Editing Middle Earth (section)

===Hithlum===	
Also called Hísilómë or 'Mist Shadow', it lies to the northwest of Beleriand and is separated from it by the Mountains of Shadow (Ered Wethrin). In the northern area of that mountain chain the river Sirion is born, which passes through Beleriand and divides it in two. It was in that region that the exiled Noldor first arrived from Aman, coming from both the sea and through Helcaraxë. That region is further divided into three areas, thanks to its mountainous landscape: Mithrim; Dor-Lómin; and Nevrast. Like its neighbouring region, it too sank at the ending years of the First Age.
*'''Vinyamar''' - The very first stone settlement the Exiled Noldor had made after returning, under the lordship of Turgon. It had been constructed at the very end of the mountain chain (on the slopes of Mount Taras), near the coast. After Turgon had made Gondolin, him and his people (which were composed of both Noldor and Sindar) had abandoned the settlement; and for nearly 4 centuries it had laid desolate, until Tuor had come under the influence of the Vala Ulmo.
*'''Barad Eithel''' - The Tower of the Well, was the mountain fortress of the Noldorin High-Kings Fingolfin and his son Fingon. It had been built near the spring of Sirion to guard the river.