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Dáin's halls

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Dáin's halls was a name used for the halls that formed the capital of the Grey Mountains, named after its founder Dáin I.

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The Halls of Dáin were probably originally founded by the first exiled dwarves from Khazad-dûm; who had fled their homes because of the Balrog.

Dáin was killed by a great Cold-Drake along with his son Frór at the door of his halls. A year later, most of Durin's folk abandoned the mountains, and made for Erebor and the Iron Hills.

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