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<p>Concept/book article, book-canon (Corvus)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Mithril&#039;&#039;&#039;, also called true-silver and Moria-silver, is a rare and precious metal of [[Middle-earth]], prized above gold for its beauty and its remarkable physical qualities. It is light as a feather yet harder than tempered steel, never tarnishing or dimming, and it can be wrought and polished to a brilliance like silver. Found in quantity only beneath the [[Misty Mountains]] in the great Dwarf-realm of [[Moria]], mithril is among the most coveted substances in Tolkien&#039;s legendarium.<br /> <br /> The wealth of mithril made [[Moria]] the richest and most renowned of the Dwarf-kingdoms, but the deep delving in search of it also led, in part, to the awakening of the [[Balrog]] that destroyed the realm.<br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> Mithril could be beaten like copper and polished like glass, yet remained unblemished and bright. The [[Elves]] loved it and used it in their crafts; from it they made a metal alloy called ithildin, used to trace devices visible only by moonlight or starlight, such as those on the West-gate of [[Moria]]. The [[Elves]] of [[Eregion]] also wrought with it, and it was used in the making of Nenya, one of the [[Three Rings]].<br /> <br /> == The mithril coat ==<br /> The most famous single object of mithril in &#039;&#039;[[The Lord of the Rings]]&#039;&#039; is the shirt of mail given by [[Bilbo Baggins]] to his heir [[Frodo Baggins]]. Light enough to be worn unnoticed beneath ordinary clothes, the mail proves its worth in the mines of [[Moria]] when it turns aside a spear-thrust that should have slain [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. [[Gandalf]] remarks that the value of the shirt is greater than the worth of the entire [[Shire]] and everything in it.<br /> <br /> == Significance ==<br /> Mithril stands as a symbol of the lost greatness of the Dwarves of [[Moria]] and of the perils of unchecked delving for treasure. Its near-indestructible nature makes it the stuff of the realm&#039;s finest armor and craft, and the mithril coat that preserves the life of the [[Ring-bearer]] becomes a quietly crucial gift at a decisive moment of the quest.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Lord of the Rings]]<br /> [[Category:Lore]]</div>

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