Dol Cembereth

This gentle-sloped hill is the highest eleva tion within Evermist, and on summer days when the warming sun assails the foggy-mantle of the valley, the hill may appear to distant eyes as an enchanted island in the midst of a glimmering sea of ether. As its name signifies, Dol Cembereth is the one place in Middle-earth that gives birth to the sacred cembereth tree, in whose seeds the healing power of the Earth Mistress runs. The grove clothes the hill's slopes and crowns its head in a great ring, forming an open glade upon the level summit. Here the Yavannildi perform their sacred tasks: the winnowing of the wheat from Ióbel Mallen, the harvesting of the cembereth seeds, the weaving of ritual garments for the Cuiviémar, the singing of hymns to the Earth Mistress.