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The ered'ruin may include races such as fiends and daemons as well. They may also be related to the eredar as suggested by the use of the term "ered" in their name.
Inspiration
The name "ered'ruin" may be inspired by orodruin, the Sindarin name of Mount Doom in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The Sindarin plural of "orodruin" would be "eredruin" ("mountains of doom").