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| The '''Ered Luin''' or Blue Mountains, also known as ''Ered Lindon'', is the mountain range at the far west of [[Eriador]]. | | The mountain range that separated the [[Elves|Elven]] land of [[Lindon]] from [[Eriador]], more commonly called the [[Ered Luin]] or the [[Blue Mountains]]. |
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| During the [[First Age]], the Ered Luin was an unbroken line separating Eriador from [[Beleriand]]. Seven rivers arose in it on the western side, and the land these rivers flowed through was known as [[Ossiriand]], and later also as [[Lindon]], therefore the mountains were sometimes referred to as the Ered Lindon. The [[Dwarves|dwarven]] cities of [[Belegost]] and [[Nogrod]] were located in this range.
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| The mountain range was broken during the war of the [[Valar]] against [[Morgoth]], and at the middle of the range the sea broke through, creating a new terminus for the river ''Lhûn''. In the middle of the gap, where the Lhûn met the sea, the [[Grey Havens]] of Mithlond of the Elven Kingdom of [[Lindon]] were built. When seen as the border of Lindon the Ered Luin were called Ered Lindon.
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| During the creation of [[Arda]], the Blue Mountains were meant to line up directly with the Grey Mountains of the southlands, forming the western wall of Middle-earth, just like the Red Mountains (or [[Orocarni]]) and Yellow Mountains formed the eastern wall. The range of the Blue Mountains was originally connected with the Red Mountains by the [[Ered Engrin]] or Iron Mountains. But this symmetry of Arda was broken during the wars before the [[Years of the Lamps]].
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Revision as of 02:34, 22 August 2005
