The world of Arda is broken up into several continents, Endor (The Middle Lands) being the most well known. It is more commonly referred to as Middle-earth and it is here that the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit is set. For those of you with explorers boots, it might be wise to know a little of the major regions of middle-earth during the third age (especially of Rhovanion, home of this kinship).

Rhovanion includes the land east of the Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) and west of the river Carnen (Redwater). The two primary rivers are, Celduin and the Anduin (Great River). The Celduin flows from the lonely mountains in Erebor and joins with Carnen to flow into the sea of Rhun. The Anduin (Great River) which flows south from the lonely mountains and runs between the Misty Mountains and Greenwood the Great (Mirkwood). The Anduin features in many tales regarding the history of middle-earth. It is here that some of the Teleri settled and were later joined by some Avari, Sindar and Noldor elves to eventually become the Silvan Elves. It is also here that Isildur was slain and lost the one ring (that was cut from Sauron's hand by Isildur himself), which was latter found by Gollum.