Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-29716229-20171225114915/@comment-29716229-20171225203808

MrHobit1234 wrote: That is inaccurate, while yes the Ered Mithrin had been held by the Sigin-tarâg on and off for a few thousand years, they were not the prefered dwelling place. In fact, the only consecutive inhabitation of Durin's Folk was the Iron Hills(as far as we know it never fell to the forces of Morgoth and Sauron), seeing how Khazad-dum fell to the Balrog in the Third Age. I do think that the Grey Mountains should be made richer in material but not in iron-ore, seeing as how the Iron Hills was the chief source of it for Durin's Folk.

Hobit, Chief of the Inquisition undefined (Inform me of heretics) Yes, that is true but Ered Mithrin was inhabited up until the third age. In some periods there were no permanent residences largely due to the closeness to Forodwaith and the darkness of Morgoth. The largest city in the mountains was Dains Hall which was founded by refugees from Khazad-dûm. It was possibly among the largest cities of Durin's folk. Though it withstood many assaults and dragons it, like the other dwarven strongholds, were abandoned and infested by orcs. It was probably reclaimed at the end of the third age. This means that there is probably some value in the mountains.