Menegroth

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Menegroth, the 'Thousand Caves', was the city in the land of Doriath which was home to king Thingol and queen Melian of the Sindarin people. It was there that Thingol was slain by the Dwarven craftsmen of Nogrod. It is from here that the quest of Beren to gain a silmaril begins. Considered on of the finest works by the elves of the eldar days it was built under a mountain. Dwarves were employed in its construction, having had far more experience in builing underground. Its halls were carved to look like a beech forest, complete with birds and animals. It is also here that Luthien the fair was born. It was later sacked by the sons of Fëanor in pursuit of one of the Silmarils taken from Morgoth's iron crown prior to the War of Wrath.