East-gate
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The East-gate (also known as the Great Gate), was the Eastern entrance to Khazad-dûm, and the First Hall. It was located in the valley of the Dimrill Dale.
In the year 2790 King Thror and his companion Nár, went to Moria to see the ancient halls of their ancestors. Despite the warnings of Nar, Thror went through the East-gate. He was later captured by the Orc chieftain Azog, who beheaded him. Azog wrote his own name in Dwarvish runes on Thror's head and threw his it, and his body outside the gate for Nar to retrieve. He let Nar go to tell all the Dwarves that an Orc ruled Moria now, and so Nar did, which started the War of the Dwarves and Orcs.
In the year 2799 the War came to its climax with the Battle of Azanulbizar, which was the largest battle of the war. After the battle Dain II Ironfoot, the victor, would not allow his people to reclaim it, for he had once looked through its doors, and knew that the Balrog lurked there still.
