Dourhands

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[[File:Dourhands.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Gormr Doursmith]] and his guards.]]The '''Dourhands''' were a clan of [[dwarves]], invented for ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''. They were the dwarves that stayed behind to rebuild the Dwarven Halls in the [[Blue Mountains]] which were destroyed during the [[War of Wrath]]. They later aligned themselves with [[Angmar]] during the [[War of the Ring]].

==History==
Some time during the [[Third Age]], the Dourhands were experiencing great poverty and hunger. Under the leadership of [[Skorgrím]] they raided the Elven refuge of Edhelion for their relics and treasures. He also had the Dourhands ally themselves with the [[goblins]] and [[trolls]] to drive out the Elves. Yet, it was not enough and he was slain in battle. Leaderless, the remaining Dourhands scattered themselves throughout [[Eriador]] setting up strongholds and camps.

Six hundred years later, shortly before the [[War of the Ring]], a Gaunt-lord from the the [[First Age]] named Ivar who dwells in Garth Agarwen, an ancient fortress of [[Rhudaur]], summoned a fell spirit to possess the preserved corpse of Skorgrím. The wight convinced the Dourhand that he was a dwarf from the line of Skorgrím and managed to ally them with the forces of Angmar.

{| align="center" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #aa8658; color: white;" | Dwarven Clans
|- style="text-align: center; font-size: 80%; line-height: 1em;"
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Longbeards]]
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Firebeards]]
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Broadbeams]]
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Ironfists]]
|- style="text-align: center; font-size: 80%; line-height: 1em;"
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Stiffbeards]]
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Blacklocks]]
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Stonefoots]]
| style="border: 1px solid #aa8658;" | [[Petty-dwarves]]
|}
==Behind the scenes==
Likely based on the 'wicked dwarves' mentioned in The Hobbit who sided with goblins.
[[Category:Noncanon Dwarven clans]]
[[Category:Dourhands|*Dourhands]]
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings Online Characters]]

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