Lamedon

Lamedon is a hilly region in central Gondor, marked by a series of valleys through which the Ringló and Ciril rivers flowed south. Its western border is Tarlang’s Neck and its northern is the Ered Nimrais. It borders Belfalas to the south and east, with a short border with Lebennin nearer to the mountains.

Summary

It is assumed that this region was fairly well-populated by the Pre-Númenóreans during the colonial period. As the Númenóreans and their descendants were concentrated in Belfalas and in the lands along the Anduin, it is assumed that this region, like Lossarnach, maintained a strong Pre-Númenórean identity well into the Third Age. It avoided Gondor’s wars (civil and otherwise) over the centuries, so the region would not have many forts or walled towns.

It is currently ruled by Angbor.

Lamedon contains the following settlements:

• Ethring (900)
• Calembel - the chief town and seat of Angbor (700)
• 2 garrison towns (200 each)
• Edhellond (150)
• 7 hill towns (100-150 each)
• 8 hamlets (50-75 each)
• 8 homesteads (25 each)
• 6 shepherds' dwellings (10 each)

Climate and ecology

Lamedon's climate and vegetation are based on the northern Italian countryside, including the following vegetation zones:

• B44 - B44 - Alpine grasslands (Kobresia myosuroides, Sesleria albicans, Carex ferruginea, Carex firma) with herbs and lichens on carbonate rocks
• B52 - Apeninne alpine grasslands (Sesleria tenuifolia, Carex kitaibeliana, Festuca macrathera) on carbonate rocks
• C19 - Larch-pine forests (Pinus cembra, Larix decidua) in the Alps, partly with Picea abies, Pinus mugo or Pinus rotandata, with Alnus alnobetula, partly alternating with Rhododendron scrub (Rhododendron ferrugineum) or Juniperus communis subsp. alpina
• F141 - Provencal-Ligurian thermo- and mesophilous beech and fir-beech forests (Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba) with Buxus sempervirens, Carex alba, Polygala chamaebuxus, Calamintha grandiflora, Geranium nodosum, partly Trochiscanthes nodiflora
• F146 - North and middle Apennine beech forests (Fagus sylvatica), partly with Abies alba, with Geranium nodosum, partly Trochiscanthes nodiflora
• G41 - Downy oak forests (Quercus pubescens) with Buxus sempervirens, Genista cinerea, partly Acer opalus from the south Pyrenees to the southwest pre-Alps
• G52 - Middle Apennine mixed hop-hornbeam-downy oak forests (Quercus pubescens, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus) with Acer obtusatum, Scutellaria columnae, Melittis melissophyllum
• J14 - Catalonian-Provencal meso-Mediterranean holm oak forests (Quercus ilex) with Quercus coccifera, Euphorbia characias, Viburnum tinus
• J15 - Catalonian Provencal supra-Mediterranean holm oak forests (Quercus ilex) with Quercus pubescens, Asplenium onopteris, Luzula forsteri
• P11 - West- and middle-Mediterranean sand-dune vegetation complexes
• R3 - Brackish water tall reed vegetation, alternating with salt meadows and halophytic herb communities
• U33 - South French willow and poplar alluvial forests with Iris foetidissima, Viola odorata in combination with Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia-alluvial forests