Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26005648-20150223214922/@comment-25344655-20150224201159

Gen. Grievous1138 wrote: Because, Sinth, the Misties were abandoned! There were no dwarves left! There could be some rare ruined ones, though, with traders and captains of Gundabad.

Gen. Grievous1138 (admin) comlink 11:31, February 24, 2015 (UTC)

By that logic Eriador would be abandoned by the Rangers when they were destroyed, there is a very likely chance dwarves still lived in the Misties and the Greys, its not like orcs took it, they were never able to enter it, a balrog took it.