Talk:Brown Lands/@comment-28016283-20170125142650/@comment-26172435-20170125150750

The fact that the Brown Lands appeared desolate and withered at the end of the Third Age indicates Sauron and his minions did a thorough job at the end of the Second Age devastating the former Gardens of the Entwives there. There is no specific lore known to me that indicates the fate of these lands throughout the Fourth Age, but it may be speculated that the fall of Sauron may have lifted the 'spell' that caused the area to remain desolate and withered for thousands of years. Yet, based on the fact that the dissappearance of Sauron after his slaying at the War of the Last Alliance did not result in recovery of these lands, indicates that either the existence of Sauron himself but also some other 'spell-bound' factor may have affected this. So, the utter elimination of Sauron at the end of the Third Age may have lifted the spell, or not. I tend to assume the annilhilation of Sauron and his 'sphere of influence' lifted the 'spell' on those lands and they would slowly regain some of their ancient vitality during the Fourth Age. Realistically, this would have takes a few centuries.