Lore

Folde was an ancient and historic region of Rohan, which contained both the capital, Edoras, and the first capital, Aldburg. It was the homeland of the royal family.

The Folde was the centre of the kingdom. Its boundary eastward was roughly a line south-west from the junction of the Snowbourn and Entwash to the mountains; the Eastfold was the land from that line east to the Fenmark between Entwash and the mountains; the Westfold was along the mountains as far as the River Isen. To the south lay the White Mountains.

The defensive centre of the Folde was at Edoras.

Behind Edoras lay Harrowdale, a deep valley between three great peaks - Dwimorberg, Starkhorn and Írensaga. Towards its southern end, there was a high cliff which could be reached only by a narrow, winding path. This was known as Dunharrow, an old refuge of the Rohirrim in times of war. Théoden used it to muster his army before riding to Minas Tirith in the War of the Ring.


Construction

The intention with this project was to capture the vast, open feel of Rohan, whilst maintaining a sense of historical and agricultural realism - based especially upon Anglo-Saxon buildings and farms. Each village and homestead was led by either a single builder or team of two builders, with contributions from others. The farms were built seperately, using our extensive research on mediaeval farming techniques in the process. Each village was named using Old English - the language Tolkien used to represent Rohirric.

There are two towns, five villages, twenty homesteads, two lumber camps, a quarry, and an iron mine in the Folde, and over 2400 beds. It is only a part of the kingdom of Rohan, which is set to be the largest kingdom on ArdaCraft's map so far.

For anyone who is interested in seeing a detailed timeline of the project's construction, the Folde project thread on our forums provides a good overview.

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The Folde forms part of a larger project which seeks to recreate Middle-earth in its entirety. Credit goes to MicahVanderman and Eaglz for leading this project, and to the entire community of builders for leading all the villages and homesteads therein.

The Folde can be viewed from above on ArdaCraft's dynmap. There is no download available, but ArdaCraft is a non-whitelisted server which anyone is welcome to come and explore, provided they have installed our modpack first.

All information can be found on our website.