Fornost Erain

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Fornost Erain was an ancient northern stronghold and royal city of Arnor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, serving as a key seat of power for the Dúnedain before its fall.

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Label Occurrences
Fornost Erain canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional city ⓘ
location in Middle-earth ⓘ
royal city ⓘ
stronghold ⓘ
afterFallStatus abandoned ⓘ
ruined city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Deadmen’s Dike ⓘ
Fornost ⓘ
Norbury of the Kings ⓘ
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings legendarium ⓘ
Unfinished Tales ⓘ
associatedWith Amlaith of Fornost ⓘ
Aragorn II Elessar ⓘ
linked to: Aragorn

Arvedui ⓘ
Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ
attackedBy Angmar ⓘ
battleAt Battle of Fornost ⓘ
Battle of the North ⓘ
capturedBy Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ
fallEvent Fall of Arthedain ⓘ
linked to: Downfall of Arnor
fellInYear Third Age 1974 ⓘ
flourishedInAge Third Age ⓘ
foundedInAge Second Age ⓘ
governedBy Kings of Arnor ⓘ
Kings of Arthedain ⓘ
inhabitedBy Dúnedain of the North ⓘ
laterKnownAs Deadmen’s Dike ⓘ
locatedIn Arnor ⓘ
Eriador ⓘ
northwestern Middle-earth ⓘ
meaningOfName Northern fortress of the kings ⓘ
mentionedBy Elrond ⓘ
Gandalf ⓘ
nameLanguage Sindarin ⓘ
near Bree-land ⓘ
North Downs ⓘ
northOf the Shire ⓘ
linked to: Eriador
participantsInBattle Arvedui’s allies ⓘ
Círdan’s forces ⓘ
Eärnur of Gondor ⓘ
forces of Angmar ⓘ
recapturedBy Host of the Westlands ⓘ
recapturedInYear Third Age 1975 ⓘ
servedAs capital of Arnor ⓘ
capital of Arthedain ⓘ
seat of the Kings of Arnor ⓘ
seat of the Kings of Arthedain ⓘ
wasCapitalFrom division of Arnor into Arthedain until its fall ⓘ
westOf the Weather Hills ⓘ
linked to: The Weather Hills
worldCreator J.R.R. Tolkien ⓘ
linked to: J. R. R. Tolkien

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dúnedain of the North → laterCapital → Fornost Erain ⓘ
Eriador → historicalCapital → Fornost Erain ⓘ
Arnor → laterCapital → Fornost Erain ⓘ
Arnor → notableCity → Fornost Erain ⓘ
Dúnedain of the North → laterSeatOfKings → Fornost Erain ⓘ
subject linked to: the Dúnedain of the North
Kings of Arthedain → capital → Fornost Erain ⓘ
Arthedain → capital → Fornost Erain ⓘ
Arthedain → contains → Fornost Erain ⓘ