Rauros
The great roaring waterfall where the River Anduin plunges over a precipice near Tol Brandir and the Tindrock, creating mist and a thunderous sound that the Fellowship hears as they approach by boat.
Rauros, the thunderous waterfall where the River Anduin cascades over a sheer precipice near Tol Brandir, stands as a majestic natural barrier and auditory spectacle in the early volumes of The Lord of the Rings. In The Fellowship of the Ring, it marks the dramatic dissolution of the Fellowship, as the company approaches its roaring mist-shrouded base by boat, only for Boromir to perish in battle and the group to fracture amid its thunder. Referenced evocatively in The Two Towers, Rauros's shimmering golden spray haze lingers in memory, symbolizing the irreversible pivot toward separate quests against the growing shadow.
History
The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings
The great roaring waterfall where the River Anduin plunges over a precipice near Tol Brandir and the Tindrock, creating mist and a thunderous sound that the Fellowship hears as they approach by boat.
The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings
Majestic wide falls plummeting with immense roar, producing shimmering golden spray haze.
Book Appearances
The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings
First appears Ch 1
The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings
First appears Ch 1