn and his descendants: …Beorn indeed became […]
Continue readingWhat Was Éothéod Like?
Q: What Was Éothéod Like? ANSWER: Éothéod was the name of both the people and the land in which they dwelt. The Éothéod were descendants […]
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Did Hobbits Live by the Anduin?
Q: Did Hobbits Live by the Anduin? ANSWER: Yes, Hobbits did live by the Anduin river on several occasions across thousands of years. As I […]
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Where Do Hobbits Live in Middle-earth?
Q: Where Do Hobbits Live In Middle-earth? ANSWER: Hobbits enjoyed a long though obscure history in Middle-earth. According to J.R.R. Tolkien in a letter, the […]
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