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Hisildi, the Avari of the Wild Woods
Near Cuiviénen, the water of the awakening, an ancient tribe of Avari still inhabit the realm that witnessed the coming of the first elves on Middle-Earth. These Avari elves call themselves the Hisildi.

The heartland of their realm is the part of the Tauráva (Wild Woods of Rhûn) that stretches to the south-west of the Orocarni, the Red Mountains. The ancient the water of the awakening, Cuiviénen, flows through the heart of that immense forest. The exact location of the Cuivië is not known to any outsiders, but it's confirmed to be somewhere upstream of the point where two rivers that come down from the Orocarni, meet to form a mighty river, the Laicanuinë, that flows south-west to the Inner Sea, west of Hildórien. It is there, where Wild Woods and rivers meet the Orocarni, that the Hisildi have their main political center Soronmar. To the few Sindarin travellers that have ever set eyes upon it, this is also known as Thoronbar.

The Hisildi call the part of the Wild Woods bordered by the two rivers and the Orocarni Yón Cuiviénen. The region directly surrounding Soronmar is often referred to as Soronyondë. It is bordered by the Orocarni to the east, the northern branch of the Laicanuinë, the Formenuinë, to the north-west and a smaller river to the south, which some refer to as Ehtel Cuiviénen. To the east of that area, at the foot of the peak they call Sorontorme, they erected a citadel (Osto) that symbolizes the political power of the Hisildi. Alongside this citadel, they established a garrisson fortress (Arta). That fortress guards the pass leading east through the Orocarni. Together, these twin buildings are called Ost Soronmar.