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06-08-2008, 10:41 PM
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Sapling
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Hither Lands
I know that very little is known about the lands beyond middle earth and i was curious. What facts do we know about the Hither Lands? How far did Tolkien go into there description and history?
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06-11-2008, 03:08 AM
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Sapling
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nobody knows anything
apparently we know nothing, nothing at all.
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06-11-2008, 06:35 AM
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High King at Annuminas Administrator
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Ha!
 Or very little anyway.Which 'hither lands' are you mostly interested in anyway? And at what time period? (since everything was re-shaped a few times as the ages passed)
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06-11-2008, 03:13 PM
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Sapling
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well the lands south of harad. i read that there was supposed to be anther continent there. i was mostly interested in it in the2nd and 3rd ages.
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06-11-2008, 03:31 PM
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Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation
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Well, in Tolkien's words, that's a debatable and deserted land. Tolkien's histories don't cover it, because LOTR didn't take place anywhere near that area, and the Silmarillion was an Elvish history, and the elves didn't deal with that area either.
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07-19-2008, 06:52 PM
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There's something in, I htink, the appendicies at the back of LOTR that talks about what the men got up to in the fourth age. It's short and vague but I seem to remember reading about how they sailed a lot, south unto the nether darkness or something (south pole). Long time ago so I don't remember it clearly but I think that's about it.
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