Fangorn Forest

Hidden away on the eastern slopes of the Misty Mountains, concealed by the dark boughs of the wood known as Fangorn or Entwood, the last colony of Ents survive.

the Realm[]

Political Organization: Gerontocracy.
Rulers: Treebeard, Skinbark, Leaflock
Administrative Organization: None apparent; property held in common.
Population: 150 Ents.2,000 Huorns.
Military: 150 Ents.2.000 Huorns.
Products: No exports.
Symbol: None.

Hidden away on the eastern slopes of the Misty Mountains, concealed by the dark boughs of the wood known as Fangorn, the last colony of Ents survives. Few outsiders even know of their existence, and the Ents are more than happy to keep it that way. They do not understand the impulsive and hasty ways of Men , Dwarves, and Orcs, and they are certain that these younger and lesser races do not understand their motives. The rapport they once shared with the Elves has dimmed with time, for the Elves face their immortality with curiosity and rashness, while the Ents are content to sit peacefully for centuries, watching the motions of the heavens and tending the trees that are in their care. Aiding the Ents in their task of maintaining Fangorn Forest, one of the last stretches of the great wood which once covered most of northwestern Endor, is an army of Huorns, great tree-herds that seem to be a cross between the Ents and the trees themselves. The Huorns have little intelligence and have been known to rip even innocent wanderers limb from limb. The Ents. however, are a gentle race, except when roused to anger by a direct threat to their home. Even then, they may take weeks or even months to debate the matter, for no creature is more deliberate in his actions than an Ent.The Ents nile by consensus, which they reach at moots convened whenever any matter of grave importance arises. Deference is paid to the three eldest Ents, who hold no formal title but are well known for their great wisdom. One particular event which could rouse the Ents to hasty action would be the re-discover)' of the Ent-wives. The Ent-wives left the eaves of Fangorn centuries ago, eager to find new gardens to cultivate while their mates tended the mighty trees. The loss of the Ent-wives caused great sadness to the Ents, who secretly hope that their women are still alive and will one day return to them.

Places of Note[]

Battleavesoffangorn — Battlefield on the Eaves of fangorn

Bandit's Hold Black Heart Caverns of Pain Cerdic's Camp Defiled Pool Derndingle Easeful Mead Entpool Entwash Bridge Éomer's Vengeance Fallen Giant-Tree Falls of Mist Fangorn Orc Camp Fangorn Ruins Fogwater Hale-gap Forsaken Hut Hermit's Hill Hidden Cave Hith Lainen Leaflock's Mead Nan Mordeleb Númenórean Barrow Núrzum's Wrath Ongushar Orofarnë Skinbark's Clearing Silkenhold Source of Entwash Cave Sweetmead Thornhope Thrug-unur Tir Limlight Tolwen's Home Treebeard's Hill Waterfall Caves Wellinghall Wells of the Entwash Whistlingdown White Hand Encampment

Regions[]

Balewood Burnt Forest Dim Path Eaves of Fangorn Entwash Vale Fangorn's Edge Huorn Deeps Limlight Glade Limlight Gorge Ox-clan Merchant Camp Roots of Fangorn Twisting Maze Wooded River-bank

Inhabitants[]

Ents: Ashlimb Baillas Barkmaster Beechbone Caradhrian Carnimirië Fastroot Fircomb Greenroot Lassemista Leaflock Limbkeeper Lindenroot Longroot Oldheart Orofarnë Pincat Quickbeam Redcone Rootcouncil Sharpleaf Skinbark Stiffbranch Treebeard Twiglate Wisewood Wyrmwood

Orcs: Flizpot Gazmog the Messenger Khagalúk Zaglun

Other: Cerdic Linandel Olorindel Stoneclaws Tolwen

Flora[]

ash trees chestnut trees linden trees oaks pines red fir rowans Silver-barked birches Willows

Fauna[]

birds crebain Fangorn Wolves Forest Spiders Mountain Bears Wood Orcs Wood Trolls

other: Huorns

Names[]

Q. Ambaróna: ancient name used in the Elder Days , referring back to the time when forests filled Eriador, and trees stretched from the foothills of Ered Luin east to the Misty Mountains. In those times, Fangorn was merely the easternmost part (the 'East End', in Treebeard's words) of that immense forest, and the name Ambaróna (Q. meaning 'eastern land' or 'towards the sunrise') signifies this composition of the Quenya words amba "up(wards)" and róna "east".
Q. Aldalómë is one of the names of the Fangorn Forest, used by Treebeard in his song In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring. The other names mentioned by Treebeard are Ambaróna and Tauremorna. J.R.R. Tolkien notes in his Unfinished index that it means 'tree-twilight', and refers to Quenya words alda 'tree' and lómë 'dimness, twilight, night'.
Q. Tauremornalómë: a poetic name given to his own Forest of Fangorn by Treebeard. The name is constructed from three Quenya elements, conjoined in Ent-fashion to create a single long word: taurë 'forest', morna 'black' and lóme 'twilight', hence the entire name translates as something like 'black forest under twilight'. Treebeard also used a shortened version of the same name, Tauremorna, meaning simply 'black forest'.
Q. Tauremorna: shorten entish form of Tauremornalómë, used by Treebeard in his song In the Willow-meads of Tasarinan I Walked in the Spring. The other names mentioned by Treebeard are Ambaróna and Aldalómë. J.R.R. Tolkien notes in his Unfinished Index that Tauremorna means "black forest", likely composed of Quenya taure ("forest") + morna ("dark, black").
S. Taur Fangorn: name used in Second and Third Age

References[]

merp.com wiki
MERP:Middle-Earth Adventure Guidebook II
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Treebeard"
J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 385