Re: Mithril

The Free Peoples can no longer mend their Mithril equipment in Rivendell;
they must now seek more skilled master smiths.

Hint: 
For those not of Dwarven ancestry, you might want to think of where 
some of the Elves of Eregion fled after Sauron conquered them in the 
Second Age.

... more to come.

-- The Benevolent Management