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The cruel and ancient spires of the Misty Mountains have, since the dawn of time,
divided the fi elds of Eriador from the ancient forests and wilderness of Rhovanion.
The legendary birthplace of Durin the Deathless, the First Father of the Dwarves,
only that hardy people have ever been able to tame the Mountains and bend them to
their will. Today, the Dwarves are gone, driven from their ancestral halls by teeming
hordes of Orcs and other more ancient and mysterious evils. The dark caverns and
high passes of the Misty Mountains are given over almost entirely to the creatures of
the Dark Lord Sauron.
After Sauron destroyed the old Elf-home of Eregion, Elrond Halfelven led the survi-
vors to the vale of Imladris, where he established a refuge for them. In these days it
is known more commonly as Rivendell. It is said that Elrond wields a great power to
hide Imladris and protect its borders from the Enemy.
Few are the visitors to this Last Homely House west of the Misty Mountains, where
Elrond is the Master, though it is said that great matters are oft decided here. It was
here that Gandalf the Grey led Thorin and Company as they journeyed to the Lonely
Mountain to defeat Smaug the Golden. It was here that the White Council reached
their decision to move against the Necromancer at Dol Guldur in Mirkwood… whom
they learned was indeed Sauron taking shape again. It is here that perhaps the great-
est decision in all the history of Middle-earth will be made…
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