The road that led ran out of Moria and into the Realm of Lothlorien wound through a narrow valley following the route of the river. Amongst the many craggy nooks Orcs had made their crude camps and fortified them with large palisades of roughly hewn wood. From their hiding places they would ambush the few travellers that made the journey, mainly Dwarves collecting wood for the ongoing repairs in the city of Khazad-Dum.



