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| The title taken by the rulers of [[Khazad-dûm]], the greatest and most opulent Dwarf city of all time. The Kings were descended in line from [[Durin I]], called the [[Deathless]], who founded the city in ancient days.
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| After the foundation of the line by Durin, little is said of the most ancient Kings. What records we have show that they ruled, on average, for about a century each, which would mean that there must have been very roughly sixty generations of [[Kings of Khazad-dûm]] before records resume, in the eighteenth century of the [[Third Age]]. The first King listed there, the penultimate King in Khazad-dûm, was [[Durin VI]], so it follows that there must have been a [[Durin II]], [[Durin III|III]], [[Durin IV|IV]] and [[Durin V|V]] among the many unknown Kings (indeed we have some records of Durin III, who received a [[Rings of Power|Ring of Power]] from [[Celebrimbor]] himself).
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| It was Durin VI who had the misfortune to rule Khazad-dûm at the time its miners discovered and released a sleeping menace deep among their [[Mithril]] veins. This was the [[Balrogs|Balrog]] that came to be known as [[Durin's Bane]], a creature much too powerful for the Dwarves to control. Durin was killed soon after its appearance, and succeeded by his son, [[Náin I]]. Náin's rule was a short one - he too was killed within a year of his father's death, and his subjects fled their ancient home.
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| According to legend, Náin I was not the last King of Khazad-dûm. Some sources suggest that his distant descendant, [[Durin VII]], came back to the kingdom of his ancestor, and reclaimed it as its King, though this tale cannot be verified beyond doubt.
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