![]() On the other hand, the messenger warned that "things will not seem so well" if the Dwarves did not help.ĭáin refused to be tricked or intimidated, and sent the messenger away without an answer, and instead sent Glóin to Rivendell, to consult with Elrond, while Dáin prepared the Lonely Mountain for war.ĭáin participated in the War of the Ring's northern campaign but was killed during the Battle of Dale in TA 3019, defending the body of King Brand of Dale before the gates of the Lonely Mountain. To the Dwarf-Lords, and Moria would be theirs to possess forever. a trifle that Sauron fancies." The messenger said that, if the Dwarves could deliver the Ring itself, then Sauron would return three of the Rings of Power that originally belonged Track down the One Ring, which the messenger described as "least of rings. When Balin and other dwarves decided to retake Moria, Dáin initially refused, but Balin insisted on going.Ī few months before the Council of Elrond, a messenger from Mordor appeared at the gates of the Lonely Mountain and offered the Dwarves an alliance with Sauron, asking only in return that the Dwarves share what they knew "concerning Hobbits", and help to Dáin was a wise and just ruler, and brought much wealth to the mountain realm and was on good terms with the Men of Dale in the south,Īnd probably the Elven king of Northern Mirkwood as well, which ensured peace for many years to come. After the battle, Dáin thanked the Eagles for their timely intervention, crowning their chief with gold and swearing the dwarvesĭáin II Ironfoot in combat at the Battle of the Five Armies:Īfter Thorin's death, Dáin became King under the Mountain and King of Durin's folk, the first not to be in a direct line. He arrived just in time for the Battle of the Five Armies. Dáin marched with five hundred Dwarven soldiers, exceptionally strong even by Dwarven standards, clad in heavyĪrmor and iron boots, and armed with mattocks, shields, and broadswords. Truly capable of dealing with Sauron's forces at that time.ĭáin arrives at the Lonely Mountain with an army of dwarves from the Iron Hills for the Battle of the Five Armies:ĭáin was the friend and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield, and responded to Thorin's call for help during the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain. His kingdom at the Iron Hills was so great that they were the only people Dáin alone looked past the gate into Moria, and had the wisdom to know that it was impossible for the dwarves to return at that time. Dáin's feat was heralded asĪ magnificent and glorious triumph for one so young. He was a very young Dwarf at the time, being only thirty-two years of age, by the Dwarves reckoning, he was still a stripling. The death of Náin, Dáin rushed up the steps and slew Azog himself, thus avenging his father's death. He was a Dwarven King of Durin's Folk, the fifth King under the Mountain,Īnd the Lord of the Iron Hills during the War of the Ring in Middle-earth in the late Third Age.ĭáin II Ironfoot crowned King Under the Mountain:ĭáin followed his grandfather, Grór, in lordship after Náin was killed by the great Orc chieftain Azog during the Battle of Azanulbizar, the final conflict in the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, before he could inherit the lordship. Dáin II Ironfoot, "King Under the Mountain"ĭáin II Ironfoot or King Dáin was the son of Náin and the grandson of Grór, the youngest son of Dáin I of Durin's folk, and was lord of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills in Wilderland. ![]()
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