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  Gladden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the River Gladden was a river of Rhovanion and a tributary to the Anduin.
After the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Isildur, heir of Elendil and bearer of the One Ring, was assailed by Orcs near the Gladden Fields, and the One Ring was lost here in the Gladden river.
Much later during the Third Age some Stoors lived near the streams of Gladden, and from them came Déagol who found the ring, was killed by Sméagol (Gollum), who long held the Ring.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladden   (231 words)

  
 Gladden Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gladden Fields (Sindarin Loeg Ningloron) is a fictional location in J.
The Gladden Fields are located in the vale of the Gladden river, a tributary of the Anduin.
It was here, twenty-five centuries after the ambush, that the hobbit Déagol retrieved the One Ring from the Gladden and he was killed by his cousin Sméagol, who became the evil creature called Gollum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladden_Fields   (150 words)

  
 Council of Elrond :: LotR News and Information
In TA 2, a party led by Isildur was waylaid by orcs in the Gladden Fields.
Around TA 1350, the Gladden Fields was settled by Stoors leaving The Angle.
The Stoors of Gladden Fields vanished from history after this incident and it is not known whether they left the area or were destroyed.
www.councilofelrond.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=Encyclopedia&file=index&action=DisplayTerm&pn_vid=3&pn_id=4498   (254 words)

  
 Wetlands & Marshes of Middle-earth
The Gladden Fields were located around the mouth of the Gladden River where it flowed into the Anduin from the west.
The Ring lay in the dark waters of the Gladden Fields until 2463, when it was found by Deagol, who was fishing with his friend Smeagol.
The word gladden is from the Anglo-Saxon glædene, meaning "iris," referring to the yellow irises that grew in the Gladden Fields.
www.tuckborough.net /marshes.html   (1956 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Arda: Gladden River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Though it was hardly more than a hundred miles long, the Gladden played a great part in the histories of the Third Age of the World.
We know little of these people, but their society was apparently matriarchal, and they shared many of the same ancient habits and superstitions as their more familiar cousins who remained west of the Mountains.
The Stoors knew nothing of this, until refugees from the battles of the south came to settle on the plains to the north of the Gladden.
www.encyclopedia-of-arda.com /g/gladden.html   (879 words)

  
 Gladden Farms, Tucson - A Master-Planned Community
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Two large sports fields will be great for kite flying and Frisbee when they're not being used for little league baseball and soccer.
Gladden Farms gives you peaceful country living and small-town values, with the conveniences of the big city only minutes away.
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 Gladden Fields -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Gladden Fields ((Click link for more info and facts about Sindarin) Sindarin Loeg Ningloron) is a fictional location in (Click link for more info and facts about J. Tolkien) J.
The Gladden Fields are located in the vale of the (Click link for more info and facts about Gladden) Gladden river, a tributary of the (Click link for more info and facts about Anduin) Anduin.
Isildur attempted to escape by jumping in to the Gladden, using the power of invisibility of the (Click link for more info and facts about One Ring) One Ring.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gl/Gladden_Fields.htm   (176 words)

  
 The Shire of Hobbits: Hall of Hobbitry
The Gladden River ran into the Anduin at a point called the Gladden Fields.
In Third Age 2463, the Stoor Hobbits Deagol and Smeagol found the One Ring at the Gladden Fields.
The Gladden Fields (Sindarin Loeg Ningloron) was a marshy area where the River Gladden (or River Ninglor) joined the Anduin.
www.geocities.com /shireofthehobbits/concerninghobbits/hobbithistory.htm   (2162 words)

  
 Anduin
From the Old Ford the river continued to the Gladden River where those two in contribution had made the Gladden Fields.
After the Gladden Fields the river became slower in its flow, it began to turn East and West whereas it at its upper course had a straight path South allowing the water to run faster.
From the Gladden the country became more flat and the narrow vales widened out a bit, the Southern eaves of Mirkwood turned a little East and then back west and the course of Anduin bent east ahead Lórien and Silverlode 170 Miles further down at the West shore.
www.annalsofarda.dk /annals-of-arda/Places-index/Places-ME/Anduin.htm   (481 words)

  
 LOTR - Characters - Gollum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gollum was born the hobbit SmÈagol in a small community near the Gladden Fields in year 2430 of the Third Age.
Around 2463, he and his cousin DÈagol found (or were found by) the One Ring, which Isildur had lost there two and a half millennia before.
Despite his fear of the Sun and the Moon, Gollum emerged from under the mountains to seek the hobbit whom he suspected had his "Precious," the One Ring.
www.abcusd.k12.ca.us /projectlotr/characters/gollum.html   (129 words)

  
 The Grey Havens - Songs & Tales: Unfinished Tales: The Third Age
So it came to pass that late in the afternoon of the thirtieth day of their journey they were passing the north borders of the Gladden Fields,[13] marching along a path that led to Thranduil's realm,[14] as it then was.
19 : They had passed the deep depression of the Gladden Fields, beyond which the ground on the east side of Anduin (which flowed in a deep channel) was firmer and drier, for the lie of the land had changed.
Nonetheless it proved in the event that the War of the Ring was lost at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.
tolkien.cro.net /talesong/utfa.html   (4748 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Arda: Gladden Fields   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The fields at the mouth of the Gladden River
The marshlands that formed where the Gladden River flowed down out of the Misty Mountains and into the Great River Anduin.
This was the site of Isildur's loss of the One Ring in the first years of the Third Age.
www.encyclopedia-of-arda.com /g/gladdenfields.html   (89 words)

  
 Third Age: Kings Of Arnor
And in his dreams he would see flames bursting from the summit of the Meneltarma and the earth opening to swallow the forests and fields and cities, all crumbling, falling into water and darkness.
Technically both Gondor and Armor should have fallen under his rule, but by the time he was of age his father's nephew Meneldil was firmly in charge of the south.
Year after year, Valandil returns to the Gladden Fields to try to recover his father Isildur's remains.
www.subreality.com /thirdage/arnor.htm   (378 words)

  
 Gladden Fields   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Gladden Fields is a fictional location in J. The Gladden Fields is a fictional location in J.
All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
Coventry, better informed, darted at once presented the appearance of a sieve: of the second floor little and stood on and across each other, like a hedgehog's bristles.
www.termsdefined.net /gl/gladden-fields.html   (295 words)

  
 Smeagol / Gollum
Smeagol's people lived in the Vales of the Anduin near the Gladden Fields.
On Smeagol's birthday in 2463, he went fishing in the Gladden Fields with his friend Deagol, who was most likely related to Smeagol in some way.
Unknown to Smeagol and Deagol, it was the One Ring belonging to the Dark Lord Sauron which had been lost when Isildur was slain in the Gladden Fields in the year 2.
www.tuckborough.net /gollum.html   (3932 words)

  
 River Gladden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
There were two springs place 20 Miles from each other in Hithaeglir which mingled water 40 Miles further East down at the feet of the mountains.
Gladden was a fast river but slowed down at its lower course.
The river was named after the yellow iris who grew most thickly here at the lower course 75 Miles from the springs where it wandered between eyots and islets, reeds and rush in the Gladden Fields.
www.annalsofarda.dk /Annals-of-Arda/Places-index/Places-ME/Gladden-river.htm   (88 words)

  
 Estelmo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Probably born in Númenor in the second age and journeyed with Elendil at the Downfall of Númenor to Middle-Earth.
In the Disaster of Gladden Fields Estelmo was one of the three who survived to tell what happened and he was one of the last to fall stunned by a club.
He was found alive under Elendur`s body and he heard the words of Elendil and Isildur at their parting.
www.annalsofarda.dk /annals-of-arda/Humans-index-tables/Humans/Estelmo.htm   (102 words)

  
 Something Wicked This Way Comes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although it may seem obvious that he was drawn to the One Ring, which at that time (the 11th century of the Third Age) still lay undiscovered in some pool along the Anduin near the Gladden Fields, Sauron is said to have believed at first that the One Ring had been destroyed.
The attack on Isildur was compelled, he suggested in "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", by the Orcs' proximity to the One Ring, which at that time was still actively seeking to return to Sauron (oblivious to his inability to join with it physically).
The Gladden Fields had originally been a lake which stretched to the highlands where Isildur's column was attacked.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/tolkien/94801   (3043 words)

  
 Third Age: The Northmen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Some of the Northmen fled to Dale, some took refugee in Gondor, and others were gathered by Marhwini and passed north between Mirkwood and the Anduin to settle in the vales of the Anduin between Gladden Fields and the Carrock, where they were joined by other fugitives.
In 1856 Marhwini of Rhovanion joined the Battle of the Plains where his father and King Narmacil II of Gondor were slain.
Afterward, he gathered the scattered Northmen and led them to the vales of the Anduin between Gladden Fields and the Carrock.
www.subreality.com /thirdage/northmen.htm   (399 words)

  
 Elendor MUSH - Role Play Logs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nearby is the call of the Gladden, ever sonorous in her gentle song.
The fields before you are plain enough, covered with marsh and grasses, and yet there is a sense here of great deeds, long ago.
Here upon the Northern Gladden fields, upon the path chosen northwestward, the fens and swamp lessen, as fuller grasses and the scattered bramble and brush grows slightly more plentiful.
www.elendor.net /logViewer.php?id=2183   (4062 words)

  
 Operations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This siding serves both as the Gladden Fields passing siding and as the Hobbiton yard passing siding.
Since 211 is a west-bound class 2 train, it will stop at Gladden Fields only to allow an east-bound class 1 passenger train the right of way.
201 stops at Bree, stops at the Gladden Fields siding for any approaching class 1 or trains, and stops at King's Hall before arriving at Lake Town.
www.phil.uga.edu /faculty/nute/train/operations.htm   (450 words)

  
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Unfinished Tales : The Third Age The Disaster of the Gladden Fields After the fall of Sauron, Isildur, the son and heir of Elendil, returned to Gondor.
But the marsh had receded to the east and from the foot of the lower slopes there were now wide flats, grown with grass and small rushes, on which men could walk.
The Anduin could not be bridged at any lower point; for a few miles belo w the Forest Road the land fell steeply and the river became very swift, until it reached the great basin of the Gladden Fields.
users.iafrica.com /d/dj/djgi/tolkien/unfinsh3.txt   (4233 words)

  
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The northern extension of the Misty Mountains is where Eomer and his band sets off, and their journey home leads them past the Gladden Fields before finally, Lorien.
This was often what the warrior felt after hunts such as these-- after the adrenaline had died down and they bore their pelts with pride, all that was left was the long journey home.
As long days turned to weeks, he was pleased to note that they had passed the Gladden Fields and were now fast approaching Lothlorien.
www.trinitycross.net /word/fics/LOTRpeace.txt   (4569 words)

  
 The Barrow-Downs
Originally, Gollum was a hobbit of the tribe of the Stoors, who lived near the Gladden Fields in his time.
What he learned from Gollum was the name of Baggins and the Shire, but he was led into the wrong direction and searched the Gladden Fields instead.
In 3017, Gollum was released, but of what he did in the whole of his 76 years of wandering we know few, and Gandalf remained tight-lipped on it.
www.barrowdowns.com /theme-gollum.php   (863 words)

  
 The Second Battle OF The Gladden Fields(The Attack Of The New Shadow) - THE TOLKIEN FORUM
Then the Orcs came when the Dwarves were away, and set fire to the Gladden Fields.
When Rytandur returned to the fields, he sat in shock, as he was now.
It fell to the ground of the Gladden Fields, fl blood coming out of its neck all the way down.
www.thetolkienforum.com /showthread.php?t=4720   (2011 words)

  
 Isildur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After Gil-galad and Elendil fought and defeated Sauron at the Siege of Barad-dûr, but perished, Isildur cut The One Ring from Sauron's finger.
He was later slain in the Gladden Fields by roaming orcs and the Ring's treachery.
In the riddling rhyme "Seek for the Sword that was Broken" the Ring is referred to cryptically as Isildur's Bane.
www.theezine.net /i/isildur.html   (124 words)

  
 The Fields Of Rohan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For his deeds and valor on the Field of Celebrant, he was given the rich lands which would soon surround Romenmark.
Holdred was surnamed "Anlaf", meaning `only survivor', by Lord Frumgar after being the only Rider to return from an ill-fated sortie against the remnants of the wicked kingdom of Angmar that dwelt in the upper vales of the Anduin between the Carrock and the Gladden Fields.
It was only 10 generations ago that a well loved bastard son of a renowned Niu noble and a fair but landless lass of Eowain earned his own device through a combination of heroic feats on the battle field and unsurpassed chivalry and wit at court.
www.msnusers.com /thefieldsofrohan/houses.msnw   (1511 words)

  
 The One Ring: The White Council :: View topic - Annotated LotR - The Shadow of the Past
Much later, in 'The Battle of the Pelennor Fields', we learn that the Lord of the Nazgûl, the chief Ringwraith, was once the sorceror-king of Angmar, a realm overthrown more than a thousand years in the past.
Gladden is an Old English name for the iris.
Gladden is here the name for the 'flag' or iris (Old English glædene), now usually spelt gladdon, and has no connection with English glad and the verb gladden.
forums.theonering.com /viewtopic.php?t=80189   (8599 words)

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