Location

The northern borders of Mordor

Races

Under the rule of Sauron, one of the Ainur; populated by Orcs

Division

Sauron was one of the Maiar of Aulë

Culture

Orcs in the direct service of the Dark Tower were named Orcs of Barad-dûr

Settlements

Barad-dûr, Sauron's Dark Tower, stood on a spur of these mountains, and the tower of Carchost lay at their western end

Sources

Two of the rivers feeding Lake Núrnen rose in the eastern Ered Lithui

Passes

Carach Angren and Cirith Gorgor separated this range from neighbouring Ephel Dúath

Pronunciation

e'red li'thui ('th' as in English 'myth', and 'ui' as in 'ruin', pronounced as a single syllable)

Meaning

'Mountains of ash'

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Ered Lithui

The Ashen Mountains north of Mordor

Called the Ash Mountains, the northern fence of the land of Mordor, on an outcrop of which stood the Dark Tower of Barad-dûr.