Gladden Fields

Gladden Fields

The Gladden Fields (Sindarin Loeg Ningloron) is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In his works, Gladden Fields are located in the vale of the Gladden river, a tributary of the Anduin.

The story is that in the year T.A 2, at Gladden Fields, the conflict known as the Disaster of the Gladden Fields took place. Here, Isildur and his sons were ambushed by Orcs. Isildur attempted to escape by jumping in to the Gladden, using the power of invisibility of the One Ring, but here the Ring slipped from Isildur's finger. Isildur landed on the other bank of the river where he was killed by Orcs looking for survivors of the ambush. Isildur's squire Ohtar saved his sword Narsil from the enemy horde; Isildur's sons were killed during the battle.

It was here, twenty-five centuries after the ambush, that the Stoor hobbit, Déagol, retrieved the One Ring from the Gladden and he was killed by his relative [ME-ref|letters|#214] Sméagol, who became the evil creature called Gollum.

It should also be noted that the headwaters of the Gladden River served as home to one of three passes through the Misty Mountains, the other two being Redhorn Pass and the High Pass.

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