Whitcleft

Whitcleft
Region:	The Misty Mountains
Area:	Bruinen Source East
Location:	[23.4S, 0.2E]

Location

Whitcleft is a landmark within Bruinen Source East in The Misty Mountains. ^{[23.4S, 0.2E]}

This very narrow cleft runs between the south-east of the western and the eastern Bruinen Source. Halfway up the steep trail is a small encampment, at a leveled pocket in the mountain face, now occupied by a handful of goblins.

Deeds

The following deeds can be obtained by visiting this location:

• The High Passes

Mobs

The following creatures are found within this area:

• Snowreap Skirmisher
• Snowreap Shield-bearer

Lore

The difficult yet unassuming pass of Whitcleft turned out to be the downfall of one of the larger dwarf-realms within the northern reaches of the Misty Mountains. Believing that the goblins to the north would resolutely struggle to find or dig secret tunnels into their well-defended mines to attack, the dwarves to the south neglected the defence of this pass.

A particularly cunning goblin chieftain led a horde of his people through the pass of Whitcleft in the deep of winter, forcing them to dig their way through at a terrible cost in lives –- but using this approach he came upon the dwarves from the surface unexpectedly and trapped them underground through the long months that followed, driving most to their death through starvation or futile attempts to escape the siege.

So many goblins froze during that siege that they too were decimated by it, but Durin's Folk were able to return to their lost stronghold. — Deed text

Gallery

The north entrance from Bruinen Source East