I am a huge Lord of The Rings fan. =] That stated I have started to work on The Lonely Mountain from the Hobbit. Which is one of my favorite books. I started this project about a week ago, but wanted it nearer to compilation before it got finished.

This is the first project I am going to post in-progress pictures of my build. This will probably take at least another two weeks to finish, and will be part of a larger project I am starting with a moderator on the Gazamo server. (Middle Earth) Plan to be excited as we build more and more epic stuff =]

Also feel free to visit this build by using the following warps

/warp lm ( /warp lonelyMountain )
/warp smaug
/warp throneroom

I plan to add a main dining hall, throne room, kitchen a few extra rooms, and although I have Smaug, I want to add Thorin II Oakenshield's grave in the mountain.

If you have any ideas, for pillars are wall designs leave a comment! I'd love to hear what you think.

Additional Notes

The Lonely Mountain:

Erebor became the home of the Folk of Durin, a clan of Dwarves known as the Longbeards, after they were driven from their ancestral home of Khazad-dûm. In the latter days of the Third Age, this Kingdom Under the Mountain held one of the largest dwarven treasure hoards in Middle-earth.

The mountain was aptly named, as it stood hundreds of miles from the nearest mountain range. Tolkien's map shown in The Hobbit depicts the mountain as having six ridges stretching out from a central peak that was snowcapped well into Spring. The whole mountain was perhaps ten miles in diameter, with Dale, a town of Men, built between the two southern spurs.

Erebor was founded by Thráin I the Old, who discovered the Arkenstone there. His son, Thorin I, left the mountain with much of the Folk of Durin to live in the Ered Mithrin (Grey Mountains) for the great riches to be found in that range. After dragons plundered their hoards, the Longbeards, led now by Thrór, a descendant of Thorin, returned to Erebor to take up the title King under the Mountain. Under Thrór's reign, Erebor became a great Dwarven stronghold, where the Dwarves became a numerous and prosperous people. The Dwarves of Erebor were at that time well known to be skilled in the making of matchless weapons and armour, and there was great demand for their work by the surrounding peoples. The Longbeards amassed a large treasure hoard during this time, perhaps due to Thrór possessing one of the Seven Rings of the Dwarves.

In 2770 T.A., while a young Thorin II Oakenshield was out hunting, the dragon Smaug flew south from the Grey Mountains, killed all the dwarves he could find, and destroyed the town of Dale. Smaug then took over the mountain, using the dwarven hoard as a bed. King Thrór, his son Thráin II, and several companions escaped death by a secret door. Although Thrór and Thráin later perished, Thorin lived in exile in the Ered Luin until, by chance, he met the wizard Gandalf. Together they formed a plan to reclaim the mountain. Gandalf insisted burglary was the best approach and recommended the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, whom he represented to be a professional thief.

Thus Bilbo, Thorin, and Thorin's company of twelve other Dwarves travelled to the Lonely Mountain to regain the treasure. They planned to use the secret door, for which Gandalf had managed to obtain the door's key (from Thráin, whom he had found in the pits of Dol Guldur). The door would only open on Durin's Day when the setting sun and the last moon of autumn were in the sky together. By a fortunate coincidence, this happened soon after Bilbo and the dwarves arrived, and the hobbit was able to enter the mountain and steal a golden cup. Smaug, enraged by the theft, emerged from the mountain and destroyed Lake-town, which he thought to be the source of the 'thieves.'

Smaug was eventually slain by Bard the Bowman and Thorin claimed the mountain. However, the Men of Esgaroth, supported by Thranduil and the Elves of Mirkwood, claimed a part of the dragon's hoard as recompense for the destruction. Thorin, mad with greed refuted all claims and managed to contact Dáin II Ironfoot, chief of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills, who came to aid their dwarven cousins. Before the battle began, an army of Orcs and Wargs descended on Erebor. Dwarves, Elves, and Men joined ranks against them, which led to the Battle of Five Armies. During the battle, Thorin's nephews Fíli and Kíli, were slain, and Thorin himself was mortally injured and died shortly afterwards. The title of King under the Mountain passed to Dáin.