Land of the King

by Tertius711

The Kingdom of Arnor is the greatest and wealthiest of the kingdoms in Westeros. But it was not always this way. Once it had been but nine ships desperately trying to escape the Downfall of Númenor. This is the story of the Dúnedain in a world where the Nine Ships of the Faithful landed in Westeros instead of Middle-Earth.

20. Glossary

Glossary: Provinces, Settlements and Infrastructure.

Provinces:

(Follow according to map)

1: Malldolan (Gold Hill Country), also known as Arandor(King's Land). Capital is Annúminas (Tower of the West).

2: Anórien (Sun-land). Capital is Minas Anor (Tower of the Sun).

3: Ithilien (Moon-land). Capital is Minas Ithil (Tower of the Moon).

4: Angren (Iron) or Angrenor (Iron-land). Capital is Angrenost (Iron Fortress).

5: Calenardhon (Green Province). Capital is Arcalen (High Green).

6: Hyarwinion (Southern Wine). Capital is Hyarmenna (Southwards).

7: Tol Winion (Isle of Wine) or the Arbor

8: Tircarnë (Red Guard).

9: Raumdor (Storm-land). Capital is Storm's End or Raumgûr

10: Morfalas (Black Shore). Capital is Morlond (Black Harbour)

11: Carsiriand (Red River-land).

12: Neledsiriand (Land of Three Rivers). Capital is Osgiliath (Citadel of the Stars).

13: Nammatil (Claw Point) or Crackclaw Point.

14: Canaqardhon (Fourteenth Province)

15: Lys. Capital is Lys

16: Vinyambar (New Fate). Capital is Vinyambar

These are the 16 administrative regions or provinces of Arnor. The 'capital' of each region does not necessarily refer to the region's administrative centres nor does it necessarily mean that the rulers of the 'capitals' govern the entire province. The provinces are similar to canon Gondor and Arnor's provinces. The 'capitals' are the historically largest, wealthiest, and most influential settlements in the region.

Note that the petty kingdoms of Dorne are Arnorian protectorates, tributaries, vassals, client states, etc, but they are not part of Arnor.

Settlements:

Annuminas = Casterly Rock/ Lannisport

Feastfires = Dol Amroth

Tarnost= Sarsfield

Fornost= Banefort

Minas Anor = Golden Tooth

Minas Ithil is on the western shore of Red Lake

Cirith Ungol = Deep Den,

Durthang = Hornvale,

Amon Sul = Silverhill.

Amon Hen and Lhaw are watchtowers in the Ered Mellais.

Emyn Arnen= Starpike

Arcalen= Highgarden

Mandalondë= mouth of Mander

Hyarmenna= Oldtown

Towers of the Teeth, Narchost and Carchost, are on the northern end of the Prince's Pass/ Wide Way, near to Skyreach

Raumgûr= Storm's End

Morlond = King's Landing

Osgiliath is situated at the intersection points of the Red Fork, Blue Fork, and Green Fork.

Nimannon= Bloody Gate

Peluicarnë= Tyrosh

Vinyambar= Plankytown, mouth of the Greenblood

If you don't know that Lys is Lys, you have issues.

More settlements may be added at a later date, but for now these are the ones to take note of.

Annúminas has the Master-stone, or canon Osgiliath-stone

Morlond has the lieutenant-stone, or canon Amon Sul-stone

Angrenost, Osgiliath, Arcalen, Hyarmenna and have the remaining five stones.

Note that the canon Elostirion-stone was cut off from Eressea when the Nine Ships crossed over so it now functions normally.

Infrastructure:

Canals:

Ironman's Bay- Trident, Trident- God's Eye, Blackwater-Mander. These are the three Great Canals.

Lesser canals include Hornvale-Red Fork amongst others. I was heavily inspired by Steven Attwell's racetotheironthrone blog and his Economic Development series so check that out for an idea of how Arnor developed its land.

Roads:

The Black Roads crisscrossed all of Arnor, spreading out from Annúminas and linking all the major cities and fortresses of Arnor. The Ocean Road, as it was named, travelled due south from the capital through Minas Ithil and then onwards to Arcalen. From Arcalen, the South Road continued on down to Hyarmenna whilst the Dorne Road continued down through the Prince's Pass and continued a significant distance into the deserts of Dorne, with lesser roads linking it by land to Vinyambar.

The Gold Road travelled due east from Annúminas through Durthang and ending at Morlond on the north mouth of the Blackwater Rush. From Morlond, the Mander Road lead south along the River Mander to Arcalen, whilst the Storm Road connected Storm's End to both Arcalen and Morlond. The Bone Road continued further from Storm's End down through the Boneway before finally ending at Yronwood.

In the northeast, the Trident Road linked Annúminas to the city of Osgiliath on the confluence of the three forks of the Trident River, before continuing on to the Bloody Gate. From Osgiliath, the Duskendale Road moved east and south, linking Maidenpool, Antlers, Duskendale, and Morlond.

These are but the major highways, for scores of lesser roads built in both black and regular stone were built or upgraded in Arvegil's reign.

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Author's Note: Fanfiction hates links and images for whatever reason so I would advise all of you to navigate over to the version of the story I have on both Spacebattles and Alternate History under the name 'Land of the King - Arnor in Westeros'.

I have three maps. One for Arnor at Amlaith's death, one for Height! Arnor, and one for Height! Arnor with provinces. They can be found in the threadmarks for Annals of Kings I, Annals of Kings II, and the Glossary respectively. The Provincial map is the map used for the province list above.

Sorry for the inconvenience. FF is quite limited compared to the other sites I post on.