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Findegil · 12-15-2003, 07:02 AM

Erebor is not really in Eriador. But that not my point.

Thorin's People left the Ered Luin after the death of Smaug to reinhabit Erebor, but it is said (in one of the Tolkien books - don't ask me which one) that ever some Dwarves staid there. Properbly that were some members of the westerly houses (Firebeards and Braodbeams) that had lifed there ever since the days of the seven fathers.
The House of Durin (the Longbeards) setteld in many mountians. Durins place of aweking was Gundabad. From there he wandered south and founded Khazad-dûm (Moria), but it is told in The Peoples of Middleearth that the dwarves maintained Gundabad until the end of the first Age when it was captured for the first time by the orks flying from Angband. By that time the dwarves had settled the Ered Mithrim and the Iron Mountians. They considered the whole Mountianranges from Moria to the north to Gundabad and east to the Iron Mountains as their teritory.
In the seconde Age they lost controll over much of the northern mountians and were reducde to Moria a few settlements in the Ered Mithrim and the Iron Mountians.

The further History of the Indrafangs should be known from the Appendix of LotR. I only like to add that Moria was recaptured by the Dwarves under the rule of Durin VII. and Last son of Thorin Stonehelm. And that Gimli did not life in Aglarond. He builded a dwarve-settelment in the White Mountains near Minas Tirith and visited Aglarond from time to time.

About the eastern houses (Blacklooks, Stifbeards, Ironfists and Stonefoots) we do know nearly nothing. But it is told that all houses sended trops to the war of the Dwarves against the Orks following the death of Thror. Since these Dwarves returned to their homes after the Battle of Azanulbizar the eastern kingdoms would still be in existens in the later third Age.

Respectfully
Findegil

12-15-2003, 07:02 AM	#18
Findegil King's Writer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,721	Erebor is not really in Eriador. But that not my point. Thorin's People left the Ered Luin after the death of Smaug to reinhabit Erebor, but it is said (in one of the Tolkien books - don't ask me which one) that ever some Dwarves staid there. Properbly that were some members of the westerly houses (Firebeards and Braodbeams) that had lifed there ever since the days of the seven fathers. The House of Durin (the Longbeards) setteld in many mountians. Durins place of aweking was Gundabad. From there he wandered south and founded Khazad-dûm (Moria), but it is told in The Peoples of Middleearth that the dwarves maintained Gundabad until the end of the first Age when it was captured for the first time by the orks flying from Angband. By that time the dwarves had settled the Ered Mithrim and the Iron Mountians. They considered the whole Mountianranges from Moria to the north to Gundabad and east to the Iron Mountains as their teritory. In the seconde Age they lost controll over much of the northern mountians and were reducde to Moria a few settlements in the Ered Mithrim and the Iron Mountians. The further History of the Indrafangs should be known from the Appendix of LotR. I only like to add that Moria was recaptured by the Dwarves under the rule of Durin VII. and Last son of Thorin Stonehelm. And that Gimli did not life in Aglarond. He builded a dwarve-settelment in the White Mountains near Minas Tirith and visited Aglarond from time to time. About the eastern houses (Blacklooks, Stifbeards, Ironfists and Stonefoots) we do know nearly nothing. But it is told that all houses sended trops to the war of the Dwarves against the Orks following the death of Thror. Since these Dwarves returned to their homes after the Battle of Azanulbizar the eastern kingdoms would still be in existens in the later third Age. Respectfully Findegil