Difference between revisions of "Belkondíl"

Traditionally, Belkondíl is considered to include all of the southwestern corner of [[Elondor]], west of the [[River Besokan|Besokan]] and the [[Gulf of Seligon]] and south of the [[Reknayan Mountains]] and the [[River Ilathw]]. It is surrounded by sea on three sides, the [[Timesthe]] (including the Gulf of Seligon) in the east and southeast and the [[Runion]] in the west and southwest. The main defining geographical feature, however, are the rivers Cëlac and Brethan, the cradles of Olgish culture, the former entering Belkondíl from the western Reknaya near the city of [[Lágon]] and passing many of its most important landmarks, the latter rising from the [[Lemmi-Dirith]] in the forest of [[Kali-Tonin]] and meandring through the heath of [[Orinion]] before forming the Brethan Delta south of the [[Imban|Imban forest]]. Both ultimate flow into the [[White Sea]], a large bight between the peninsulas of [[Corbin]] and [[Tár-Noldorin|Noldorin]], at the boundary between the southern and eastern seas. The two river valleys are separated by the [[Olgish Highlands]], a mountain range part of the Variscan [[Geology and Orogenies of Elondor|Belkondilic Mountains]]. Other major mountain ranges and forests include the [[Rouningwood]], where [[Dúrith the Elder]] is said to have discovered the [[Shīndhrūn Nūrthāpya|Language of the Forest]] and subsequently invented sorcery, Kali-Tonin, including Lemmi-Dirith and the well of the Brethan, the [[Forests of the Besokan|Besokian Woods]], the mythical [[Forest of Corbin]] and the [[Harking Hills]] of Orinion.