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|name = Durin's folk |
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|other_names = Longbeards |
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|image = Emblema Durin.svg |
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|caption = Durin's emblem as described on the [[Doors of Durin]] |
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|founded = [[First Age]] |
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|founder = [[Durin the Deathless]] |
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|leader = [[#Kings of Durin's folk|Kings of Durin's folk]] ''(see below)'' |
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|homeworld = [[Middle-earth]] |
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|base_of_operations = [[Khazad-dûm]], [[Lonely Mountain]], [[Iron Hills]] |
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|official_language = [[Khuzdul]] |
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In [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[fictional world]] of [[Middle-earth]], '''Durin's folk''', also known as the '''Longbeards''', were the most important clan of [[Dwarf (Middle-earth)|Dwarves]]. Their name comes from that of their first king, [[Durin#Durin the Deathless|Durin I "the Deathless"]]. They were the eldest and greatest of the [[Dwarf (Middle-earth)#The Seven Houses of the Dwarves|seven Dwarf-clans]]. |
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They originally inhabited the [[Misty Mountains]] as a home, until they were driven out by [[Orc (Middle-earth)|Orcs]]. Their strongholds in the Misty Mountains included [[Khazad-dûm]] (Moria), their first city, and [[Mount Gundabad]]. During the [[Second Age]], Durin's folk entered into friendship with the [[Noldor]] of [[Celebrimbor]] in [[Eregion]]. During the War of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]], Durin's folk allied with the [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]] and the [[Dúnedain]]. |
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In the Third Age, after being driven out of Moria by the [[Balrog]] [[Durin's Bane]], most of Durin's Folk fled north and established cities in [[Erebor]] and the [[Ered Mithrin]]. Both the Ered Mithrin and Erebor were later occupied by Dragons, and they then became a wandering folk in exile. Most of them settled in the [[Iron Hills]], while others under [[Thráin II]] wandered west, till they came to the [[Ered Luin]] and settled there. Finally, the Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor was restored when Dáin II, Lord of the Iron Hills, became King of Erebor in {{ME-date|TA|2941}} after [[Smaug]]'s death. |
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Durin I was succeeded by many generations of kings, among whom<ref>''The Peoples of Middle-earth'', pp. 275, 279, 383</ref> appeared six others also named Durin. These six were believed by the Dwarves to be reincarnations (or even reanimations) of Durin I, with memories of his earlier lives.<ref>''The Peoples of Middle-earth'', pp. 383-4</ref> Durin VI was killed by ''[[Durin's Bane]]'' in 1980 of the [[Third Age]]. Durin did not again return to his people until Durin VII appeared in the [[Fourth Age]], a descendant of Thorin III son of Dáin II Ironfoot, and a descendant in direct line from Durin the Deathless. Durin VII would become known as Durin the Last. |
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==Kings of Durin's folk== |
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*[[Durin#Durin the Deathless|Durin I]] (the Deathless), father of Dwarves. Founder and first King of Khazad-dûm, [[First Age]]. |
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*''(Many generations of kings between Durin I and Durin VI, including Durin II–V.)'' |
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**[[Durin II]], circa {{ME-date|SA|750}}, who built the eponymous Doors of Durin at the West-gate of Khazad-dûm |
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**[[Durin#Durin|Durin III]], circa {{ME-date|SA|1600}}, was given one of the [[Seven Rings|Seven Dwarven Rings]]. |
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*[[Durin#Durin VI|Durin VI]], killed by [[Durin's Bane]] in {{ME-date|TA|1980}}. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Náin I|Náin I]] son of Durin VI. Last King of Khazad-dûm, he was killed by Durin's Bane in T.A. 1981. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Thráin I|Thráin I]] son of Náin I. Founded [[Erebor]] as first '''King under the Mountain''' in T.A. 1999, and died there in 2190. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Thorin I|Thorin I]] son of Thráin I. He left Erebor for the [[Ered Mithrin]], where he died in 2289. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Glóin, son of Thorin|Glóin]] (died 2385) son of Thorin I. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Óin, son of Glóin|Óin]] (died 2488) son of [[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Glóin, son of Thorin|Glóin]]. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Náin II|Náin II]] (died 2585) son of Óin. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Dáin I|Dáin I]] son of Náin II. Last King of all of Durin's folk, he was killed by a [[Dragon (Middle-earth)|cold-drake]] in T.A. 2589. |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Thrór|Thrór]] son of Dáin I. Returned to Erebor as ''King under the Mountain'', and tried to reclaim Moria. Was killed by [[List of Middle-earth Orcs|Azog]] the Orc in T.A. 2790. (Start of the [[War of Dwarves and Orcs]]) |
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*[[Thráin II]] son of Thrór, King in Exile. Lived in or near the ruins of [[Belegost]] in the [[Ered Luin]]. He died in the dungeons of [[Dol Guldur]] in T.A. 2850, and was the last Dwarf-lord to possess one of the Seven Rings of the Dwarves. |
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*[[Thorin Oakenshield|Thorin II Oakenshield]] son of Thráin II. He refounded Erebor, but was killed in the [[Battle of Five Armies]] in T.A. 2941. He was never crowned King, but claimed the title ''King under the Mountain'' (and did in fact have right to it after refounding Erebor). |
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*[[Dáin II Ironfoot]] (grandson of [[Grór]], younger brother of [[Thrór]]). He became King under the Mountain as well as King of all Durin's Folk after Thorin's death. He was the first in Durin's line not to inherit in direct father-to-son succession.<ref>''The Peoples of Middle-earth'', pp. 276 and 286 (note 3).</ref> |
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*[[List of Middle-earth Dwarves#Thorin III Stonehelm|Thorin III Stonehelm]] became king when Dáin was killed in the [[War of the Ring]] in T.A. 3019. |
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*[[Durin#Durin VII|Durin VII]] the Last was a descendant<ref>J. R. R. Tolkien (1955), ''[[The Return of the King]]'', 2nd edition (1966) George Allen & Unwin, Appendix A:III 'The Line of the Dwarves of Erebor p.361 (the dotted line below Thorin III indicates 2+ generations; ISBN 0 04 823047 2. In a draft, Durin the Last had been the son of Thorin III: J. R. R. Tolkien (1996), ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'' (volume 12 of ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', Houghton Mifflin, part 1 ch. IX (iv) Durin' Folk p.278-279; ISBN 0-395-82760-4</ref> of Thorin III. He reputedly refounded Khazad-dûm. At this time all of the old lands of the Dwarves were reclaimed by Durin's folk, including Khazad-dûm, Erebor, the Iron Hills, Gundabad, the Blue Mountains, the [[Glittering Caves]] of Aglarond, and many small dwellings in the Misty Mountains. |
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==Family tree== |
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Durin's Folk |
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{{Durin's Folk}} |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Middle-earth}} |
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*[[Fathers of the Dwarves]] |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
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*{{ME-ref|PoMe|"Of Dwarves and Men"}} |
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*''The Peoples of Middle-earth'': "The Making of Appendix A", '(iv) Durin's Folk'. |
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*''The Return of the King'', Appendix A, (III) "Durin's Folk". |
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