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Dates
Given the name Rathlóriel after I 502; destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
Running westward from the Blue Mountains, dividing the lands of Thargelion and Ossiriand
Settlements
The Dwarf-city of Nogrod was near the river's source
Source
The central western Blue Mountains
Tributaries
None
Outflow
Into Gelion below the ford of Sarn Athrad
Important peaks
Mount Dolmed rose above the river's source
Pronunciation
rathlo'ree-el
Meaning
'Goldenbed', in reference to the treasures of Doriath drowned in the river
Other names
Goldenbed; originally known as Ascar

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Rathlóriel

Goldenbed

Map of the river Rathlóriel

The later name for the River Ascar, the northernmost of the six rivers that flowed through Ossiriand. Its name was changed after Beren led a force of Laiquendi to defeat a band of the Dwarves of Nogrod on its banks. The Dwarves had sacked the kingdom of Doriath, and with their defeat, the treasuries of Menegroth were emptied into the river. After that time it was known as Goldenbed, or Rathlóriel in Elvish.


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