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D Éor Seventh King of Rohan.

Dimbar The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb.

Dimrill Dale See Nanduhirion. Dimrost The falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil, afterwards called Nen Girith; translated the Rainy Stair.

Dior Thingol’s Heir Son of Beren and Lúthien; King of Doriath after Thingol; possessor of the Silmaril; slain by the Sons of Fëanor.

Dírhavel Man of Dor-lómin, author of the Narn i Hîn Húrin. *dírnaith Wedge-shaped battle-formation used by the Dúnedain.

Dol Amroth Stronghold on a promontory of Belfalas, named after Amroth King of Lórien. With reference to the Lords or Princes of Dol Amroth. See Angelimar, Adrahil, Imrahil.

Dol Baran ‘Gold-brown Hill’, a hill at the southern end of the Misty Mountains, where Peregrin Took looked into the palantír of Orthanc.

Dol Guldur ‘Hill of Sorcery’, a treeless height in the south-west of Mirkwood, fastness of the Necromancer before he was revealed as Sauron returned. See Amon Lanc.

Dor-Cúarthol ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh.

Dor-en-Ernil ‘Land of the Prince’, in Gondor west of the river Gilrain.

Doriath ‘Land of the Fence’ (Dor Iâth), referring to the Girdle of Melian; the kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin. Called the Guarded Realm and the Hidden Kingdom.

Dorlas Man of Brethil; went with Túrin and Hunthor to the attack on Glaurung, but withdrew in fear; slain by Brandir. Wife of Dorlas. Dor-lómin Region in the south of Hithlum, the territory of Fingon, given as a fief to the House of Hador; the home of Húrin and Morwen. Mountains of Dor-lómin, that part of Ered Wethrin that formed the southern fence of Hithlum. Lady of Dor-lómin, Morwen; Lord of Dor-lómin, Húrin, Túrin. Dragon of Dor-lómin, see Dragon-helm.

Dorthonion ‘Land of Pines’, the great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards called Taur-nu-Fuin.

Downfall (of Númenor) .

Downs, The Referring to the White Downs in the Westfarthing of the Shire.

Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin Heirloom of the House of Hador, worn by Túrin. Dragon of Dor-lómin; Dragonhead of the North; Helm of Hador.

Dragon, The See Glaurung, Smaug.

*Dramborleg The great axe of Tuor, preserved in Númenor.

Drengist, Firth of Drengist The long firth piercing Ered Lómin, between Lammoth and Nevrast.

Drúadan Forest Forest in Anórien at the eastern end of Ered Nimrais, where a remnant of the Druédain or ‘Wild Men’ survived in the Third Age. See Tawar-in-Drúedain.

*Drúath The Drúedain. (Singular Drû, plural also Drúin; Sindarin forms derived from the native name Drughu). See Róg, Rú.

*Drúedain Sindarin name (from Drû +adan, plural edain) of the ‘Wild Men’ of Ered Nimrais (and of the Forest of Brethil in the First Age). Called Wild Men; Woses; and see Púkel-men.

*Drûg(s), Drû(g)-folk The Drúedain. *Drúwaith Iaur ‘The old wilderness of the Drû-folk’ in the mountainous promontory of Andrast. Called the Old Pûkel-wilderness and Old Púkel-land.

Dry River The bed of the river that once flowed out from the Encircling Mountains to join Sirion; forming the entrance to Gondolin.

Dúnedain (Singular Dúnadan). ‘The Edain of the West’, the Númenóreans. Star of the Dúnedain.

Dungortheb For Nan Dungortheb, ‘Valley of Dreadful Death’, between the precipices of Ered Gorgoroth and the Girdle of Melian.

Dunharrow Fortified refuge in Ered Nimrais above Harrow-dale, approached by a climbing road at each turn of which were set the statues called Púkel-men. Dead Men of Dun-harrow, Men of Ered Nimrais who were cursed by Isildur for breaking their oath of allegiance to him.

Dúnhere Rider of Rohan, Lord of Harrowdale; fought at the Fords of Isen and at the Pelennor Fields, where he was slain.

Dunland A country about the west-skirts of the Misty Mountains at their far southern end, inhabited by the Dunlendings.

Dunlendings Inhabitants of Dunland, remnants of an old race of Men that once lived in the valleys of Ered Nimrais; akin to the Dead Men of Dunharrow and to the Bree-landers.