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=== History of the Definition === | === History of the Definition === | ||
For the first centuries of its use, the term's definitions was vague and variable. It most commonly referred to the strip of land between Cëlac and Brethan south of [[Lágon]], in the time of [[Years of Turmoil|Olgish clan wars]] roughly equivalent to the Olgish sphere of influence, purposefully excluding the [[Genes in the [[River Ilathw|Ilathw]] plains, the [[Western Sosks|Sosks]] and [[Auls]] in [[Oakshire]], the [[Edhennín]], and [[Morineb]], and the [[Noldorinians]] in the later [[Orinion|Brethanian lands]]. The first full definition of the extent of Belkondíl is given more than a thousand years later in the [[Claims of Enethin]] of E.B. 19 to the land rightfully subject to the [[Crown of Ortûlék]]. According to this claim, Belkondíl contains all area between the Ilathw and [[River Besokan|Besokan]] Rivers, including the islands of [[Corbin]] and the [[Mairn]]. This definition was retained in all sources following [[Enethin|Enethins]] time, including the [[Lonsorigi]] in their portrayal of [[Early Days|early history]]. | For the first centuries of its use, the term's definitions was vague and variable. It most commonly referred to the strip of land between Cëlac and Brethan south of [[Lágon]], in the time of [[Years of Turmoil|Olgish clan wars]] roughly equivalent to the Olgish sphere of influence, purposefully excluding the [[Genes]] in the [[River Ilathw|Ilathw]] plains, the [[Western Sosks|Sosks]] and [[Auls]] in [[Oakshire]], the [[Edhennín]], and [[Morineb]], and the [[Noldorinians]] in the later [[Orinion|Brethanian lands]]. The first full definition of the extent of Belkondíl is given more than a thousand years later in the [[Claims of Enethin]] of E.B. 19 to the land rightfully subject to the [[Crown of Ortûlék]]. According to this claim, Belkondíl contains all area between the Ilathw and [[River Besokan|Besokan]] Rivers, including the islands of [[Corbin]] and the [[Mairn]]. This definition was retained in all sources following [[Enethin|Enethins]] time, including the [[Lonsorigi]] in their portrayal of [[Early Days|early history]]. | ||
=== Climate and Vegetation === | === Climate and Vegetation === | ||
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On its southern side, the costline of Belkondíl forms a large bight, the White Sea, bordered in the east by Corbin and the island of Kerrvaryn and in the west by the Noldorinian peninsula, the last refuge of the Noldorinian people before the complete disappearance around the 15<sup>th</sup> century B.E.B. The shores of the White Sea harbour several of Belkondíls most important port cities including Corbin, Arenys, and Eldab, and with Mendúrad on the island of the same name one of the most significant spiritual sites of the Western Church. Both of the great rivers flow into it, the Cëlac in the south of Gliron, east of the Tardennin, and the Brethan at the Brethan Delta south of Imban. The two most extensive mountain chains of Belkondíl are also located in this area, the Olgish Highlands inbetween Cëlac and Brethan, and the Harking Hills west of the lower Brethan. The latter are significant mostly through the abundance of tin at their northern tip, around the mining town of Eres. | On its southern side, the costline of Belkondíl forms a large bight, the White Sea, bordered in the east by Corbin and the island of Kerrvaryn and in the west by the Noldorinian peninsula, the last refuge of the Noldorinian people before the complete disappearance around the 15<sup>th</sup> century B.E.B. The shores of the White Sea harbour several of Belkondíls most important port cities including Corbin, Arenys, and Eldab, and with Mendúrad on the island of the same name one of the most significant spiritual sites of the Western Church. Both of the great rivers flow into it, the Cëlac in the south of Gliron, east of the Tardennin, and the Brethan at the Brethan Delta south of Imban. The two most extensive mountain chains of Belkondíl are also located in this area, the Olgish Highlands inbetween Cëlac and Brethan, and the Harking Hills west of the lower Brethan. The latter are significant mostly through the abundance of tin at their northern tip, around the mining town of Eres. | ||
The moorland west of the Brethan is largely uninhabited; only three major cities can be found in this region: Narn Aran at the Brethan bridge, Talis, the site of the fatal final battle of the Geranian War, and Belkison, capital of Tarébras and provisional capital of Geran L.R. 686‒703. The Mairn archipelago, while never self-identifying as Belkondílian and only briefly and loosely dependent from Lécaron, is usually also considered part of Belkondíl | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||