Destroyed at the end of the First Age

The lands northward of Beleriand, most notably Dor-lómin, but also incorporating (from west to east) Nevrast, Mithrim and greater Hithlum, and Dorthonion; northward beyond these lands lay the plain of Ard-galen (later Anfauglith) and then Dor Daedeloth surrounding Morgoth's stronghold of Angband

These lands were formally under the power of the Elves, but both Dor-lómin and Dorthonion were held in later times as fiefs by Men

Men of Dor-lómin (also called the Men of the North), Men of Dorthonion

Dor-lómin was held by the House of Hador, and Dorthonion was held by the House of Bëor

Most of the lands of the North were separated from Beleriand by mountain ranges, notably Ered Wethrin, the Mountains of Shadow, and Ered Gorgoroth, the Mountains of Terror

The Pass of Sirion divided the two great highland regions of the North

The peoples of Beleriand used 'the North' in two different ways, and this entry refers to its use for northern lands held by allies, especially Dor-lómin; sometimes, however, 'the North' could be be used of the more distant northern region held by Morgoth and his servants, and for that latter usage see the alternative entry for The North.