Caradhras
From the One Wiki to Rule Them All, the Lord of the Rings Encyclopedia.
Caradhras, also called the Redhorn (the literal English translation of the Sindarin name), is one of the mightiest peaks in the Misty Mountains.
The Redhorn Pass attempted by the Nine Walkers on their quest for Mount Doom lay beneath its slopes, linking the former Noldorin realm of Eregion in the west to the Dimrill Dale and hence the Vale of Anduin in the east.
After the fall of Khazad-Dum, this pass was predominantly used by Elves travelling between Lorien and Eriador.
Caradhras (Baranzibar in Khuzdul, the language of the Dwarves) was one of the Mountains of Moria, the three mountains which the great Dwarf palace of Khazad-dûm was built under. Caradhras was also the site on Middle-earth where Mithril was found. It was here, though, that miners found Durin's Bane, the Balrog of Moria.
Caradhras was called the Cruel by the Dwarves and had long had a bad reputation. The Redhorn Pass (also called the Redhorn Gate) was known to be treacherous. It was on this pass that Celebrian, the wife of Elrond, was captured by orcs. This was also the pass used by the hobbits migrating from Gladden Fields into Eriador. Apart from the attack upon Celebrian, due to the close proximity to the Gladden Fields, it is possible that the River-folk,(to which the creature Gollum, formerly Smeagol, belonged) may have passed through here, making it doubly significant to the trilogy.
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie, when the Fellowship is trying to cross Caradhras, Saruman conjures a spell that causes violent snowstorms on the mountain. In the book, the Company generally blames the mountain itself.
|
Places of Middle-earth and Arda
Middle-earth Locations:
Provinces/Regions: Dunland | Ithilien | Rohan | Arnor | Ettenmoors | Gondor | Lindon | Minhiriath | Rhûn | The Shire | Mordor | Harad | Forochel Forests & Mountains: Erebor | Fangorn Forest | High Pass | Iron Hills | Lórien | Mirkwood | Mount Doom | Old Forest | Redhorn Pass | Tower Hills | Weather Hills City/Fortifications: Angband | Barad-dûr | Bree | Caras Galadhon | Dol Guldur | Fornost | Helm's Deep | Isengard | Minas Morgul | Minas Tirith | Osgiliath | Rivendell | Umbar | Utumno Miscellaneous: Cair Andros | Gap of Rohan | Grey Havens | Buckland | Enedwaith | Dagorlad | Dead Marshes | Fords of Isen | Weathertop | Argonath The rest of Arda:
Valinor | Númenor | Dark Land | Aman | Tol Eressëa |
