

The New Lands (Q.Vinyanórë; Ad."Sanêzâin") or Outer Lands (Q."Avanórë" ;Ad."Ôphrazâin"; Av."Wâwayâna") was a semi-legendary continent, or rather a number of several smaller continents, in the other hemisphere of Ambar opposite from Middle-earth. The continent was discovered and its coastlines explored by the Númenoreans in the Second Age. Some believed that the New Lands was a shattered Easternesse, the mythical continent of the Elder Days, while other scholars theorized that the New Lands must have been a newly-created continent that was formed from those parts of Ambar that had been hidden below the Sea before the bending of Ambar after the great cataclysm.
After their formation, the New Lands were settled by Men from the East of Middle-earth, and by the Sixth Age had become the continents now known as Nórë américárin (Q."North and South America").
Early history[]
It is unknown when the New Lands were first settled, if they were identical with the ancient Easternesse, then men did cross the sea to enter the new lands as early as the later years of the First Age and as the newlanders own myths told of great perils and the destruction of their old world these myths might well refer to either the Battle of Palisor or the tremors the world felt due to the War of Wrath. Others however believe these myths might refer to the cataclysm and the rounding of the straits of the world after the Akallabêth, however Númenórean pyramids found in the southern parts of these lands seem to have predated these events and stem from the times of the Númenoreans great explorers, also the natives told of visitors from the heavens descending in gigantic ships, most likely referring to the Númenorean Air-Ships which were ceased to be built after the later Second Age.
The oldest inhabitants were Wild elves, generally known as the Kwênde, who roamed the wilds in very small groups and mostly did never build any steady settlements and always remained a reclusive folk who shunned the later arrivals, which were equally small and reclusive groups of dwarves, known to the Kwênde as "Nawaki", who came from the Underdeeps and did not in any way equal their forefathers of the Seven Tribes in either craft nor deep knowledge. Also from the underdeeps came orcs and trolls, known as "Rukui" and "Ulgi" to the Kwênde, and like the earlier arrivals they equally remained few and the new lands remained largely empty until the arrival of the younger children, the "Phîri" or mortals.
The arrival of man[]
The Newlanders told various and contradicting myths of their forefathers but the oldest tradition remembered by the few Kwênde who had met the younger children told that they arrived in several groups or houses. The people of Tekmê came from the north, via a great icebridge one group split off turning north and then northeast, three parts went south and split in three new groups: the People of Tiûk,the people of Nâ, Inîtu and Aud. Another group crossed the old landbridge at a slightly later point and directly went south,the people of Anlanak.A third group came via land, went north then northeast, split in two separate groups, the people of Nîpok,who became the houses of of Nînish and Gûpik.A last group that came via land went north, and split into three: the people of Nânan, from whom came the houses of of Enbi, Îpuk and Tinkû.
One last wave of various different folk came to the south by sea in fleets of rafts or small boats, of these "Tharawata" (Av. "Foreigners from the sea"), as the Kwênde called them some stayed in the southwest, others followed the western coastline towards the western sungate, some staying there, others turning north, others crossing inlands to the haven of the sun and then either staying there or moving along the northeastern shores of the Southern part of the new lands.
Another peculiar tale was told by the later mannish inhabitants of the southeastern rainforests... men descending from the skies in gigantic boats! These "Ndûnak" were regarded as gods by the simple forest folk and at first they brought gifts, like agriculture and building of large stone houses, and some even did stay, but their descendants desired to make themselves god-kings of other men and indeed many of the southern kings and greater chiefs claimed to be their godly offspring.
As small as these first waves were, their numbers increased fast and by the late second age man was the dominant kindred of the Eruhini in the new lands.
Description of the land[]
The New lands had various names in the many tongues of their inhabitants, "Kanakemi" being an ancient name traded down from the descendants of the ancient sky-shippers. They were split in two huge subcontinents by the great bight of the sun-mountain.Northern Kanakemi having names such as "Makhanân" or "Drô", southern Kanakemi being known as "Ûlew" or "Iawas" among others.
The North was dominated by the great western mountain-chain of the Hêhôka, the large forestlands of the Kesek Kelekl, the Apaknîbi lakelands , the frozen forests of Tintîs , the cold lands of Ayûtlug and the prairies of Hîruladhe.Other dominamt landscapes were the Boklawa riverlands, the Kîotawê coastland, the Naypôwa desert, the Iukhayâkni swamplands and the green fields of Apakwenêk.It's largest rivers were the Bâsâde, Ônikawe and Wábanîbi.It had only four true cities or larger towns: Sôkal-amat, Takhôhan, Aha-Tû and Mîtonal.
The southern continent was dominated by the riverlands and the high mountains of Rûmipuyu, the Kâ Arai rainforest, the highlands of Afôgwêza, the Kuyenâo pampa, the coastlands of Tîbapira, the long rivers of Ûiniapu the desert of Nîeolo and the glacier desert of Krê.
The central sun-bight area was home to three cities or larger towns:Tepekân, Silalwâ and Tûalpû while the true south knew at last thirteen cities:Yakuyâna, Tûalpû, Nim-Yôhob, Namak-kây, Îkutêk, Kîkin-bâb, Akan-kîn, Kanalkâl, Kunuk-namak,Zûl-nîma,Kêlpek ,Sak-tûn,Ûlew-tûmben ,Mayul-bân and kakîk-bîl, most of these founded by descendants of the Sky-shippers.
Characters[]
Ainur:Athaliah Coyote Foxspirit mountain-devil Ravenspirit Thunder-Eagle
Dragons:Winged Serpent
Dwarves: Azamil Gundubûl Inkhuzd Sharbli
Elves: Domu Guenu Kelebêu Leru Linu Skelu Yabu
Giants:
Men: Ananlak Anlanak Aud Enbi Gûpik Inîtu Inkhazôr Îpuk Nâ Nânan Nînish Nîpok Mayâthôr Tekmê Tinkû
Orcs:
Khubûr Unbûrz
Trolls: Sûnûkwâ Troll-Mother
Inhabitants[]
Ainur: Bear-spirits Birdmen Buffalo-people celestial jaguars cloud-beings corn-spirits deer-men goatmen manta-men mermaids moth-men seal-people serpent-people shadow-people skinwalkers spiderwomen star-spirits were-jaguars wind-spirits
Dwarves:
Nawaki
Giants:
Elves:
Kwênde
Men: Afôgweza Hillfolk Apaknîbi Tribesmen Apakwenêk Tribesmen Bâsâde Woodfolk Boklawa Tribesmen Coastal Tribes of the Kîotawê Folk of the Moon-Haven Folk of the Sun-Haven Guardians of Kalormë Hîruladhe Plainsfolk Hêhôka Mountainfolk Îkutêk-folk Iukhayâkni Riverpeople Kâ Arai Forest-tribes Kakîk-Bîl Riverfolk Kanalkâl folk Kêlpek People Krê-folk Kunuk-Namak People Kuyenâp Plainsmen Mayul-Bân Plainsmen Mîtonal Hillfolk Namak-Kây people Nîeolo Desertfolk Ônikawe Riverfolk People of Aha-Tû People of Tepekân Kesek Kelekl Tribesmen People of the Ayûtlug People of the Naypôwa Desert People of Nîm-Yôhob People of Ûlew-Tûmben People of the Western Sungate Rûmipûyu Mountainmen Sak-Tûn Dwellers Sılalwâ-inhabitants Takhôhan Tribesmen Tribesmen of the Old Landbridge Tûalpa-people Ûimapu Rivermen Wâbanîbi Tribesmen
Orcs: Rukui
Regions:[]
- Apaknîbi Lakelands
- Bármirëandí
- Bight of the Sun-mountain
- Boklawa Riverlands
- Coastlands of Tîbapira
- Cold-lands of Ayûtlug
- Dalanâk Canyons
- Desert of Nîeolo
- Drô
- Frozen forests of Tintîs
- Gates of Morning
- Glacier-desert of Krê
- Great Plains
- Great Havens of the Sun and the Moon
- Green Fields of Apakwenêk
- Greenlands
- Helcaraxë
- Great Havens of the Sun and the Moon
- Hêhôka
- High Mountains of Rûmipuyu
- Highlands of Afôgwêza
- Iawas
- Icelands
- Iukhayâkni Swamplands
- Kâ Arai Rainforest
- Kâ Aral
- Kalormë
- Kîotawê Coastland
- Kuyenâo Pampa
- Land Without Evil
- Long Rivers of Ûiniapu
- Makhanân
- Middle-lands
- Mîeolo
- Naypôwa Desert
- Old Landbridge
- Prairies of Hîruladhe
- Straits of Mist
- Taûaniki
- Ûlew
- Western Sungate
- Wild Isles
- Wood at the World's End
- World's end
Places[]
- Aha-Tû
- Akan-kîn
- Bâsâde
- Falls of Tahalaya
- Gamilgundu
- Îkutêk
- Kakîk-bîl
- Kanalkâl
- Kêlpek
- Kîkin-bâb
- Kunuk-namak
- Mayul-bân
- Mîtonal
- Namak-kây
- Nim-Yôhob
- Ônikawe
- Raven-town
- Sak-tûn
- Silalwâ
- Sôkal-amat
- Takhôhan
- Tepekân
- Tûalpû
- Ûlew-tûmben
- Wábanîbi
- Yakuyâna
- Zirakabad
- Zûl-nîma
Animals[]
Albatross
Alligator Antelope Armadillo Auk Badger Barn owl Bat Beachmouse beetle Bear Bearbeast Beaver Bigneck llama Bison Black wolf Black-footed ferret Boar Bobcat Butterfly Caribou Cat Cattle Chipmuni Chub Condor Condorvulture Cougar Cowbird Coyote Crane Crayfish Crocodile Cuckoo dark rat Darter Deermouse Dire wolf Diving goose Dolphin Drôwian breasttooth Drôwian cave-lion Drôwian groundbeast Drôwian sabertooth Duck Dwarf earther Dwarf pronghorn Eagle earthworm Eastern elk Elk Finch Firecrown Firedog Flathead snoutboar Flat-top snail Fly Flycatcher Fox Fox squirrel Frog Giant beaver Giant clubtail Giant desertbeast Giant earther Giant rat Guant vampire bat Guant llama Giant moth Giant mousehare Giant newhog Giant short-faced bear Giant tortoise Grasshopper Gray whale Greasefish Great Bison Great dove Great jaguar Great macaw Great Sea-cow Grebe Grey Camel Grouse Gruzzly bear Gull Hawk Hawk-eagle Hen Heron Highland Pegbeast Island tortoise Island wolf Jay Kit fox Landbridge cave-lion Lion Lizard Locust Long-legged llama Longnosed earth-boar Louse Lynx Mayfly mink Minnow Mite Mole Molluscs Mongoose Monkey Moose Moth Mountain deer Mouse Mud turtle Musk ox Mussel Nailhead lizard Nighthawk Northern cleavetooth Ocelot Opossum Otter Owl Parrot Pebblesnail Pigeon Pigtoe Pintail Piranha Plainswolf Pocket gopher Prairie dog Prairie chicken Precious water ground sloth Puffin Puma Pupfish Raccoon Rail Rattlesnake Red wolf Rocksnail Salamander Samdpiper Sea lion Sea mink Seal Shark Sheep Shiner Shortface bear Shrew Shrike Shrimp Shrub-ox Silverside Skimmer skink Skunk Slitshell Snail Snake Snow-wolf Sparrow Squid Squirrel Stag-moose Starling Stickleback Stonefly Stork Stormbird Storm-petrel Stripe-leg Wildhorse Sunstar Sunwall mountain-goat Swordtail Thorntail Timberwolf Toad Tortoise Tropic bird Trout Trunk pronghorn True thickhide Turkey Turtle Ûlewian earther Ûlewian sabertooth Underdeep deer Underworld groundsloth Vole Walrus Warbler Weasel Weeduck Weevil Whale Whitewater Ground sloth Whitewater Wildhorse Wild Pickhorse Wild stripehorse Wolf Woodland muskox Woodpecker Woodrat Woolly earther Wren
Plants[]
Notes:[]

The depicted map is partially based on Professor Tolkien's raw sketches published in The Shaping of Middle-Earth and to a lesser degree his early drawing of the "World Ship" and the World of Arda, published in The Book of Lost Tales. The map's main inspiration, however, comes from two illustrations by Professor Tolkien from his book Roverandom: a painting, entitled "The Man in the Moon", showing the Moon with its Towers, and far away, the Earth, with North America and Central and South America; and another illustration entitled "The White Dragon pursues Roverandom", originally drawn for Roverandom, but later reused as a proposed illustration for The Hobbit. Several other maps and interpretations found on the Internet were drawn from as inspiration as well.
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