Firebeards

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The '''Firebeards''' were one of the seven houses of the [[Dwarves]] who lived in [[Nogrod]] in the [[Ered Luin]] during the [[First Age]]. The ''Firebeards'' were most renowned for having the greatest crafters and smiths, even by Dwarf standards in Middle-earth.
Of the two Dwarf houses of [[Beleriand]], the Firebeards were the least friendly. They fought the [[Elves]] over the treasure of [[Nargothrond]], and they also sacked the city of [[Menegroth]] which in the end the Dwarves that took part were all killed in the [[Battle of Sarn Athrad]]. They did however, help the Elves and Men in the [[Wars of Beleriand]].
In the [[War of Wrath]] their great city of Nogrod, was destroyed and sunk into the sea along with much of the Ered Luin. Some Firebeards stayed in the Ered Luin to help rebuild what they could with the remaining [[Broadbeams]], from the also destroyed city of [[Belegost]], while most went to the halls of [[Khazad-dum]] in the [[Misty Mountains]], swelling its numbers and bringing much craft and lore with them.

After thousands of years it seems the Firebeards may have parted ways with [[Durin's folk]] after the awakening of [[Durin's Bane]], and returned to the Ered Luin, where things were likely much better than after the sinking of Beleriand.
Also during the [[Third Age]] it is likely that they answered the request for aid from Durin's folk in the eventual [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]].
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