‘I have heard nothing of this in my own land, save only songs that tell how the Onodrim, that Men call Ents, dwelt there long ago; for Fangorn is old, old even as the Elves would reckon it.’
- The Two Towers (Book 3), Chapter 2
Located at the southern end of the Misty Mountains north-east of Isengard, the Fangorn Forest (or Entwood) is the home of the Ents. A deep and dark woodland, it is one of the last remains of the once vast forests that occupied much of the Westlands before they were destroyed by the Númenóreans and Sauron in the Second Age. It is avoided by both locals and travelers as the Ents kill those who wander deep enough into the forest.