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the Lhûn had been a line of defense: first against Sauron, and
later against the Witch-king. In the Third Age, the Lhûn formed
the border between Mithlond and Arnor. During the War with
Angmar, it formed the end of the Witch-king's influence: many of
the Dúnedain fled across it. When Eärnil II came, passage was
won back over it. With their defeat imminent, many of the Witch-
king's minions drowned in the river Lhûn. The river Lhûn found
its origin in the First Age or before, but following the War of
Wrath, its course was severely altered. Its original course is
no longer recorded in history, but after the breaking of the
Blue Mountains, it flowed in the Gulf of Lhûn. The river had its
origin in the north of the Blue Mountains, and had two
tributaries: the Little Lune and an unnamed river that had its
origin in the Emyn Uial. The meaning of Lhûn is not known.
Originally, Tolkien envisioned it