- Dor-lómin
In the fiction of
J. R. R. Tolkien , Dor-lómin was a part of the land ofHithlum inMiddle-earth .Dor-lómin, "Land of Echoes", was the south-western part of Hithlum, bordered in the east by the "Mountains of Mithrim", and in the north by the river which formed the "Rainbow Cleft" known as "Annon-in-Gelydh", or "Gate of the Noldor".
It was first colonized by the
Noldor shortly after they arrived in Middle-earth, and for a long time was ruled byFingon son ofFingolfin , before he took over as High King of the Noldor after his father was killed.By this time the
Edain who became known as theHouse of Hador had enteredBeleriand , and Fingon granted them the land of Dor-lómin as a fief.Húrin son of Galdor, the last Edain lord of Dor-lómin dwelt in its south-western corner, near the mountain known as "Amon Darthir", where the river "Nen Lalaith" began. After theNírnaeth Arnoediad , when the House of Hador was destroyed or scattered, Easterlings dwelt in Dor-lómin, andTuor — Húrin's orphaned nephew — was fostered by the Elves ofAndroth in the nearby Mountains of Mithrim.Like the rest of Hithlum Dor-lómin was destroyed during the
War of Wrath .
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