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The Fall of Mount Gundabad took place shortly after Eregion was destroyed (c. S.A. 1697[1]).
After the doors of Khazad-dûm were shut, Orcs, reinforced and commanded by the servants of Sauron, invaded Mount Gundabad and drove the Longbeard Dwarves from their revered site and dwelling. As a result, the Grey Mountains were infested, and communication between Khazad-dûm and the Iron Hills was cut off for a time.[2]
It is not recorded how long the Orcs occupied Mount Gundabad. Mount Gundabad was one of the strongholds of the Orcs when a great force of Dwarves of Durin's Folk and of the Houses of other Fathers of the Dwarves sacked it[3] at a point in time between T.A. 2793[4] and T.A. 2799[5].
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entry for the year 1697, p. 1083
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "X. Of Dwarves and Men", "Relations of the Longbeard Dwarves and Men", p. 305
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk", p. 1074
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2793, p. 1088
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 2799, p. 1088