Hírilorn

In J. R. R. Tolkien￢ﾀﾙs fiction universe of Middle-earth, Hￃﾭrilorn (which means "Tree of the Lady") was a great beech-tree in northern Doriath, in which Lￃﾺthien Tinￃﾺviel, most beautiful of all the Children of Ilￃﾺvatar, was imprisoned to be prevented from leaving Doriath, after she decided to free her beloved Beren who lay in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth without hope of rescue. Hￃﾭrilorn stood not far from the gates of Menegroth, the capi... more

In J. R. R. Tolkien￢ﾀﾙs fiction universe of Middle-earth, Hￃﾭrilorn (which means "Tree of the Lady") was a great beech-tree in northern Doriath, in which Lￃﾺthien Tinￃﾺviel, most beautiful of all the Children of Ilￃﾺvatar, was imprisoned to be prevented from leaving Doriath, after she decided to free her beloved Beren who lay in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth without hope of rescue. Hￃﾭrilorn stood not far from the gates of Menegroth, the capital of the kingdom Doriath. The mighty beech was the greatest of all the trees in the Forest of Neldoreth, the beech-forest which was the northern half of the Fenced Land. It had three trunks, equal in girth, smooth in rind, and exceeding tall; no branches grew from them for a great height above the ground. Lￃﾺthien, when learning that Beren had been thrown into a dark pit without hope of rescue, and knowing that her father and king Elu Thingol would not allow her to leave, sought the aid of Daeron, telling him about her plans to fly from... less