Etymologyįorochel is a Sindarin word that meant 'Northern ice'. He corrected this on the updated map in the 1953 edition, adding an arrow to indicate that the Icebay consisted of the entire body of water. Though the Icebay at one point appeared only to refer to the small bay visible on the original map included in The Lord of the Rings, Christopher Tolkien later clarified he had made an error. He was aided by the Lossoth until March, TA 1975 when, against their advice, he attempted to sail south on one of the ships of Círdan. The ship foundered in the heavy ices of the bay and Arvedui drowned, losing the Palantíri of the North in the process. It was here that Arvedui, last King of Arthedain, fled when his land was destroyed by Angmar. Īs seen in The Lord of the Rings Online HistoryĪrvedui's ship, frozen in the ice of Forochel.Īs far back as the Elder Days, before the destruction of Beleriand at the conclusion of War of Wrath, primitive tribes of Men known as the Forodwaith had lived around the shores of the Icebay. Their descendants, known as the Snowmen, or Lossoth, were still living on the shores of the bay in the Third Age and beyond. It was known to have frozen over during the winters, making travel by ship impossible. A strip of land called the Cape of Forochel formed the western boundary of the bay, creating a narrow entrance to the south. The Battle for Forochel Find Hylje-leiri Find Karhu-leiri Find Pynti-leiri Find Norsu-leiri +1 Wisdom 5 Turbine Points Hylje-leiri - 18.2N, 81.3W Karhu-leiri - 12.9N.
The Icebay of Forochel was an immense body of water located north of Eriador and northwest of Forodwaith in the cold, northern regions of Middle-earth.
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