Lebennin

Lebennin (the 'Land of Five Rivers') is a region in southern Gondor.

Summary

Lebennin is Gondor’s most populous fiefdom. Its chief city, Pelargir, is the oldest and largest settlement in Gondor - a thousand years older than Osgiliath or Minas Tirith. Its people were described as ''a hardy folk between the mountains and the sea. They were reckoned men of Gondor, yet their blood was mingled, and there were short and swarthy folk among them whose sires came more from the forgotten men who housed in the shadow of the hills in the Dark Years ere the coming of the kings.'' As such, they are a mix of Pre-Númenóreans and Númenóreans - presumably with less Númenórean heritage closer to the mountains.

Lebennin contains the city of Pelargir.

Climate and ecology

The climate of Lebennin is comparable to the Greek countryside. Its vegetation zones are as follows:

• F45 -
• F161 -
• G19 -
• G24 -
• G30 -
• L15 - east Thracian steppes on marl-clay alternating with downy oak forests and Paliurus spinachristi scrub
• U18 - Apennine-Balkan alluvial forests