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| Dwarf | |
| Grór | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Lord of the Iron Hills |
| Location | Grey Mountains Iron Hills |
| Language | Khuzdul and Westron |
| Birth | T.A. 2563 Grey Mountains |
| Rule | T.A. 2590 - 2805 |
| Death | T.A. 2805 (aged 242) Iron Hills |
| Family | |
| House | House of Durin |
| Parentage | Dáin I |
| Siblings | Thrór, Frór |
| Children | Náin |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Grór |
Grór was a Dwarf and a significant leader among the people of Durin.
Life
Birth and early Life
He was born into the House of Durin in T.A. 2563 during its last years in the Grey Mountains. He was the youngest of the three sons of King Dáin I, who ruled Durin's folk.[1]
When Grór was seven years old, in 2570 dragons began afflicting the dwarves in the north. Nineteen years later, in 2589 his father King Dáin I was slain by a cold-drake outside his hall in the Grey Mountains.[2] A short time afterwards most of Durin's Folk left the Grey Mountains.[3] In 2590[4] Grór left the Grey Mountains with many followers and established a colony in the Iron Hills[3] becoming the Lord of the Iron Hills. In the same year,[4] his brother Thrór, the oldest son[1] and heir of Dáin, and the rest of the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains moved back to the Lonely Mountain[5].
Lord of the Iron Hills, and later life
Over the next few centuries a large quantity of ore was traded between the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and the Dwarves of the Iron Hills,[5] until the Dragon Smaug destroyed the Kingdom under the Mountain and scattered the Longbeards who dwelt there[5] in 2770[6]. Most of the survivors subsequently went to their kinsmen in the Iron Hills.[7]
In 2799[8] the final battle of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs occurred in the Dimrill Dale. Grór's son Náin, accompanied by his son Dáin led reinforcements from the Iron Hills to the battle, but was killed by the master of the Orcs of Moria, Azog, before the East Gate of Moria. The then still quite young Dáin killed Azog and the dwarves won the battle. With the war over, Dáin led his people home to the Iron Hills.[9]
Six years later, in T.A. 2805, Grór died at 241 years of age and his grandson Dáin became Lord of the Iron Hills.
Many years later, in 2941 when Thrór's last descendant, Thorin, was killed in the Battle of Five Armies, Dáin II Ironfoot became the new King under the Mountain and King of the Longbeards,[10] a title that remained with the descendants of Grór[1].
Etymology
Jim Allan has suggested that Grór (like Gróin) is derived from Old Norse gróa ("to grow"), thus meaning "Growing-one".[11]
Genealogy
Portrayal in adaptations
2021: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Grór appears in an extended flashback depicting the Battle of Azanulbizar, in which he fights alongside his son and grandson.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk", The Line of the Dwarves of Erebor
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2589, p. 1087
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk", entry for Grór, p. 1072
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2590, p. 1087
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk", entry for Thrór, p. 1072
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2770, p. 1088
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk", entry for Thrór, footnote after "They went away south with their family.", p. 1072
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2799, p. 1088
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk", entry for Dáin II Ironfoot, p. 1075
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk", p. 1078
- ↑ Jim Allan, "Giving of Names", in An Introduction to Elvish, p. 225
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