"It reminds me of the roses of Imloth Melui when I was a lass, and no king could ask for better."
Ioreth's opinion of the scent of
athelasThe Return of the King V 8
The Houses of Healing
A region of Gondor, in which Ioreth was raised before she travelled to Minas Tirith. Though it clearly lay in some part of the land of Gondor, the precise location of Imloth Melui is never stated explicitly. Given its connection with flowers, though, it seems fair to guess that it lay near or within the flowery vale of Lossarnach. This is no more than speculation, but it is partly borne out by the fact that Ioreth was visited by her kinswoman from Imloth Melui after the War of the Ring, suggesting that it was close to Minas Tirith, as was Lossarnach.
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