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They reached the foot of the mountain where once the doors of Moria had been. This mine was an old Dwarfen site, which had been abandoned long ago. There the Dwarfs had digged to deep for their favourite metal, mithril, of which Frodo's chainmail was made of. This metal could be forged like copper, and polished like glass. Mithril was a metal, light but yet harder than tempered steel. It had a glimmer like normal silver, but it did not tarnish or grow dim. And as they digged, the Dwarfs woke an evil, much to old and to strong for them, and they fled away. All attempts to retake the mines had failed. | |||
