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Thorin's hall

2013-05-30T15:13:40Z

90.10.149.83: /* Thorin's rule */

{{unnamed}}
{{sources}}
{{kingdom
| image =
| name = Thorin's Halls
| meaning = ruled by Thorin II
| type = Monarchy
| hidep=yes
| headofstate = [[King of Durin's folk]]
| executive =
| legislative =
| judicial =
| capital =
| language = [[Westron]], [[Khuzdul]], some [[Sindarin]]
| location = North of the [[Gulf of Lune]], west of the river [[Lhûn]], and north of [[Little Lune]]
| populace= Dwarves of Durin's folk, and apparently some [[Firebeards]] and [[Broadbeams]]
| currency =
| religious = Belief in [[Aulë]]
| holiday =
| anthem =
| formed = Those Dwarves who lived in [[Dunland]], and had escaped the [[Sack of Erebor]] in {{TA|2770}}
| established = {{TA|2802}}
| reorganized =
| fragmented =
| dissolved =
| restored =
}}

'''Thorin's Halls''' were the main western realm of [[Durin's folk]], led by King [[Thráin II]] and later [[Thorin|Thorin II Oakenshield]].

==Location==
Located in the northern [[Blue Mountains]] (also called the Ered Luin) beyond the Little Lune river, the city likely was built not far from the old city of [[Belegost]], which would have been located just a few miles south from the Little Lune.

==History==
===Establishment and Thráin's reign===

The halls of Thorin were established in the year {{TA|2802}} by Thorin's father King Thráin II, after moving from the hills of [[Dunland]]. Several years before Thráin, had led a host of Dwarves from his house and [[Seven Fathers of the Dwarves | others]] in a [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs | great war]] against the Orcs; who had murdered Thráin's father, King [[Thrór]].

For nearly forty years Thráin ruled his people in the Ered Luin, but in the year {{TA|2841|n}}, after being driven to obsession by his [[Ring of Thrór | ring of power]], he left the Ered Luin with a small group of followers to return to the [[Lonely Mountain]]. The Lonely Mountain (also called Erebor) was the realm of King Thrór before the great dragon [[Smaug]] [[Sack of Erebor | sacked]] the mountain and killed or drove away its inhabitants. Thráin was determined to kill the dragon and take his father's realm back. But in {{TA|2845|n}} while encamped on the eves of [[Mirkwood]] Thráin was captured by the servants of the [[Necromancer]] and taken to Dol Guldur; where he was tortured till his death many years later. His followers including [[Balin]] and [[Dwalin]] did not know where he had gone, and after searching for days they returned to the Ered Luin.

===Thorin's rule===

Thorin was made ruler of Durin's folk, and under his leadership his people prospered in a fashion. Their trade increased as well as their numbers from both birth, and from wandering people of their own house who heard of Thorin's realm and came to him.
[[File:Matěj Čadil - Thorin in Blue Mountains.jpg|thumb|left|[[Matěj Čadil]] - Thorin in Blue Mountains]]
Thorin ruled in the Ered Luin for nearly one hundred years, until after meeting [[Gandalf]] the Wizard -who helped him concoct a plan to take back Erebor from Smaug- left his halls for the last time on a quest to take back his former home. After many months [[Thorin and Company]] reached the mountain. They took the mountain as theirs and Thorin declared himself [[King under the Mountain]] after Smaug was killed by [[Bard]] of [[Dale]], but after a [[Battle of Five Armies | great battle]] with Orcs and [[Wargs]] Thorin was mortally wounded and died, never being able to enjoy the realm he gained.

===Dissolvement as the Capital===

After Thorin's death, his cousin [[Dáin Ironfoot|Dáin II Ironfoot]] of the [[Iron Hills]] became king of Durin's folk; and when news reached [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains | Durin's folk in the Ered Luin]] that Erebor was retaken, it is believed that most of them moved to the Lonely Mountain. therefore, Thorin's Halls became a sub-realm of Durin's folk.

==Portrayal in Adaptations ==
[[File:Thorin's Halls.jpg|400px|thumb|The Thorin's Halls as depicted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''.]]
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Thorin's Halls is one of the major cities in the game, referred to as "Thorin's Hall". Following the death of Thorin, many [[Longbeards]] move away and the rule of Thorin's Hall falls to the [[Dourhands]] - the clan of Dwarves who are slowly corrupted by the Dark Lord. In {{TA}} 3016 King Dain sends a company of Longbeards to reclaim Thorin's Hall and Dourhands are thrown out, [[Dwalin]] becomes the ruler and maintains his position until {{TA|3019}}. Thorin's Hall is where the Dwarven characters begin their journey in Middle-Earth: the city itself is safe from dangers, but outlying outposts face the threats of wild beasts, remaining Dourhands and occasional [[Goblins]].

{{references}}
*[[The Hobbit]]
*[[Appendix A]], Durin's Folk, pages 1050-1
*[[Unfinished Tales]], [[The Quest of Erebor]]
*[[The Peoples of Middle-Earth]], [[Of Dwarves and Men]], pages 313, 328

[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Dwarven realms]]

[[de:Thorins Hallen]]

Thorin's hall

2013-05-30T15:13:01Z

90.10.149.83: /* Thorin's rule */

{{unnamed}}
{{sources}}
{{kingdom
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| meaning = ruled by Thorin II
| type = Monarchy
| hidep=yes
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| executive =
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| judicial =
| capital =
| language = [[Westron]], [[Khuzdul]], some [[Sindarin]]
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| populace= Dwarves of Durin's folk, and apparently some [[Firebeards]] and [[Broadbeams]]
| currency =
| religious = Belief in [[Aulë]]
| holiday =
| anthem =
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'''Thorin's Halls''' were the main western realm of [[Durin's folk]], led by King [[Thráin II]] and later [[Thorin|Thorin II Oakenshield]].

==Location==
Located in the northern [[Blue Mountains]] (also called the Ered Luin) beyond the Little Lune river, the city likely was built not far from the old city of [[Belegost]], which would have been located just a few miles south from the Little Lune.

==History==
===Establishment and Thráin's reign===

The halls of Thorin were established in the year {{TA|2802}} by Thorin's father King Thráin II, after moving from the hills of [[Dunland]]. Several years before Thráin, had led a host of Dwarves from his house and [[Seven Fathers of the Dwarves | others]] in a [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs | great war]] against the Orcs; who had murdered Thráin's father, King [[Thrór]].

For nearly forty years Thráin ruled his people in the Ered Luin, but in the year {{TA|2841|n}}, after being driven to obsession by his [[Ring of Thrór | ring of power]], he left the Ered Luin with a small group of followers to return to the [[Lonely Mountain]]. The Lonely Mountain (also called Erebor) was the realm of King Thrór before the great dragon [[Smaug]] [[Sack of Erebor | sacked]] the mountain and killed or drove away its inhabitants. Thráin was determined to kill the dragon and take his father's realm back. But in {{TA|2845|n}} while encamped on the eves of [[Mirkwood]] Thráin was captured by the servants of the [[Necromancer]] and taken to Dol Guldur; where he was tortured till his death many years later. His followers including [[Balin]] and [[Dwalin]] did not know where he had gone, and after searching for days they returned to the Ered Luin.

===Thorin's rule===

Thorin was made ruler of Durin's folk, and under his leadership his people prospered in a fashion. Their trade increased as well as their numbers from both birth, and from wandering people of their own house who heard of Thorin's realm and came to him.
[[File:Matěj Čadil - Thorin in Blue Mountains.jpg|thumb|left|[[Matěj Čadil]] - Thorin in Blue Mountains]]
Thorin ruled in the Ered Luin for nearly one hundred years, until after meeting [[Gandalf]] the Wizard -who helped him concoct a plan to take back Erebor from Smaug- left his halls for the last time on a quest to take back his former home. After many months [[Thorin and Company]] reached the mountain. They took the mountain as theirs and Thorin declared himself [[King under the Mountain]] after Smaug was killed by [[Bard]] of [[Dale]], but after a [[Battle of Five Armies | great battle]] with Orcs and [[Wargs]] Thorin was mortally wounded, and died, never being able to enjoy the realm he gained.

===Dissolvement as the Capital===

After Thorin's death, his cousin [[Dáin Ironfoot|Dáin II Ironfoot]] of the [[Iron Hills]] became king of Durin's folk; and when news reached [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains | Durin's folk in the Ered Luin]] that Erebor was retaken, it is believed that most of them moved to the Lonely Mountain. therefore, Thorin's Halls became a sub-realm of Durin's folk.

==Portrayal in Adaptations ==
[[File:Thorin's Halls.jpg|400px|thumb|The Thorin's Halls as depicted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''.]]
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Thorin's Halls is one of the major cities in the game, referred to as "Thorin's Hall". Following the death of Thorin, many [[Longbeards]] move away and the rule of Thorin's Hall falls to the [[Dourhands]] - the clan of Dwarves who are slowly corrupted by the Dark Lord. In {{TA}} 3016 King Dain sends a company of Longbeards to reclaim Thorin's Hall and Dourhands are thrown out, [[Dwalin]] becomes the ruler and maintains his position until {{TA|3019}}. Thorin's Hall is where the Dwarven characters begin their journey in Middle-Earth: the city itself is safe from dangers, but outlying outposts face the threats of wild beasts, remaining Dourhands and occasional [[Goblins]].

{{references}}
*[[The Hobbit]]
*[[Appendix A]], Durin's Folk, pages 1050-1
*[[Unfinished Tales]], [[The Quest of Erebor]]
*[[The Peoples of Middle-Earth]], [[Of Dwarves and Men]], pages 313, 328

[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Dwarven realms]]

[[de:Thorins Hallen]]

Thorin's hall

2013-05-30T15:11:30Z

90.10.149.83: /* Location */

{{unnamed}}
{{sources}}
{{kingdom
| image =
| name = Thorin's Halls
| meaning = ruled by Thorin II
| type = Monarchy
| hidep=yes
| headofstate = [[King of Durin's folk]]
| executive =
| legislative =
| judicial =
| capital =
| language = [[Westron]], [[Khuzdul]], some [[Sindarin]]
| location = North of the [[Gulf of Lune]], west of the river [[Lhûn]], and north of [[Little Lune]]
| populace= Dwarves of Durin's folk, and apparently some [[Firebeards]] and [[Broadbeams]]
| currency =
| religious = Belief in [[Aulë]]
| holiday =
| anthem =
| formed = Those Dwarves who lived in [[Dunland]], and had escaped the [[Sack of Erebor]] in {{TA|2770}}
| established = {{TA|2802}}
| reorganized =
| fragmented =
| dissolved =
| restored =
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'''Thorin's Halls''' were the main western realm of [[Durin's folk]], led by King [[Thráin II]] and later [[Thorin|Thorin II Oakenshield]].

==Location==
Located in the northern [[Blue Mountains]] (also called the Ered Luin) beyond the Little Lune river, the city likely was built not far from the old city of [[Belegost]], which would have been located just a few miles south from the Little Lune.

==History==
===Establishment and Thráin's reign===

The halls of Thorin were established in the year {{TA|2802}} by Thorin's father King Thráin II, after moving from the hills of [[Dunland]]. Several years before Thráin, had led a host of Dwarves from his house and [[Seven Fathers of the Dwarves | others]] in a [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs | great war]] against the Orcs; who had murdered Thráin's father, King [[Thrór]].

For nearly forty years Thráin ruled his people in the Ered Luin, but in the year {{TA|2841|n}}, after being driven to obsession by his [[Ring of Thrór | ring of power]], he left the Ered Luin with a small group of followers to return to the [[Lonely Mountain]]. The Lonely Mountain (also called Erebor) was the realm of King Thrór before the great dragon [[Smaug]] [[Sack of Erebor | sacked]] the mountain and killed or drove away its inhabitants. Thráin was determined to kill the dragon and take his father's realm back. But in {{TA|2845|n}} while encamped on the eves of [[Mirkwood]] Thráin was captured by the servants of the [[Necromancer]] and taken to Dol Guldur; where he was tortured till his death many years later. His followers including [[Balin]] and [[Dwalin]] did not know where he had gone, and after searching for days they returned to the Ered Luin.

===Thorin's rule===

Thorin was made ruler of Durin's folk, and under his leadership his people prospered in a fashion. Their trade increased as well as their numbers from both birth, and from wandering people of their own house who heard of Thorin's realm and came to him.
[[File:Matěj Čadil - Thorin in Blue Mountains.jpg|thumb|left|[[Matěj Čadil]] - Thorin in Blue Mountains]]
Thorin ruled in the Ered Luin for nearly one hundred years, until after meeting [[Gandalf]] the Wizard -who helped him concoct a plan to take back Erebor from Smaug- left his halls for the last time on a quest to take back his former home. After many months [[Thorin and Company]] reached the mountain. They took the mountain as theirs and Thorin declared himself [[King under the Mountain]] after Smaug was killed by [[Bard]] of [[Dale]], but after a [[Battle of Five Armies | great battle]] with Orcs and [[Wargs]] Thorin was mortally wounded, and died. Never being able to enjoy the realm he gained.

===Dissolvement as the Capital===

After Thorin's death, his cousin [[Dáin Ironfoot|Dáin II Ironfoot]] of the [[Iron Hills]] became king of Durin's folk; and when news reached [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains | Durin's folk in the Ered Luin]] that Erebor was retaken, it is believed that most of them moved to the Lonely Mountain. therefore, Thorin's Halls became a sub-realm of Durin's folk.

==Portrayal in Adaptations ==
[[File:Thorin's Halls.jpg|400px|thumb|The Thorin's Halls as depicted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''.]]
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Thorin's Halls is one of the major cities in the game, referred to as "Thorin's Hall". Following the death of Thorin, many [[Longbeards]] move away and the rule of Thorin's Hall falls to the [[Dourhands]] - the clan of Dwarves who are slowly corrupted by the Dark Lord. In {{TA}} 3016 King Dain sends a company of Longbeards to reclaim Thorin's Hall and Dourhands are thrown out, [[Dwalin]] becomes the ruler and maintains his position until {{TA|3019}}. Thorin's Hall is where the Dwarven characters begin their journey in Middle-Earth: the city itself is safe from dangers, but outlying outposts face the threats of wild beasts, remaining Dourhands and occasional [[Goblins]].

{{references}}
*[[The Hobbit]]
*[[Appendix A]], Durin's Folk, pages 1050-1
*[[Unfinished Tales]], [[The Quest of Erebor]]
*[[The Peoples of Middle-Earth]], [[Of Dwarves and Men]], pages 313, 328

[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Dwarven realms]]

[[de:Thorins Hallen]]

Thorin's hall

2013-05-30T15:11:07Z

90.10.149.83: /* Location */

{{unnamed}}
{{sources}}
{{kingdom
| image =
| name = Thorin's Halls
| meaning = ruled by Thorin II
| type = Monarchy
| hidep=yes
| headofstate = [[King of Durin's folk]]
| executive =
| legislative =
| judicial =
| capital =
| language = [[Westron]], [[Khuzdul]], some [[Sindarin]]
| location = North of the [[Gulf of Lune]], west of the river [[Lhûn]], and north of [[Little Lune]]
| populace= Dwarves of Durin's folk, and apparently some [[Firebeards]] and [[Broadbeams]]
| currency =
| religious = Belief in [[Aulë]]
| holiday =
| anthem =
| formed = Those Dwarves who lived in [[Dunland]], and had escaped the [[Sack of Erebor]] in {{TA|2770}}
| established = {{TA|2802}}
| reorganized =
| fragmented =
| dissolved =
| restored =
}}

'''Thorin's Halls''' were the main western realm of [[Durin's folk]], led by King [[Thráin II]] and later [[Thorin|Thorin II Oakenshield]].

==Location==
Located in the northern [[Blue Mountains]] (Also called Ered Luin) beyond the Little Lune river, the city likely was built not far from the old city of [[Belegost]], which would have been located just a few miles south from the Little Lune.

==History==
===Establishment and Thráin's reign===

The halls of Thorin were established in the year {{TA|2802}} by Thorin's father King Thráin II, after moving from the hills of [[Dunland]]. Several years before Thráin, had led a host of Dwarves from his house and [[Seven Fathers of the Dwarves | others]] in a [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs | great war]] against the Orcs; who had murdered Thráin's father, King [[Thrór]].

For nearly forty years Thráin ruled his people in the Ered Luin, but in the year {{TA|2841|n}}, after being driven to obsession by his [[Ring of Thrór | ring of power]], he left the Ered Luin with a small group of followers to return to the [[Lonely Mountain]]. The Lonely Mountain (also called Erebor) was the realm of King Thrór before the great dragon [[Smaug]] [[Sack of Erebor | sacked]] the mountain and killed or drove away its inhabitants. Thráin was determined to kill the dragon and take his father's realm back. But in {{TA|2845|n}} while encamped on the eves of [[Mirkwood]] Thráin was captured by the servants of the [[Necromancer]] and taken to Dol Guldur; where he was tortured till his death many years later. His followers including [[Balin]] and [[Dwalin]] did not know where he had gone, and after searching for days they returned to the Ered Luin.

===Thorin's rule===

Thorin was made ruler of Durin's folk, and under his leadership his people prospered in a fashion. Their trade increased as well as their numbers from both birth, and from wandering people of their own house who heard of Thorin's realm and came to him.
[[File:Matěj Čadil - Thorin in Blue Mountains.jpg|thumb|left|[[Matěj Čadil]] - Thorin in Blue Mountains]]
Thorin ruled in the Ered Luin for nearly one hundred years, until after meeting [[Gandalf]] the Wizard -who helped him concoct a plan to take back Erebor from Smaug- left his halls for the last time on a quest to take back his former home. After many months [[Thorin and Company]] reached the mountain. They took the mountain as theirs and Thorin declared himself [[King under the Mountain]] after Smaug was killed by [[Bard]] of [[Dale]], but after a [[Battle of Five Armies | great battle]] with Orcs and [[Wargs]] Thorin was mortally wounded, and died. Never being able to enjoy the realm he gained.

===Dissolvement as the Capital===

After Thorin's death, his cousin [[Dáin Ironfoot|Dáin II Ironfoot]] of the [[Iron Hills]] became king of Durin's folk; and when news reached [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains | Durin's folk in the Ered Luin]] that Erebor was retaken, it is believed that most of them moved to the Lonely Mountain. therefore, Thorin's Halls became a sub-realm of Durin's folk.

==Portrayal in Adaptations ==
[[File:Thorin's Halls.jpg|400px|thumb|The Thorin's Halls as depicted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''.]]
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Thorin's Halls is one of the major cities in the game, referred to as "Thorin's Hall". Following the death of Thorin, many [[Longbeards]] move away and the rule of Thorin's Hall falls to the [[Dourhands]] - the clan of Dwarves who are slowly corrupted by the Dark Lord. In {{TA}} 3016 King Dain sends a company of Longbeards to reclaim Thorin's Hall and Dourhands are thrown out, [[Dwalin]] becomes the ruler and maintains his position until {{TA|3019}}. Thorin's Hall is where the Dwarven characters begin their journey in Middle-Earth: the city itself is safe from dangers, but outlying outposts face the threats of wild beasts, remaining Dourhands and occasional [[Goblins]].

{{references}}
*[[The Hobbit]]
*[[Appendix A]], Durin's Folk, pages 1050-1
*[[Unfinished Tales]], [[The Quest of Erebor]]
*[[The Peoples of Middle-Earth]], [[Of Dwarves and Men]], pages 313, 328

[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Dwarven realms]]

[[de:Thorins Hallen]]

Blue Mountains

2013-05-30T15:09:29Z

90.10.149.83: /* The Second Age */

{{sources}}
{{location
| image=[[Image:Rob Alexander - Blue Mountain Dwarf Hold.jpg|250px]]
| name=Blue Mountains
| othernames=Ered Luin, Ered Lindon
| etymology=
| type=Mountain Range
| location=Between [[Beleriand]] and [[Eriador]]
| inhabitants=[[Dwarves]] ([[Broadbeams]], [[Firebeards]], and [[Longbeards]])
| realms=[[Belegost]], [[Nogrod]], and later realms like [[Thorin's Halls]]
| description=Great western mountain range
| events=[[War of Wrath]]
}}
The '''Blue Mountains''' ([[Sindarin|S.]] '''''Ered Luin'''''), also known as the '''''Ered Lindon''''', was the mountain range at the far west of [[Eriador]].

== In the Beginning ==
During the creation of [[Arda]], the Blue Mountains were meant to line up directly with the [[Grey Mountains (ancient)|Grey Mountains of the southlands]], forming the western wall of [[Arda]]. They lay parallel to the [[Red Mountains]] and [[Yellow Mountains]] that formed the eastern wall. The Blue Mountains were originally connected with the Red Mountains by the [[Iron Mountains]] which stretched across the entire north. The symmetry of Arda was broken during the wars between the [[Valar]] and [[Morgoth|Melkor]] in the ages before the [[Years of the Lamps]].

== Before and During the First Age ==
In the [[First Age]], the Blue Mountains were an unbroken line separating Eriador from [[Beleriand]]. Seven rivers flowed from its western side, and the land these rivers flowed through was known as [[Ossiriand]]. Later, when the [[Green-elves]] settled there, the land was called [[Lindon]], and the mountains sometimes referred to as the ''Ered Lindon''.

Sometime during the [[Years of the Trees]] two [[Seven Fathers of the Dwarves|Dwarven Fathers]] awoke under [[Mount Dolmed]] and founded the two westernmost houses of the [[Dwarves]] (the [[Firebeards]] and [[Broadbeams]]). They subsequently built two great city-states, [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]].

== The Second Age ==

The Blue Mountains were ruined during the [[War of Wrath]] at the end of the First Age, and in the south central end of the range the sea broke through. The [[Lhûn|River Lhûn]] now flowed through the mountains to the [[Gulf of Lhûn]].
On the western side a small section of Lindon remained, and here the retreating [[Elves]] built the [[Kingdom of Lindon]], ruled by [[Gil-galad|Ereinion Gil-galad]], last [[High King of the Noldor]]. Its most important city was the [[Grey Havens]], from where departing Elves left Middle-earth for [[Valinor]]. Also located here were the two regions of [[Forlindon]] to the North, with its chief port being [[Forlond]]. The other was [[Harlindon]] to the South, which [[Harlond (Lindon)|Harlond]] was its chief port.

The Dwarven cities of Nogrod and Belegost were also ruined when the mountains were broken, causing most of the Dwarves to migrate east to [[Khazad-dûm]], leaving a remnant behind. By the Third Age however, the native Dwarves seemed to have largely moved to the Southern chain.

== The [[Third Age]] ==

In the Third Age the Blue Mountains apparently saw the return of many of the Firebeards and Broadbeams due to the isolation/stagnation of Khazad Dûm, and the later awakening of [[Durin's Bane]].

In {{TA|1974}}, fleeing the fall of [[Fornost]], [[Arvedui]] briefly hid in old dwarven mines in the Blue Mountains.<ref name="Eriador">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

It also became the new home for many of [[Durin's folk]] who were exiled from their halls in [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] by [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]] who had [[Sack of Erebor|driven them out]]. After the [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]], King [[Thrain II]] established his throne in the Northern range beyond the Little Lune river and later his son [[Thorin]] ruled after he went missing. During Thorin's reign many of the wandering Longbeards joined him and they became prosperous in a fashion. However, Erebor was retaken from Smaug by Thorin and company in {{TA|2941}}, and it can be assumed most if not all of Durin's folk relocated there.{{Pronounce|Ered Luin.mp3|Ardamir}}

==The [[Fourth Age]]==

After the [[War of the Ring]], the Dwarves continued to rule the Blue Mountains.{{fact}}

==Etymology==

''Ered Luin'' is a [[Sindarin]] name, consisting of ''[[ered]]'' ("mountains") and ''[[luin]]'' ("blue").<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 66</ref>

The ''[[Etymologies]]'' show a [[Noldorin]] alternative name, '''Lhúndirien'''<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 370</ref>.

In [[Aelfwine]]'s [[Old English]] translations, the Blue Mountains are named ''Hǽwengebeorg''<ref>{{HM|SM}}, p. 341</ref>

==Portrayal in Adaptations==

'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':'''
:The Blue Mountains form the location of a fight between Dwarves and [[Drogoth]].

'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:The Blue Mountains appear as the game's westernmost region, Ered Luin. Ered Luin is the beginner's region for the game's races, Elves and Dwarves. The region's storyline is based around a conflict with a rogue clan of Dwarves called the Dourhands and a tribe of Goblins living in the winding valleys of a region called Rath Teraig. Ered Luin is home to the cities of Thorin's Hall and Duillond, but also contain smaller outposts such as Gondamon and Celondim. Ered Luin is also home to the hostile Dourhand cities of Kheledul and the excavation of a long-lost city named Sarnur.

'''2011: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]]'':'''
:Although the Blue Mountains do not appear in the game, they are mentioned by the Dwarf [[Grof]]. He tells the player that the Blue Mountains are prosperous, but that they lately find more iron than gold.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]], ''Prologue''</ref>

==See also==
* [[:Category:Images of the Blue Mountains|Images of the Blue Mountains]]
{{references}}
[[Category:Beleriand]]
[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Lindon]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges]]
[[Category:Dwarven realms]]

[[de:Ered Luin]]
[[fi:Sinivuoret]]
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/reliefs/montagnes_bleues]]