![]() ![]() ![]() Pyres and Great Labour, by Tulikoura on deviantART A dark day it must have been for him to have lost a son, while gaining nothing but a fruitless victory. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin’s Bane.” With little support, Thráin could do nothing but agree. Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Dain, his kinsman, forestalled his entry to Moria with the words “You are the father of our folk, and we have bled for you, and will again. The cost of revenge had been too great, and the leaders of the other Houses believed their duty was fulfilled. He would have gone in to claim the ancient throne of Durin had not his army balked at going further. Once Azog was killed, and the rest of the orcs decimated or scattered, Thráin believed their way to Khazad-dum lay unbarred. A large percentage of the dwarf warriors gave their lives to avenge Thrór’s that day. Thráin led the charge against Azog’s forces, but he was blinded in one eye during the fight, and his son Frerin was killed. The final battle culminated where it all began outside the gates of Khazad-dum, at the Battle of Azanulbizar. The orcs learned to regret their challenge to Durin’s heir, as over the next few years, Thráin and his army hunted them down without mercy. Now as King of Durin’s Folk, it was Thráin’s right to call on dwarves from across the Seven Houses to aid him, and he spent years amassing an army for the express purpose of avenging the death of Thrór. Nar at the Gate of Moria, by Tulikoura on deviantART Nar brought the news to Thráin, who brooded on it for seven days, until he could bear it no more. They tossed Thrór’s severed head to Nar, as a challenge to any who would dare enter the mines. Their leader, Azog, took great pleasure in his death. Thrór’s dream of reclaiming Khazad-dum turned quickly to nightmare, as he was met by orcs inside the mines. He may have been a little mad by this point, but at least he possessed enough sense to pass along the secret heirlooms of his house to Thráin before leaving a map of the Lonely Mountain, a key to the secret passageway, and the last of the Seven Rings of the dwarf-kings. Taking one old companion named Nar, Thrór left his son and grandchildren, and returned to the gates of Khazad-dum (and to the impossible dream of reclaiming the ancestral home of Durin). ![]() Gone were the days of wealth and glory, but Thráin’s father was not prepared to live like this forever. They journeyed south to Dunland, and did what they could to survive. It is implied that the now homeless dwarves found no aid from men or elves in the aftermath of this disaster, though it is likely their allies in Dale were just as devastated. Many of their people were trapped in the mountain and killed, but Thrór and Thráin escaped via a secret passageway. By the time his youngest child was ten, Thráin’s world suffered a tragic upheaval when the dragon Smaug came to call. By the age of 126, Thráin had three children two sons, Thorin and Frerin, and a daughter named Dis. Thráin will be played by New Zealand actor Mike Mizrahi.īorn in 2644, the only son of King Thrór, Thráin II was destined never to claim the title King under the Mountain, though during much of his father’s reign, their kingdom was prosperous, and trade between the dwarves of Erebor and the men of Dale flourished.
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