Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27462565-20160924094416/@comment-26486187-20160925013752

Recneps wrote: Why would they be using or needing passes over mountains? They have a highway under them. And what trade would be going over the mountains? Say you are a Dwarf Lord. You have the power to control all passes over the Misty Mountains. You can tax travellers crossing said passes and you can stop people you don't like using them. Let's also not forget, in the golden age of Khazad Dum (around the end of the Second Age) they probably controlled the Misty Mountains in it's entirety, including fortresses like Zagh Kala and Gundabad. It would have been natural that they would have controlled all known passes through the mountains, and probably even had watchtowers and forts there.