Well, a lot of Dark Lords lived near mountains. Being surrounded by mountains gives one the opportunity to do pretty much whatever they want, with very few outsiders coming in to mess things up. Isolation is what Dark Lords usually want, and when they're surrounded by mountains, isolation is usually what they get.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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