Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-29680750-20170910173125

It is stated as mod lore that four clans of Dwarves live in the red mountains. However it is stated on Tolkein [||Gateway] the remaining four fathers of the dwarves were placed in pairs at least as far away far away from the misty mountains as my Gundabad was from Nogrod and Belegost. This could be interpreted as referring to all in one mountain range but it can be inferred from the use of the word "pair" that they were in a different source, most likely another mountain range a similar distance away. While there is the possibility of this being on another continent, for example the dead lands, this can be quickly discarded as the dwarves from all the seven clans joined in the War of the Orcs and Dwarves (Dwarves are not Seafarers) .However, in The Hobbit Gandalf mentions that "not all the dwarves, if they could be gathered from all The Four corners of the world could hope to beat Smaug". This may suggest a land bridge such as that between Europe and Africa or may just be exaggeration. What are your views on this matter and where and what mountain range would be suitable? 