Methrast


 * The end of the great promontory of Belfalas is :known throughout most of thar regions as :Methrast which in the common speech may be :interpreted as "End of the Cape" or 
 * "Last Cape" We might therefore be forgiven for :suspecting that Metrast on his Majesty's Map, :which appears to begin with Quenya met "end", :was but another of the Guild's monstrous 
 * Quenya-Sindarin conflations. However, further :investigation has shown that Metrast is a 
 * genuine, albeit unlovely, dialectical variant
 * of the proper form, being commonly used amongst :the coastal Folk, crude sailors and fishermen :mostly, who have great difficulty in pronouncing :the sound TH and so often replace it with T.

-Findegil

Methrast was the Name given to the southern point of the peninsula of Belfalas and its accompanying chain of islets. The cliffs of the cape were sheer unclimbable, and there were no safe landing points for many miles in either direction.In addition to being an important nautical reference point, both a landmark and a hazard to navigators on the Nen Belfalas, Methrast also formed one terminus of the coastal beacon system of Belfalas.News of approaching enemies espied by the sentinels of Methrast was being capable of being related to Dol Amroth in a matter of hours. Shoals and dangerous seas permitted only the most experienced pilots to sail close to shore. Seals frequently sunned themselves on the rocky shores of the cape.