Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20170616031917

Mae govannen, mellyn-nin! I recently read the essay "The Rivers and Beacon-Hills of Gondor", and decided to make a (moderately simple) suggestion based on the numerous information in that text. For the curious, here is a link to the source text, which is little-known, I suppose, to many Tolkienists.

http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/129515/Tolkien_-_The_Rivers_and_Beacon-hills_of_Gondor.html

Map Changes
- The Swanfleet biome should be somewhat larger, extending across the river and somewhat southwards.

- West of the great bend of Lefnui, the White Mountains and White Mountain Foothills should transform into the Mountains of Andrast, home of a few Pukel-men, and no one else.

- The Ringlo is apparently sourced from an icy tarn fed by a snowfield high in the mountains. During snowmelt, this apparently forms a rather large lake.

- Lefnui, longest and widest of the five rivers, is apparently the borders of Gondor, with no Numenorean settlement beyond. Perhaps the borders should be changed to accomodate that?

- Ruins of old lighthouses should be present on Andrast, and maybe one or two still manned, as it is said the Numenoreans kept beacons and a coast-guard there.

- Lossarnach (known as Arnach here) extends in the mountain-vales further westward, to the source of the Celos.

- Firen Wood should get it's own biome, with all the specifics detailed in Unfinished Tales. Especially of note is that the beacon-guards of Halifiren were in fact Rohirrim, not Gondorians.

Biome Changes
- The mouth of the Serni is blocked by some form of shingles, apparently right near Linhir.

- Ciril cuts through a deep, rocky channel in Lamedon

- Lossarnach should get many orchards, from which it is said the main fruit supply of Minas Tirith came.

- Erelas Beacon-Hill is rather small, and explicitly treeless, yet green.

- Calenhad Beacon-Hill is similar, but larger and with a flat top.

- On the Temples of the Men of the Darkness, I have already made a suggestion, which can be viewed here. These would be really cool tbh, a nice hidden feature to add detail to the (currently somewhat bland) Ered Nimrais.

NPC Changes
- The women of the Eldar are well-known for wearing tressures, or bejeweld hairnets.

Thanks for reading this suggestion! As always, comments, Kudos, and constructive criticism is most welcome.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) 03:19, June 16, 2017 (UTC) 