Ûrd

Urd (D.S."Keep") lay in the far north of Endor, along the southern edges of the Ered Engrin (S. "Iron Mountains"). A extremely cold and rocky land, it was inhabited by Udarin-speaking Hildor called the Urdar. Scattered bands of Umli lived in the higher reaches along it's northern and eastern flanks. The Urdar called them "Half-dwarves," and hunted them with zealous abandon.

Most Urdar lived in or beside the Forest of Dír, a great taiga woodland in western Urd. They hunted and trapped throughout the area, spending their winters in well-insulated clan centers by the great river called the Urd Rush. Their most famous son, Hoarmûrath of Dír,had become a Nazgûl and subsequently had conquered all of the surrounding regions. Thus, Urd was reviled by most of the Hildor in north-central Middle-earth.