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[[File:Mirkwood.jpg|600px|center|Mirkwood]]
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'''Mirkwood''' (Southern Mirkwood) is a [[region]] found within the land of [[Rhovanion]].

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{{Lang|Sindarin|Wood of Greenleaves}}, also known as Eryn Lasgalen, encompasses  a dense and heavy woodland from the eastern shores of the river [[Anduin]] to the dreaded fortress of [[Dol Guldur]].  Its natural land features included (in the northern part of the forest) the Mountains of Mirkwood, a sizable river referred to in Tolkien's map as the Forest River, that ran from the [[Grey Mountains]] down to [[Long Lake]], and a smaller river that ran from the Mountains of Mirkwood to join with the Forest River west of the Elven-king's Halls.

: <small>Note: Characters must complete the [[Quest:Foreword:_The_Dark_Shore|foreword quest chain for Vol. II. Book 9]] to unlock the public instance of Mirkwood (your character's first experience within Mirkwood). You will enter the normal Mirkwood when you finish an instance concerning the assault on the gates leading to the [[Dourstocks]].</small>
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* '''Level:''' 60 - 65
* '''Factions:''' [[Malledhrim]]
* '''Crafting:''' Supreme (T6)
* '''Introduced:''' [[File:Siege of Mirkwood logo.png|64px]] [[The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood]], December 1st, 2009
<includeonly>:: ''See [[Mirkwood]] for more details''</includeonly></onlyinclude>
== Mirkwood Locations ==
[[Location]]s found within the region of '''Mirkwood''' are listed below.
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Ashenslades.jpg|thumb|none|[[Ashenslades]]]]</li></ul></div>
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| <h3> [[File:Settlements-icon.png|32px]] [[Settlements]] </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">Mirkwood Settlements</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Mithechad.jpg|thumb|none|[[Mithechad]]]]</li></ul></div>
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| <h3> [[File:Point of Interest-icon.png|32px]] [[Landmark]]s </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">Mirkwood Landmarks</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Bleakmere.jpg|thumb|none|[[Bleakmere]]]]</li></ul></div>
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| <h3> [[File:Interiors-icon.png|32px]] [[Interiors]] </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">Mirkwood Interiors</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Gorogrod.jpg|thumb|none|[[Gorogrod]]]]</li></ul></div>
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| <h3> [[File:Dungeons-icon.png|32px]] [[Dungeons]] </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">Mirkwood Dungeons</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Agistath Entrance.jpg|thumb|none|[[Agistath]]]]</li></ul></div>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Sammath Gûl.jpg|thumb|none|[[Sammath Gûl]]]]</li></ul></div>
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== [[File:Quest-icon.png|32px]] [[Quests]] ==
For more detail, see [[Mirkwood Quests]]
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== [[File:Admin-title-icon.png]] [[Deeds]] ==
For more detail, see [[Mirkwood Deeds]] <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">Mirkwood Deeds</categorytree>

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== [[File:Explorer-title-icon.png]] [[Title]]s ==
For more detail, see [[Mirkwood Titles]] <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">Mirkwood Titles</categorytree>
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== [[File:Reputation-icon.png]] Mirkwood [[Reputation]] ==
<categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">Mirkwood Reputation Factions</categorytree>
<gallery mode=nolines widths="300px">
File:Ost Galadh.jpg|[[Ost Galadh]] - Main base of the [[Malledhrim]]
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== Connected Locations ==
* [[Lothlórien]]
* [[Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands]] - ''via portal''

== Mirkwood Creatures ==
<categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">Mirkwood Creatures</categorytree>

=== Named Creatures Flake Collectors List ===
Each of these creatures is the rare, signature, tougher, named version and all have a high change to drop a rare flake used in crafting.
{{Questbox| [[Mirkwood]] :| collapsed | {{:Mirkwood Named Creatures Mithril Flake}} }}

=== Mirkwood Roving Threats ===
For more information, see [[Roving Threats (Southern Mirkwood)]].

== [[File:Crafting-quest-icon.png|32px]] [[Crafting]] ==
[[File:Crafting Hall of Ost Galadh.jpg|thumb|right|Crafting Hall of Ost Galadh]]
'''[[Crafting Tier]](s):'''
* Supreme (T6): [[Khazâd Skarn Deposit]], [[Ilex Branches]], [[Item:Magnificent Hide|Magnificent Hide]], [[Sage's Locker]], [[Sage's Casket]], [[Sage's Lockbox]]
'''[[Crafting Facility|Crafting Facilities]]:'''
: Primarily: Inside the settlement of [[Ost Galadh]]: [[Crafting Hall of Ost Galadh]]
* [[Forge]] - Ost Galadh
* [[Oven]] - Ost Galadh
* [[Study]] - Ost Galadh
* [[Workbench]] - Ost Galadh

== [[File:Icon lore.png|32px]] Lore ==
[[File:Mirkwood-icon.png|right|25px]]
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''[[Mirkwood]] is a name used for two distinct fictional forests in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. 

''In the [[First Age]], the highlands of Dorthonion north of [[Beleriand]] were known as Mirkwood after falling under [[Morgoth]]'s control. Along with the rest of the region west of [[Ered Luin]], this forest disappeared after the cataclysm of the War of Wrath, although a few of its peaks may have survived as an island far off the coast of [[Lindon]].

''With the coming of the [[Second Age]] and the arrival of the Necromancer, the large forest in Rhovanion, east of the Anduin in Middle-earth, was was known as Greenwood the Great.

''During the [[Third Age]], that large forest in Rhovanion, east of the Anduin in Middle-earth, was called Mirkwood after falling under the influence of [[Sauron]], in his guise as the Necromancer. 

''After Sauron's destruction at the conclusion of the Third Age, Mirkwood was cleansed by [[Galadriel]] and became known as Eryn Lasgalen, [[Sindarin]] for "the Wood of Greenleaves".
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== Maps ==
[[File:Mirkwood map.jpg|400px|Map of Mirkwood]]
[[File:Mirkwood topographic map.png|400px|Topographic map of Mirkwood]]

=== Mirkwood detail maps ===
[[File:Mirkwood POI.JPG|350px|Mirkwood POIs]]
[[File:Mirkwood Artifacts map.jpg|350px|Mirkwood Artifacts]]

== Gallery ==
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File:Anduin.jpg|[[Anduin]]
File:Ashenslades.jpg|[[Ashenslades]]
File:Dol Guldur.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]
File:Dourstocks.jpg|[[Dourstocks]]
File:Drownholt.jpg|[[The Drownholt]]
File:Emyn Lûm.jpg|[[Emyn Lûm]]
File:Gathbúrz.jpg|[[Gathbúrz]]
File:Mirk-eaves.jpg|[[Mirk-eaves]]
File:Scuttledells.jpg|[[The Scuttledells]]
File:Taur Morvith.jpg|[[Taur Morvith]]
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