Rhûn refers to the little-known lands to the east of Middle-earth inhabited by peoples known as the "Easterlings", from whom many attacks on Gondor and its allies came during the Third Age.
Rhûn is the domain of the Easterlings, Men of Darkness who are ready to follow both the Dark Lords and fought as their allies in war. These lands, too, were peopled by lost Elves, Avari and Úmanyar, and by four of the seven clans of the Dwarves who dwelt in the Orocarni.
It contains the great Sea of Rhûn, connected with three rivers, one northeast, a part of River Running, one northwest and one running south to Mordor. Northwest of the Sea of Rhûn lies the land of Dorwinion.
The inland Sea of Rhûn is located in western Rhûn on the border between Rhûn and Wilderland. There are mountains on the southwest side of the Sea of Rhûn and a forest on the northeast side. Wild white Kine of Araw, or oxen, lived near the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.
Special Features:
- Main vegetation: grassland
- Special units: none
- Capability to gather local troops when under siege (only AI) |