The Encyclopedia of Arda - The Waste (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Probably formed from III 2770 Location Extending around Erebor, the Lonely Mountain Origins Apparently equivalent to the Desolation of the Dragon, created by Smaug during and after the Sack of Erebor Settlements Contained Erebor and Dale Source The Celduin (Running River) arose at Erebor within the Waste Important peaks Erebor, the Lonely Mountain Other names Probably another name for the Desolation of the Dragon or Desolation of Smaug Indexes: Alphabetical: W Fields, Plains and Deserts About this entry: Updated 13 February 2016 This entry is complete Last resting place of the Master of Lake-town Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A desolate region surrounding the Lonely Mountain and the ruins of Dale. Its boundaries are uncertain, but it seems to have been associated with the Desolation of the Dragon that extended out from the old Kingdom under the Mountain.1 After the death of Smaug and the re-establishment of Dale, Bard gave a part of the recovered hoard of Erebor to the Master of Lake-town. This gold was intended for the aid of the Lake-men, but the Master instead took it for himself and set out into the Waste with certain companions, who would later abandon him and leave him there to die of starvation.2 Notes 1 Speaking of the armies encamped outside Erebor (and therefore well within the Desolation) Thorin says that '...they may find their dwelling in the Waste grievous to bear' (The Hobbit 16, A Thief in the Night). So, clearly the Waste and the Desolation overlapped at Erebor, and the most natural reading would be that these were simply different names for the same wasted landscape. 2 The Master's behaviour is difficult to understand; it's not at all clear what he hoped to achieve by carrying his people's gold out into the Waste. He had no obvious destination (that we know of) other than perhaps the Iron Hills, though he could not have expected a warm reception there. Perhaps he simply intended to conceal the gold in some distant place and return for it later. We are told that the Master was afflicted by the greed-inducing 'dragon-sickness' at this time, so perhaps we should not look too closely for rational explanations of his actions. See also... Dragon-sickness Indexes: Alphabetical: W Fields, Plains and Deserts About this entry: Updated 13 February 2016 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2015-2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is the complete personality profile package, with modules for job matching, relationships, teams and more.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Probably formed from III 2770 Location Extending around Erebor, the Lonely Mountain Origins Apparently equivalent to the Desolation of the Dragon, created by Smaug during and after the Sack of Erebor Settlements Contained Erebor and Dale Source The Celduin (Running River) arose at Erebor within the Waste Important peaks Erebor, the Lonely Mountain Other names Probably another name for the Desolation of the Dragon or Desolation of Smaug Indexes: Alphabetical: W Fields, Plains and Deserts About this entry: Updated 13 February 2016 This entry is complete Last resting place of the Master of Lake-town

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of the Waste

A desolate region surrounding the Lonely Mountain and the ruins of Dale. Its boundaries are uncertain, but it seems to have been associated with the Desolation of the Dragon that extended out from the old Kingdom under the Mountain.1 After the death of Smaug and the re-establishment of Dale, Bard gave a part of the recovered hoard of Erebor to the Master of Lake-town. This gold was intended for the aid of the Lake-men, but the Master instead took it for himself and set out into the Waste with certain companions, who would later abandon him and leave him there to die of starvation.2 Notes 1 Speaking of the armies encamped outside Erebor (and therefore well within the Desolation) Thorin says that '...they may find their dwelling in the Waste grievous to bear' (The Hobbit 16, A Thief in the Night). So, clearly the Waste and the Desolation overlapped at Erebor, and the most natural reading would be that these were simply different names for the same wasted landscape. 2 The Master's behaviour is difficult to understand; it's not at all clear what he hoped to achieve by carrying his people's gold out into the Waste. He had no obvious destination (that we know of) other than perhaps the Iron Hills, though he could not have expected a warm reception there. Perhaps he simply intended to conceal the gold in some distant place and return for it later. We are told that the Master was afflicted by the greed-inducing 'dragon-sickness' at this time, so perhaps we should not look too closely for rational explanations of his actions. See also... Dragon-sickness Indexes: Alphabetical: W Fields, Plains and Deserts About this entry: Updated 13 February 2016 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2015-2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is the complete personality profile package, with modules for job matching, relationships, teams and more.