Forochel: Around Sûri-Kylä and Itä-Ma

September 2, 2009 — lonehobbit

Even Hobbits have to wear boots sometimes!

Forochel, the Northern wastes, is a powerfully beautiful, but lonely place. Bring warm shoes and a cloak! Even Hobbits should forgo their usual barefooted attire and put on warm boots to brave the seemingly eternal ice if they wish to keep their toes!

Despite its hardness, Men live in this country. The Lossoth, as they call themselves, are a proud people, but warm towards foreigners. They live mostly off fishing and deer-herding, but have a simple lifestyle that allows for plenty of free time which they spend riding sledges or ice-skating.
They also fashion warm clothes out of hides and furs, which they will gladly sell you if you have forgotten to bring your own (and can afford them!).

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Morning over the standing stones in Forochel.

A Lossoth in front of his home.

The icy seas north of Itä-Ma.

There are two large settlements in the Northern reaches of the country: Pynti-peldot and Sûri-Kylä, which I am assured means “Big town” in the Lossoth language. The latter is also the capital by way of having a big meeting tent where the chief of clans resides. It is definitely worth a visit!

The great tent in Sûri-kylä at daybreak.	Sûri-kylä at daybreak.
Sûri-kylä at daybreak.	A mammoth standing at the entrance to Sûri-kylä.
The leader of the Lossoth in Sûri-kylä.	Sûri-kylä at night.
Sûri-kylä at night.	The entrance to Sûri-kylä at night.

The landscape in Forochel is beautiful, but radiates a powerful loneliness. If wandering just to look at the landscape is your thing, you will not be disappointed!

Morning over Forochel.	Morning over Forochel.
Morning over the standing stones in Forochel.	The icy land in Forochel.
The icy seas in Forochel.	The icy seas north of Pynti-peldot.

For the late wanderer, Forochel has a special treat: the famed Northern Lights! Beautiful green ghost-lights in the sky at night, provided you can keep your eyes open and your teeth from chattering…

Northern Lights over Forochel.	A snow-beacon in Forochel at night.
Northern lights over Forochel.	A Lossoth in front of his home.
Northern lights over Forochel.	Northern lights over the village of Itä-Ma.
Northern lights over the village of Pynti-peldot.	A snow-beacon in Forochel at night.