Thoredarb

At 6,500 feet, Thoredarb (Dn. "Thundermount") was the third highest peak in the Ered Tarthonion. This grey mountain rose above the pass at the point where the Cirith Dudhrandir crossed the divide, so the castle's battlements commanded a fine north- ward view of the pass. Because of the lightning that often striked its slopes, the Orodbedhrim had always regarded the mountain as an abode of gods.