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MrHobit1234 wrote: Western Lonelands makes more sense than Eastern Eriador.

Also this "Northern Angle" is compltely absurd! Why would the Rangers allow for such close settlement to the Angle, and this "Northern Angle" is were Frodo and the Hobbits traveled through to Rivendell. Also, how the hell did they get their?!

Edit:I might I have misinterpreted the location of the Northern Angle.

Edit: I did, but still, it is still absurd, the Rangers would not allow any hillmen settlement that close to Rivendell.

1. I presume you meant eastern? I'm addressing that in later suggestions anyway.

2. Northern Angle makes the most sense. Aragorn established that Rangers rarely go north of the Trollshaws, which is where this would be. This was original Rhudaur land, so they would've been there already. They aren't a threat to Rivendell, as you can't really attack it from the north, and so the Hillmen would have to go through the Angle first. Also, to completely clear something up: by no means would the Northern Angle be full of Hillmen. They would still be rather rare in all respects except Rhudaur ruins. Anything related to living Rhudaur Hillmen would only be slightly more common in the Northern Angle than in the current Lone-Lands, which is to say rare. The Rangers haven't wiped them out yet because they don't bother doing much of anything in that area anyway, and until recently the population there was insignificant and fairly hidden, and didn't pose any sort of threat until very recently. When I said an evil land, it wasn't because the land was presently thick with evil. It was because evil was once extremely strong there, and the shadow of it remains, as it does over the Trollshaws.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 21:49, June 18, 2017 (UTC)