Drúadan Forest

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Drúadan Forest was a forest north of Gondor which was inhabited by the Woses, Wild Men of the Woods.

The men of Rohan passed through the forest on their way Minas Tirith, guided by Ghân-buri-Ghân. There was a road there, created long ago by the "Stonehouse-folk" (Gondorians), that everyone except the Wild Men had forgotten. It would have taken the Woses from sunrise to noon to walk it but it required around ten hours for all of Rohan's army to get through. Each company of soldiers was guided by a Wild Man, who also sent out scouts to keep their movements secret.

In the Fourth Age Aragorn declared that the men of the forest would have the land to themselves because of their help during the war.