Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for Turbine, Inc. writes: Leading down from the lofty heights of the Blue Mountains, where lies the gate to Thorin’s Hall, is a long and wide valley known as the Vale of Thráin. Many Elves and Dwarves will become quickly familiar with the Vale as they begin their adventures in Eriador! Exploring Middle-earth: Vale of Thráin