Garumn's Gorge

Garumn's Gorge is a wide chasm with one bridge leading across it located in Mithral Hall. Part of that bridge collapsed when a lever on the far side of the gorge is pulled. This lever is used to aid escaping dwarves fleeing across the gorge. To the west of the gorge, there is the hall of dwarven kings, and a path to the Undercity of Mithral Hall. To the east lies the eastern gate of Mithral Hall, that opens up onto the River Surbin. There is a small waterfall that spouts from the wall of the chasm that is called Bruenor's Falls.

Bruenor's Falls
When Bruenor Battlehammer returned to Mithral Hall to reclaim it, he ran into an army of duergar that had taken the hall hundreds of years before. Worshiping the shadow dragon Shimmergloom, they chased the dwarves out. When Bruenor returned to the Hall, Shimmergloom challenged him atop the bridge that crosses Garumn's Gorge. Bruenor responded by wildly leaping onto the dragon's back with a flaming oil barrel. Bruenor succeeded in destroying the dragon, but suffered the consequences of the hundred foot tumble to the bottom of the gorge. Only Drizzt Do'Urden's lost sword, Icingdeath, kept the dwarf from burning up. Bruenor eventually climbed out of the rubble and made his way back to the top of the gorge.

The Treaty of Garumn's Gorge
When King Obould Many-Arrows threatened to attack Mithral hall with his tribe of orcs, Bruenor traveled out to find the fabled dwarven city of Gauntelgrym to try and find out what he should do about it. Instead of Gauntelgrym, however, Bruenor found a dwarven city that depicted orcs and dwarves living together. Bruenor came out of the city with the notion that the dwarves of Mithral Hall should make a treaty with Obould. Bruenor's diplomatic mission was a success, and the treaty was signed and sealed in Garumn's Gorge. Thus it earned its name of the Treaty of Garumn's Gorge.