Ringdale

Ringdale
Type:	Fortress
Region:	Ered Luin
Area:	Low Lands
Location:	[17.6S, 96.0W]

Ringdale is a landmark within the Low Lands of Ered Luin. ^{[17.6S, 96.0W]}

In the north of the Low Lands the Dourhand dwarves have established a large encampment in a sheltered pocket of the Blue Mountains, built on ruins from ancient times when they had a stronger stranglehold of the region. Recently their activities has stirred up quite some commotion all over Ered Luin.

Quests

Involving:

• [10] Protecting the Hunt
• [10] The Sundered Shield
• [11] Ered Luin Epic Prologue (Elf Path): Suspicious Encampment
• [50] Volume I, Book 9, Chapter 3: Journey to Gondamon

Deeds

These deeds can be advanced by exploring this location:

• Scouting the Dourhands

NPCs

Aglarchen

Creatures

These creatures are encountered at this location:

• Dour Ingo
• Dourhand Chief
• Dourhand Warrior (Ered Luin)
• Kevoca
• Sturdy Dourhand

Lore

"The Blue Mountains are dotted with ruins dating back to the elder days when the ancestors of the Dourhands ruled a vast kingdom, ruined when Beleriand fell. Ringdale is one such ruin." — Deed

Gallery

• 
  Ringdale Outpost
• 
  Arches leading into Ringdale
• 
  The main structure inside the ruin fortress
• 
  The smaller structure inside Ringdale
• 
  Dourhands camped outside Ringdale