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North of the Grey Mountains lay [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]], or the Northern Waste. This land was known as [[Dor Daidelos]] during the First Age, but most of it was destroyed in the breaking of [[Arda]].
North of the Grey Mountains lay [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]], or the Northern Waste. This land was known as [[Dor Daidelos]] during the First Age, but most of it was destroyed in the breaking of [[Arda]].


Where the Grey Mountains met with the [[Misty Mountains]] lay [[Mount Gundabad]], an ancient [[Dwarves|Dwarven]] holy site and later a haven for [[Orcs]]. During the [[Third Age]], the branch of the Grey Mountains west of the Misty Mountains were also known as the '''[[Mountains of Angmar]]''', as they were within the [[Angmar|Kingdom of Angmar]].
Where the Grey Mountains met with the [[Misty Mountains]] lay [[Mount Gundabad]], an ancient [[Dwarves|Dwarven]] holy site and later the capitol for the [[Orcs]] of the north. During the [[Third Age]], the branch of the Grey Mountains west of the Misty Mountains were also known as the '''[[Mountains of Angmar]]''', as they were within the [[Angmar|Kingdom of Angmar]].


The eastern end of the Grey Mountains was split in two branches, and in between lay the [[Withered Heath]], where [[Dragons]] still bred. After that was a long gap, until the [[Iron Hills]] continued the old line of the Iron Mountains again. [[Erebor]], the Lonely Mountain, was not part of either range.
The eastern end of the Grey Mountains was split in two branches, and in between lay the [[Withered Heath]], where [[Dragons]] still bred. After that was a long gap, until the [[Iron Hills]] continued the old line of the Iron Mountains again. [[Erebor]], the Lonely Mountain, was not part of either range.
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From east to west the mountains stretched some 350 Númenórean Miles, and the sources of the Great River [[Anduin]], the river [[Greylin]], and the [[Forest River]] of [[Mirkwood]] arose in this range.
From east to west the mountains stretched some 350 Númenórean Miles, and the sources of the Great River [[Anduin]], the river [[Greylin]], and the [[Forest River]] of [[Mirkwood]] arose in this range.


Of old the Grey Mountains had been mined by Dwarves of [[Durin's folk]], but by the Third Age all Dwarven strongholds had been abandoned or raided by [[dragons]]. Its sole purpose now seemed to be to divide Forodwaith from [[Wilderland]].
After fleeing Khazad-dum Durin's folk scattered, and later gathered again in the '''Grey Mountains''', but after six hundred years all the Dwarven strongholds had been abandoned or raided by [[dragons]]. Its sole purpose now seemed to be to divide Forodwaith from [[Wilderland]].  Although it seems that the Orcs  started moving into the mountains after the Dwarves fleed, and were a large threat until after the [[Battle of Five Armies]].


Dwarves may have returned there in the [[Fourth Age]], but it wasn't stated by Tolkien.
The Dwarves may have returned to the Ered Mithrin in the [[Fourth Age]], but it isn't stated as fact.


== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==

Revision as of 22:08, 10 December 2006

The Grey Mountains (or Ered Mithrin in Sindarin) was a large mountain range to the north of Rhovanion. They were the last remnants of the wall of the Iron Mountains, which once stretched all over the north of Middle-earth, but were broken at the end of the First Age.

North of the Grey Mountains lay Forodwaith, or the Northern Waste. This land was known as Dor Daidelos during the First Age, but most of it was destroyed in the breaking of Arda.

Where the Grey Mountains met with the Misty Mountains lay Mount Gundabad, an ancient Dwarven holy site and later the capitol for the Orcs of the north. During the Third Age, the branch of the Grey Mountains west of the Misty Mountains were also known as the Mountains of Angmar, as they were within the Kingdom of Angmar.

The eastern end of the Grey Mountains was split in two branches, and in between lay the Withered Heath, where Dragons still bred. After that was a long gap, until the Iron Hills continued the old line of the Iron Mountains again. Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, was not part of either range.

From east to west the mountains stretched some 350 Númenórean Miles, and the sources of the Great River Anduin, the river Greylin, and the Forest River of Mirkwood arose in this range.

After fleeing Khazad-dum Durin's folk scattered, and later gathered again in the Grey Mountains, but after six hundred years all the Dwarven strongholds had been abandoned or raided by dragons. Its sole purpose now seemed to be to divide Forodwaith from Wilderland. Although it seems that the Orcs started moving into the mountains after the Dwarves fleed, and were a large threat until after the Battle of Five Armies.

The Dwarves may have returned to the Ered Mithrin in the Fourth Age, but it isn't stated as fact.

Other Versions of the Legendarium

Another line of "Grey Mountains" in Middle-earth are seen on the Ambarkanta map: these are a series of mountains which continue the line of the Blue Mountains as the western edge of Endor, but on the southern half of the continent. Since no maps of the entire world exist after the First Age, it is unknown if this mountain line still existed in the Third Age. In any case they do not appear in any narrative.