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Wooded hills and valleys between Anduin and Ephel Dúath, with Henneth Annûn, the Window of the West, as a hidden refuge.
History
Once a garden province of Gondor, overrun and partly held by Sauron’s forces.
People & inhabitants
Rangers of Ithilien under Faramir; Orcs and Haradrim in the war.
Significance
Frodo and Sam meet Faramir here, and the land becomes Aragorn’s principality in the Reunited Kingdom.
Events here
Figures of this place
CharacterFaramir
Denethor’s younger son, a wise and gentle captain who resists the Ring’s temptation and befriends Frodo.
CharacterFrodo Baggins
The hobbit of the Shire who carried the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom and destroyed it.
CharacterSamwise Gamgee
Frodo’s loyal gardener and companion, who carried him — and, briefly, the Ring — to the end of the quest.
CharacterGollum
A Stoor-hobbit ruined by the One Ring, who guides Frodo and Sam toward Mordor and finally destroys the Ring by accident.
CharacterAragorn
The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
Sources
The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
Related places
LocationOsgiliath
The ruined former capital of Gondor on the Anduin, contested throughout the War of the Ring.
LocationMinas Tirith
The seven-tiered white city of Gondor, built into Mount Mindolluin, and the great fortress of the West.
LocationMordor
Sauron’s realm behind the Mountains of Shadow, ringed by the Ephel Dúath and Ered Lithui.