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The '''History of the Dwarves''' began with their creation, and here ends with the dwindling of their race.
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== The Creation of the Dwarves ==
 
The Dwarves were created by [[Aulë]] the smith (whom they called [[Mahal]]) somewhere in [[Middle-earth]], and were put to sleep until the creation of the [[Elves]].  The Seven [[Fathers of the Dwarves]] were created, by which all Dwarves are descended from.  However, Aulë did not have the power to give life to his creations; only [[Eru Ilúvatar]] could give life.  Realizing this, Aulë went to Eru to confess his sin and gave Eru his children.  Eru accepted them and made them his adopted children, and they were to awake after the Elves appeared on Arda.
 
== The Years of the Trees ==
 
The Seven Fathers awoke throughout Arda in pairs: the Firebeards and Broadbeams, Ironfists and Stiffbeards, Blacklocks and Stonefoots, and [[Durin I]] the father of the Longbeards, who awoke alone.  These clans made their halls where they awoke: the Firebeards and Broadbeams, in the [[Ered Luin]], where they built the cities of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]], and Durin who awoke in the [[Misty Mountains]] settled in the caves above [[Kheled-zâram]].  We do not know exactly where the Ironfists, Stiffbeards, Blacklocks, and Stonefoots awoke.
 
They all became very prosperous in their mountains, making fine jewelry, weapons, and other treasures.
 
The first meeting of [[Elves]] and Dwarves in [[Beleriand]] took place in the year 1250 of the [[Two Trees|Trees]].  Even if their friendship was cool, the Dwarves worked for the [[Sindar]], delving the caves of [[Menegroth]] and forging weapons for them.
 
== The First Age ==
 
The [[First Age]] came with the awakening of [[Men]].
 
After the [[Return of the Noldor]], [[Finrod Felagund]] desired to settle himself in the [[Caverns of Narog]]. So he built a great city in those caverns, and the Dwarves of the Ered Luin aided him. They liked him, and gave him the dwarven name of [[Felagund]], which meant “hewer of caves”. They eventually made for him the [[Nauglamír]].
 
==The Second Age==
 
== The Third Age ==
 
== The Fourth Age ==

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