Ered Luin
Ered Luin is a region found within the land of Eriador.
(Sindarin for Blue Mountains) is located in the far west of Eriador, north-west of and connected to the Shire. The Blue Mountains, as they are known in Westron, are dominated by Dwarves descending from the exile king Thráin II and by Elves who used to live in Edhelion but now are established in the south along river Lhûn.
Ered Luin has a long history, though not prominent nor prosperous in any way, being just a remote mountain ridge it did not attract much interest. This did not change when Thráin and his son Thorin Oakenshield arrived, only iron could be mined there. Even so, the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains remained in the region, side by side with elves gathering wood used for their white ships and running famous vineyards long since.
However, Thorin left Ered Luin and together with a throng of dwarves, Gandalf and a famous burglar he tried to reclaim his father's lost treasures; Thorin completed his quest but died. Nonetheless, in our story he had made a Dourhand the Master of Thorin's Hall and with that background a new Dwarf or Elf character enters the starter area in Ered Luin.- Level: 1 - 15
- Factions: Thorin's Hall and The Ale Association
- Crafting: Apprentice, Journeyman
- Neighbouring: The Shire
- Introduced: The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, April 2007
Locations
Areas
(Ordered by main quest-level)
Refuge of Edhelion
- Dwarf/Elf Intro Quests: 1 - 3
- Capital of Ered Luin: Thorin's Hall
- Milestone, Auction House, Vault, Barber, Bard, Mailbox, Clerk of Kinships, Notary, Outfitter, Class Trainers, Skirmish Camp, armour and weapon vendors
- Crafting: Farmlands, Forge, Oven, Workbench, Forge-masters, trainers
- Crafting guilds: Metalworker's Guild-hall and Weaponsmith's Guild-hall
- Factions: Thorin's Hall and The Ale Association
- Hub: Frerin's Court
- Stable-master, Reflecting Pool
- Crafting Hall: Forge, Oven, Study, Workbench, Supplier, trainers
- Events: Whenever an event or festival occurs
- Quests: mainly 1 - 14
- Mailbox, Milestone, Stable-master, Bard, Class Trainers, Clerk of Kinships, Grocer, Healer, Outfitter, Provisioner, Vault, and armour & weapon vendors
- Celondim's Crafting Terrace: Farmlands, Forge, Oven, Workbench, and trainers
- Quests: mainly 5 - 10
- Town: Duillond
- Camp Site Fire
- Events: See The Festival Garden for details
- Quests: mainly 6 - 15
- Vintner (a limited Tavern Keep)
- Quests: mainly 7 - 9
- Outpost: Noglond: Stable-master, Grocer, Fishing Supplier, quests
- Camp Site Fire
- Dungeon: Sarnúr, level 45 - 50
- Quests: mainly 7 - 9
- Quests: mainly 10 - 12
- Town: Gondamon
- Stable-master, Milestone, Mailbox, Bard, Class Trainers, Grocer, Healer, Provisioner, Tasks Bulletin Board, armour and weapon vendors
- Crafting: Forge, Oven, Workbench, Supplier, trainers
- Events: Treasure Field Base Camp with Camp Site Fire and Mustering Horn
- Quests: mainly 10 - 13
- Thrasi's Lodge: Stable-master, Grocer
- Quests: mainly 10 - 15
- Quests: mainly 12
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Instances |
Player Housing |
| Thorin's Hall Homesteads [15.6S, 104.7W] |
Player Housing |
| Falathlorn Homesteads [25.0S, 90.6W] |
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For more detail, see Ered Luin Deeds |
For more detail, see Ered Luin Titles |
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Creatures
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These creatures are tougher and have a high chance to drop a shard that can be used in crafting more advanced recipes.
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Crafting
Crafting Tier(s):
- Apprentice, Journeyman
Resource Locations:
- Apprentice: All areas except those for Journeyman
- Journeyman: Haudh Lin, Rath Teraig
- Primarily: Crafting Hall - Thorin's Gate
- Farmland - Celondim's Crafting Terrace (above), The Greenhouse
- Forge - Celondim's Crafting Terrace, Crafting Hall, Duillond, Gondamon, Silver Deep, The Forging Hall
- Oven - Celondim's Crafting Terrace, Crafting Hall, Duillond, Gondamon, The Maker's Hall
- Study - Crafting Hall
- Workbench - Celondim's Crafting Terrace, Crafting Hall, Duillond, Gondamon, The Maker's Hall
Lore
In the beginning Ered Luin (Sindarin for Blue Mountains) was an unbroken mountain ridge, a natural border between Eriador and Beleriand. The elves who settled in Lindon named it Ered Lindon. Also dwarves settled here but these settlements were destroyed in the War of Wrath when the mountains were brought apart and river Lhûn broke through them to the Grey Havens, which survived and remained an elven harbour.
Much later Thráin II established himself in northern Ered Luin when he was exiled by Smaug, the dragon. Probably many of his righteous folk moved back to the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) when Thorin Oakenshield retook the domain about 77 before Frodo left the Shire; that would explain a wake in which much of the decadent happenings now are taking place.
Maps
Ered Luin Detailed Maps
Regional maps
Gallery
Noglond
Gondamon
![[15.6S, 104.7W]](/index.php/File:Thorin%27s_Gate_map.jpg){kind=link}
| Regions within the Land of Eriador
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| Angmar • Bree-land • Cardolan • Dunland • Enedwaith • Ered Luin • Eregion • Ettenmoors • Evendim • Forochel • Gap of Rohan • Lone-lands • Misty Mountains • Nan Curunír • North Downs • Swanfleet • The Shire • Trollshaws |