Of the Fall of the Northern Kingdom of Arnor and the Successor States
by Quenaire of Imladris


Chapter 1: Of the Founding of the Kingdom of Arnor (SA 3320)
Chapter 2: The Sundering of Arnor (TA 861)
Chapter 3: The Ending of the Dunedain Line in Cardolan (TA 1287)
Chapter 4: The Rise of Angmar and the Demise of Rhudaur (c. TA 1300)
Chapter 5: The First Northern War:
				 Arthedain & Cardolan vs. Angmar & Rhudaur (c. TA 1350)
Chapter 6: The Second Northen War and the fall of Amon Sul (TA 1410)
Chapter 7: The Great Plague (TA 1637)
Chapter 8: The Third Northen War:
				 The Fall of Arthedain and the Final Defeat of Angmar (TA 1975)
Chapter 9: The Remains of the North Kingdom
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The remaining pages of the book are all but lost in this ragged text apart from
the following extract:

Chapter 4: The Rise of Angmar and the Demise of Rhudaur

...allies. One of the Last of the Tirion ("Watch-tower") to fall was the
Gondyrn en Romen, the impregnable Stone Tree of the Great East Road. Commanded
by Warden Marendil of House Rhudainor, he refused to acknowledge the puppet
king of Rhudaur. Though, several of the strongholds of the kingdom had
succumbed through treachery, the Witch-King's plans did not work on the tower
held by Marendil, whose men's loyalty was unswerving.

Though beseiged for three months by a force of orcs, hillmen and some
traitorous dunedain, the walls would neither be breached by rock or sorcery.
No flying thing could approach without suffering a hail of arrows, and no
sorceror could transport a force of arms inside.

At this time, though their morale had been high, the hearts of the men of the
Watchtower sunk. Diggings were started out of bowshot by the evil forces.
Indeed, from what news finally escaped at a later date, a great many trolls
enslaved by Angmar were used. It became clear that they intended to take the
tower from below. After one month of frantic watching, the hill and stone
trolls of Angmar broke through the foundations of the tower, and made their
way up through the tower. Though the Warden and his men had had nearly a
month to devise a defense against this, nothing could withstand the force of
the onslaught. It is said that a few prisoners were finally taken by some
orcs who followed the trolls, but not before the trolls had eaten their fill
of the dead. After this siege, the trolls were granted the area as a gift
from their Master and the Trollshaws became doubly feared.....