The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar official site updated another look at some of the unique locations!Gramsfoot,the update focus on the fortress of Gramsfoot, the starting location for monster play and a major stronghold of the army of Angmar.

Exploring Middle-earth: Gramsfoot

Mount Gram, nestled at the northwestern edge of the Ettenmoors in the Misty Mountains, has long been an abode of goblins, though their greatest king, Golfimbul, was defeated and slain by Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took at the Battle of the Greenfields hundreds of years ago. Lying at the border of Angmar, Mount Gram has again become a fortress-kingdom of terrible power. Orcs, wargs, goblins, trolls, and other evil creatures now muster there to begin an invasion of Eriador.

The fortress of Gramsfoot is a heavily guarded stronghold at the base of Mount Gram, nearly invulnerable to attack. As the army of Angmar presses southward under the command of War-tyrant Ak¨²lhun, it is here that the power of Angmar can be felt the strongest in the Ettenmoors. Cruel Ak¨²lhun is prepared to sweep through the Ettenmoors and Trollshaws and raze Rivendell to the ground . . . if he can defy the Power that resides in the Hidden Valley.

In The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Gramsfoot is the starting location for players who choose to enter the Ettenmoors monster-play zone as a monster-player. It is considered a safe zone and cannot be captured by Free Peoples players. While Gramsfoot itself was created by the Turbine designers of LOTRO, it draws from lore from The Hobbit.