Rendwalk

The secluded village of Rendwalk liay at the entrance to a series of small but beautiful elegant cuts and hollows leading down into Foxrun Vale and the Cracking Fells. Local drainage from the White Downs collected in the Rendings, fed water from springs out of the walls of small canyons. The dense foliage that resulted made this section of downlands look more like Elvish Lindon than Eriador. Local guides maintained a network of paths along the hills and canyons; certain niches were reserved for contemplation or song, certain walls for the inscription of poetry and thought. Rendwalk was likely the only village in Arthedain built and maintained solely for aesthetic reasons. Long an important stop on the Woodland Tour, it boasted a number of villas and ruined manors. Although visitors were many fewer in later days, the food and wine provided in the village were better than might be found elsewhere in the Shire.About TA 1640 Arthadan knights still visited for a few days or weeks of peaceful seclusion. Cardolani lords were much rarer after the Warlord Ardagor made travel across Minhiriath so hazardous, but some made the trip anyhow, particularly those who wished to meet secretly with contacts from the north.