Codemasters has released an entry in their "hero's guide" series of articles for The Lord of the Rings Online, this one centering on the Lone-Lands, home of Weathertop and many other dangerous locales.
The details are as below:
From the edge of Bree-land in the west to the verge of the Trollshaws in the east, the hills and swamps of the Lone-lands bear the ruins of kingdoms long dead. This land's long history of war and woe has cut deep scars into its landscape and its people. The lonely road that gives the region its shape and purpose today is desolate at best and dangerous at worst. Even the road is a ruin from another time, passing beneath noble stone and broken rubble on its way from the civilization of Bree-land to the perilous woods of the Trollshaws and beyond.
The most regal and prominent of the Lone-lands' many ruins rise above the road like a symbol of the land's sad legacy: Weathertop. Once known as Amon Sûl, it was a proud tower of vision and vigilance, but it fell in battle and sat derelict in the wild until now. Today, countless Orcs lotro gold prowl through the place's rubble, and the few Rangers who defend it cannot often deter them.
Far along the road in either direction, the shape of Weathertop stands stark against the sky, like a head wearing a battle-worn crown, reminding travellers and adventurers that the hills beneath their feet were once walked by kings and heroes - and may be again. Travellers in search of safe passage through the Lone-lands are wise to stick to the road, but it's the accounts of those timid lotro gold souls who travel only via the road that feed the region's reputation for somber desolation and wide, bleak hills. Off the road, to the north and south, the Lone-lands hide rivers and bogs, breathtaking landscapes and sprawling ruined castles. But as you travel off the road, you venture toward ever more fearsome foes.
The darkest corner of this land hides an enemy so fell and terrible it chills even a Wizard's blood.
A History of Strife and Sorrow
On its face, as a borderland region of quests and monsters for up-and-coming adventurers on their first steps away from the relative safety of Bree-land, the excitement of the Lone-lands seems to stem from enjoying a change of scenery and tackling higher-level foes. Like so much of Middle-earth, however, its current threats have deep roots in its long history. Your adventures are part of a larger saga hinted at by ruins and shades throughout the Lone-lands and revealed in part here.