Dwarf realms

2007-03-17T20:23:41Z

67.71.38.91:

Throughout the history of [[Middle-earth]], their have been many '''Dwarf realms'''. These realms were:

* '''[[Khazad-dum]]'''. The most famous and greatest of all the dwarf kingdoms. Located in the [[Misty Mountains]], it was the home of the [[Longbeards]]. It prospered for thousands of years until the Dwarves awoke the [[Balrog]] which drove them from Khazad-dum, it was then renamed ''[[Moria]]'' ("Black Pit" in [[Sindarin]]).

The Dwarves returned to Moria in the [[Fourth Age]], lead by their leader [[Durin VII]]. It is said that the halls of Khazad-dum were filled with the sounds of hammers once again, and was prosperous till the fading of the Dwarven race.

* [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]], located in the [[Blue Mountains]]. Nogrod was the home of the [[Firebeards]], and Belegost was the home to the [[Broadbeams]]. Nogrod was completely destroyed during the [[War of Wrath]] and Belegost being ruined, leaving the Firebeards and the Broadbeams to either rebuild their halls or (as many did), relocate to Khazad-dum.

The Ered Mithrin would later become a refuge for most of Durin's folk during the Third Age.

* Kingdoms in the [[Grey Mountains]], were the great halls of which many of Durin's folk relocated to after being exiled from Khazad-dum. The [[Dwarves of the Grey Mountains]] became very prosperous in their new halls. for over 500 years they mined and defended their halls from the [[Dragons]] of the north and the Orcs from the west. Until, finally [[Cold-drakes]] forced them from the mountains, and killed their king [[Dain I]].

It is possible that the Dwarves returned to the Ered Mithrin, and retook the ancient halls, though Tolkien never states that this happened.

* [[Lonely Mountain]], was one of the greatest kingdoms of Dwarves. It was founded by [[Thráin I]], but was abandoned by his son, [[Thorin I]]. It was resettled by [[Thrór]]. but years later Smaug sacked the mountain and drove the Dwarves out. [[Thorin II Oakenshield]] refounded the kingdom in TA 2941.

* The [[Iron Hills]], were a range of small mountains rich with iron, inhabited by Durin's folk. They were colonized after the Dragons chased the Dwarves out of the Ered Mithrin. The Dwarves were prosperous from the [[Third Age]] till the fading of the Dwarves.

* The [[Glittering Caves]] of [[Aglarond]], were a cave system in the [[White Mountains]] behind [[Helm's Deep]]. [[Gimli]] son of [[Glóin]] started a colony there after the [[War of the Ring]].

* The [[Orocarni]] (Red Mountains), were a mountain range in the far east of Middle-earth. They were inhabited by four of the Dwarf clans, but not much is known about them, or the exact location of this mountain range.

[[Category:Dwarves]]
[[Category:Realms]]

Ladros

2007-03-17T20:14:58Z

67.71.38.91:

'''Ladros''' was a highland region to the northeast of [[Dorthonion]]. It was held briefly as a fief by the [[House of Bëor]], but lost to [[Morgoth]] in the [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame").

The region of Ladros seems originally to have been a fief of [[Finrod Felagund]] (at least, his brothers [[Angrod]] and [[Aegnor]] held "the northern slopes of Dorthonion", according to ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "Of Beleriand and its Realms"). Finrod later assigned this land to [[Boromir of Ladros|Boromir]] of the House of Bëor, whose members had long been loyal in his service.

Of the House of Bëor, there were three lords of Ladros — Boromir himself, his son [[Bregor]], and Bregor's son [[Bregolas]]. In Bregolas' time, Morgoth overwhelmed Dorthonion and Ladros in the [[Dagor Bragollach]], in which Bregolas himself was slain. His brother [[Barahir]] and twelve faithful men, including his son [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]], became outlaws in their own land, assaulting Morgoth's forces from their hidden lair at [[Tarn Aeluin]] on Ladros' southern borders. They were betrayed by [[Gorlim the Unhappy]],(who was himself deceived by Sauron into divulging the Outlaws' whereabouts.) and all were slain but Beren, who escaped into the south. After this time, Ladros fell under the yoke of Morgoth until it was swallowed by the [[Great Sea]] at the end of the [[First Age]].

[[Category:Beleriand]]
[[Category:Realms]]
[[Category:Regions]]

Tolkien Gateway - User contributions [en]

Dwarf realms

Ladros