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Erebor

<p>The Lonely Mountain, known in Sindarin as Erebor, referred to both a mountain in northern Rhovanion and the subterranean Dwarven city contained within it. In the latter half of the Third Age, it became the greatest Dwarf city in Middle-earth.It was located northeast of Mirkwood, near the Grey Mountains, and was the source of the […]</p>

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The Lonely Mountain, known in Sindarin as Erebor, referred to both a mountain in northern Rhovanion and the subterranean Dwarven city contained within it. In the latter half of the Third Age, it became the greatest Dwarf city in Middle-earth.
It was located northeast of Mirkwood, near the Grey Mountains, and was the source of the River Running.

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