Erui

The river Erui is a river in Gondor.

It is located in Eastern Gondor and was the easternmost of the Five Rivers of Lebennin. It flowed through Imloth Melui and divided Upper Lebennin and Lossarnach. The Erui was the domain of the brooding River-maid known as the Lone Lady, one of the Five Sisters, though she and her sisters were widely considered a myth by the end of the Third Age. The Lone Lady had long been detached and troubled due to the blood spilled in her waters during the Kin-strife, and the invasion by Haradrim during the War of the Ring enraged her. She commanded the waters of the Erui to animate the armour of long-dead soldiers of Gondor to drive away any who approached the Crossings. She was calmed by her sisters, but not before raising the armour of Castamir himself from the riverbed.

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  Like its sister rivers, the Erui pours from the White Mountains in a waterfall, though this one is ornamented with arches and a statue.

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  The first stretch of the river flows through the beautiful fortified settlement of Imloth Melui.

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  A series of bridges cross the river's course, more statues guarding the flowing waters.

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  After leaving Imloth Melui behind, the Erui flows across some natural landscape for a short stretch.

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  The bridge to Arnach straddles the river over another statued-guarded waterfall.

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  The Erui runs from the Arnach bridge to the Crossings of Erui by a rocky pass.

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  Further downstream is the infamous crossing where Castamir the Usurper fell.

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  The Erui widens as it approaches the Anduin, the left bank having formed a marshy delta where the water has seeped into the ground.

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  At the last, the Erui joins the flow of the great Anduin near the port of Halach.