The web team for the Lord of the Rings Online has published another of their Exploring Middle-earth articles. The focus of this installment is the 'Vale of Thrain'.

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!

You can read the article here, or here from the European site.