UT: Description of Numenor

[Voronwen]

Introduction


Light floods your vision as you soar westward over the waves, as if on the wings of an eagle. Like the Edain of old who followed Rothinzil, a beautiful land becomes visible to you in the midst of the western sea - Yozayan, the Land of Gift, fair Numenore. As you come closer, the shape and features of the land become discernible. The land itself is formed in the shape of a five-pointed star, with its five peninsulae sprawled out to the sea.


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Soaring westward, you first see over the cool eastern shores of the land, with its harbors teeming with sea birds. To the north lie the highlands and rocky shores of the Forostar and the peaks of Sorontil. Above the eastern harbor of Romenna and the opulent city of Armenelos rises the Meneltarma, the sacred mountain, in the center of the land. Surrounding the mountain to the south and west are rolling green hills, where sheep graze in the region of Emerie.

The air gets warmer as you veer southward, towards the Hyarrostar and Hyarnustar regions. Here you soar over lush vineyards, and soft white sand sparkles in the warm sun at the edge of the sea. And just over the land to the west, the most beautiful forest comes into view, the Nisimaldar. Its various fragrant and flowering trees, including the golden mallorns brought by the Elves of Eressea to the haven of Eldalonde, tower into the clear blue sky.

Out to sea, the sun is beginning to lower as you soar over the westernmost peninsula, the Andustar, with its cliffy shores and peaceful bays. There you hover over the haven of Andunie, in a moment of homage to the West as you regard the setting sun.


Ah! Such a land of beauty. Who could take it all in in just one day!