A hill that rose along the northern edges of the White Mountains. Around its feet grew a dense wood, and from that wood a stream ran out across the grasslands to meet the Entwash to the north. 'Hill of Anwar' is a partial translation of Amon Anwar, the 'Hill of Awe' at the centre of the old kingdom of Gondor, on whose summit was the Tomb of Elendil.
After Eorl rode to the aid of Gondor, Cirion the Steward granted the land of Calenardhon to him and his people. The Hill of Anwar stood on the borders of that land, and by Elendil's Tomb, Cirion and Eorl swore an Oath of abiding friendship between their two countries. Eorl's people would become the Rohirrim, and their land came to be known as Rohan. They gave the Hill of Anwar a new name in their own tongue, and at that time it became known as the Halifirien, the 'hallowed mountain'.
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The hill became known as the Hill of Anwar or Hill of Awe after it was chosen as the burial site for Elendil, as it lay near the centre of the realm of Gondor (at a time when the foundation of Rohan lay far in the future, and Gondor extended over a much greater area than in its later years). Elendil had fallen at the end of the War of the Last Alliance, and so his entombment took place as the Second Age ended and the Third Age began. The Tomb of Elendil was a secret place, and its location was known only to the Kings of Gondor and later the Stewards, but nonetheless a deep sense of awe fell on the hill and its surrounding wood, giving rise to the 'awe' of the hill's name.
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