Dain became king under the mountain1/8/2023 Durin's Folk stayed enclosed in Khazad-dûm, which was unassailable from without its wealth remained unravished, but communication between the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm and the Dwarves of the Iron Hills was cut off. In 1697, Eregion was destroyed by Sauron, and the gates of Khazad-dûm were shut and remained so throughout the Dark Years of Sauron's dominion. Both peoples were enriched, and the Elves (seduced by Sauron) forged the Rings of Power (the forging began about 1500 and one of these was given to Durin III, according to the dwarves by Celebrimbor himself, in Khazad-dûm). Being close to Khazad-dûm they established a friendship with Durin's Folk unlike any before between Elves and Dwarves. In 750, the Noldor established a new realm in Eregion. During this period the Longbeards adopted the speech of Men, keeping their own language to themselves. Thus an Alliance of Dwarves and Men was formed, resulting in mutual respect and also warm friendship. Once more, the Dwarves provided the Men with metal weapons and defensive measures in exchange for their skill in taming and riding horses, enabling them to function as mounted scouts and archers. The Longbeards controlled Erebor, Ered Mithrin, Ered Engrin, and the eastern side of the Misty Mountains up to Lorien.Īlso in that time, Morgoth's Orcs, now leaderless and reckless, but still numerous, armed and cruel, returned to the East and started harassing the Dwarven lands again, as well as the more numerous Men who settled between the Grey Mountains and Mirkwood those early Northmen were related to the former House of Hador far in Beleriand. In the Second Age, about the year 40, many Dwarves who lived in these cities left the destruction behind and came to Khazad-dûm, increasing its wealth and power. This system benefitted mostly the Dwarves, as the services they provided to Men required less effort than those offered in exchange so they were free to continue with pursuing their labour and refine their skills.Īt the end of the First Age during the War of Wrath and the breaking of Thangorodrim, the ancient cities of Nogrod and Belegost in the Blue Mountains had been ruined. The Men looked at the Dwarves with awe and were eager to learn from them. The Longbeards were the wisest and most farseeing of the seven kindreds and began dealing with Men, establishing an economy in which Men chiefly provided food in exchange for Dwarven work in building, road-construction, mining, and the crafting of tools and weapons. When Men first migrated west into Rhovanion and Eriador, they encountered Durin's Folk. Those lands were harassed by Orcs, but during the War of the Jewels, they were called to Beleriand as Morgoth needed all available power, and the lands were left at peace. Durin's Folk also considered the Grey Mountains, which lay between these two mansions, to be within their territory. The Dwarf-road of Mirkwood ran north-east to the Hills for the use of dwarf-traders and merchants between Khazad-dûm and the Hills. The Dwarves of Khazad-dûm also colonized the Iron Hills, which became Durin's Folk's primary source of iron-ore. Durin lived there so long he became known as Durin the Deathless, yet in the end, he died before the end of the First Age. In the caves above the lake he called Kheled-zâram, he founded the city of Khazad-dûm, the home of Durin's Folk. As he wandered south along the Misty Mountains he came upon a valley he named Azanulbizar. In the deeps of time, the Fathers of the Dwarves awoke, Durin was the eldest and woke first.
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