Lórien & The Halls of the Elven Smiths
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Lórien & The Halls of the Elven Smiths is a supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1986 for the fantasy role-playing game Middle-earth Role Playing, which is itself based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Background
In Tolkien's published history of Middle-earth, Galadriel and Celeborn founded the elven kingdom of Eregion (elven for "Land of Holly", called by humans "Hollin") west of the Misty Mountains early in the Second Age, ruling from the city of Ost-in-Edhil. When Galadriel and Celeborn moved across the Misty Mountains to assume rulership of Lórien six hundred years later, Celebrimbor took over rulership of Eregion. After Sauron, in the guise of Annatar ("Lord of Gifts"), taught Celebrimbor's smiths to forge the Seven Rings of the dwarves and the Nine Rings of men, and Celebrimbor himself forged the Three Rings of the elves, Sauron forged the One Ring to rule them all. The elves refused his overlordship, hiding the Three, and in revenge, Sauron's armies ravaged Eregion.
In The Lord of the Rings set in the Third Age, several thousand years after Eregion's destruction, The Fellowship of the Ring passed through the empty lands of Hollin on their way to the Mines of Moria. Emerging from the Mines after the fall of Gandalf, the Fellowship sought refuge in Lórien, and Galadriel allowed them to stay.[1]
Setting
Lórien & The Halls of the Elven Smiths is a supplement that describes both elven kingdoms, Eregion in the Second Age, and Lórien in both the Second Age and the Third Age.[2] Contents include:
- A general description of the lands surrounding both kingdoms.
- Descriptions of the various races of elves.
- Eregion's capital, Ost-in-Edhil, in both the Second Age (including its fortress) and the Third Age (as ruins).
- Lórien in both the Second and Third Ages.[3]
The book includes outlines for several adventures:
- Four adventures set in Ost-in-Edhil in the Second Age at the height of Eregion's power around S.A 1350–1375, about 300 years before its fall
- Two adventures in the ruins of Ost-in-Edhil, about 3500 years after Eregion's destruction and 1500 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings
- Three adventures set in and around Lórien in the Third Age, two of them set 1500 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, and the other related directly to events in the book.[3]
There are seven maps of the various regions covered, as well as a map of Middle-earth.