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Place/location article, book-canon (Corvus)

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'''The Misty Mountains''', called '''Hithaeglir''' in the Elvish tongue, are the great mountain range that runs north to south down the heart of [[Middle-earth]], dividing the lands of the west, [[Eriador]] and [[the Shire]], from the vale of the Anduin and the lands of the east. Among the longest and mightiest of mountain ranges, they form a formidable barrier crossed by only a few perilous passes, and within and beneath them lie great realms and great dangers, including the Dwarf-city of [[Moria]].

The Misty Mountains stretch from the icy north, near the lands of [[Angmar]], far south to the Gap of [[Rohan]] and the spur where [[Isengard]] stands. Their high passes, their orc-infested caverns, and the wild creatures that haunt their slopes make them one of the chief obstacles to travel in Middle-earth.

== Geography ==
The range runs roughly north to south for many hundreds of miles. Notable features include Mount Gundabad in the far north, an ancient and revered place to the [[Dwarves]] later seized by orcs; the High Pass above [[Rivendell]], guarded by the goblin-tunnels where [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] found the [[One Ring]]; the peak of Caradhras, the Redhorn, one of the great mountains above Moria; and the Redhorn Pass beneath it. Beneath the central peaks lies Moria, the realm of Durin's Folk; on the eastern side, the river Silverlode flows down toward [[Lothlórien]] and the Anduin. To the south the range gives out near the Gap of Rohan.

== History ==
The Misty Mountains were raised, in the old tales, by the Vala Melkor in the Elder Days to hinder the riding of the Vala Oromë. Through the ages they were settled by Dwarves, who delved [[Moria]] beneath them, and infested by orcs and goblins, who made warrens of their tunnels. Great events touched them: the Dwarves' wars with the orcs, including the Battle of Azanulbizar before the East-gate of Moria, and the awakening of the [[Balrog]] in the deeps.

== In the story ==
The Misty Mountains figure in both ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. In ''The Hobbit'', Bilbo and the dwarves are captured by goblins beneath the High Pass, and there Bilbo finds the Ring and meets [[Gollum]]. In ''The Lord of the Rings'', the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] attempts to cross the mountains by the Redhorn Pass but is driven back by the malice of Caradhras and snow, and so takes instead the dark road through Moria, where Gandalf falls fighting the Balrog. The mountains thus stand as a great divide and a place of trial on the journeys of the West.

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Archmaesterjimmie: Place/location article, book-canon (Corvus)