Journey of a Silmaril

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Journey of a Silmaril (Atlas of Beleriand - Map 7)

Year after year, at the end of the First Age, the elfs were pushed up to the west coast and overseas in the island of Balar. This defeat is linked to the unstoppable progress of the troops of Morgoth, and the destiny of the Silmaril regained by Beren and Lúthien followed by the dreadful Oath of Fëanor.

The dates of the First Age given in this map come mostly from the text "The Tale of years" published in "The War of The Jewels" [1].

At the end of the First Age born the valiants seeds of the Second Age : Elrond, Elros and Gil-Galad.


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About the Atlas of Beleriand

This Atlas is a serie of ten maps (and more !) concerning geography, history and geopolitics of Beleriand, which is a territory of  the famous Legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien, including the Silmarillion.

This map was firstly created to illustrate an essay (in french) dedicated to explore the geopolitics in Beleriand published on the website JRRVF (many thanks to Cedric for his support).This map was firstly released on Deviantart.

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Technical details

In these maps, two free fonts are used : Franklin Gothic Medium and Cardo by David J. Perry.

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Bibliography and references

[1] HoMe XI pp342-354