Ost-in-Edhil


 * Type :Ruined elven City.
 * Inhabitants :N/ A
 * Population :0.
 * Origin :Founded by Galadriel and Celeborn around S.A .750 .(Celebrimbor established the Gwaith-i-Mirdain in the city environs.)
 * Purpose :An Elven residence;smithhalls for the magical crafters known as the Gwaith-i-Mirdain.

Celebrimbor the Smith ,the forger of the Great Rings , made his home here,as did the fairly disguised Sauron. Ost-in-Edhil was destroyed by Sauron's hordes in S.A.1697 after the Elves discovered his treachery ,and it's survivors fled to the havens of Lórien and Rivendell.Men now avoid the ruins out of fear of traps and baleful magic.