Dates

Destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age

Location

The central regions of Beleriand, on the southwestern borders of Doriath

Meaning

Mere is an old word for a lake or pool

Other names

Aelin-uial, Meres of Sirion, Meres of Twilight, Twilit Meres

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Twilight Meres

The waterways of the Aelin-uial

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Map of the Twilight Meres

The trackless fens of Aelin-uial

The Aelin-uial, the maze of marshes and lakes that formed where the Aros met the Sirion on the borders of Doriath.

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