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In the fiction of
J. R. R. Tolkien,
Lindon is the land beyond the
Ered Luin (Blue Mountains) in the northwest of
Middle-earth. It is the westernmost land of the continent. The
Gulf of Lune divides it into
Forlindon (North Lindon) and
Harlindon (South Lindon).
Lindon as a name survived from the
First Age, when it was a name given to
Ossiriand after this land was settled by the
Green Elves or
Laiquendi. Lindon meant "Land of the singers", after the old name
Lindar (singers) for the
Teleri.
Lindon is the last mainland remnant of
Beleriand left after the
War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, the rest of the land having been broken or submerged by the tumults. While not exactly clear, there are indications that before the
Downfall of Númenor Lindon was larger than it was during the
Third Age.
Many of the
Elves of Beleriand relocated to Lindon at the beginning of the
Second Age, where they were ruled by
Gil-galad. The
Noldor mainly dwelt in Forlindon, and the Sindar (and surviving Laiquendi) in Harlindon. Together, they built
Mithlond (the Grey Havens) on the Gulf, and many Elves left from there to
Valinor. Lindon was one of the two Noldorin Kingdoms during the Second Age (the other being
Eregion or Hollin), until Gil-galad was killed by
Sauron during the War of the
Last Alliance of Elves and Men. After that, most of the Noldor finally departed for Valinor, and Lindon became depopulated, now ruled by Gil-galad's lieutenant, the
Sindarin elf
Círdan the Shipwright, who kept building ships for the departing Elves. By the end of the Third Age, the majority of Lindon's population resided in or around the harbor of the Grey Havens, while the rest settled along the shores of the Gulf of Lune. It should be noted that Lindon was one of the few populated areas of northwestern Middle-earth that remained relatively untouched by the
War of the Ring, never having been the target of a direct assault by Sauron, even though the realm was a strategically important location populated by his enemies. This may have been because of its distance from
Mordor. During the Fourth Age, it was one of the last Elven havens as the last Elves of Rivendell and Lothlórien left Middle-earth. In the beginning of the century, it experienced a population growth as migrants from the east came to Mithlond. Not all Elves left Middle-earth immediately, in fact the majority of the migrants made long-term temporary settlements. Círdan most likely stayed in Mithlond for a while, suggesting that the Elven community survived for quite some time.
In the literature, Lindon itself appears mostly as a place where reluctant Elves tarried before departing forever from Middle-earth.
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