Khazad-dûm: How the Greatest Dwarf Kingdom Became Moria | Tolkien
Who built Khazad-dûm, and how did the greatest of all Dwarf-kingdoms become the haunted dark of Moria? In this deep dive into Tolkien's Middle-earth, we follow Durin the Deathless from the crown of stars he saw in the Mirrormere to the mithril-rich halls that made his people the wonder of the world. Khazad-dûm was sealed in friendship with the Elves, in the Doors of Durin wrought by Narvi and Celebrimbor, and broken by greed when the Dwarves delved too deep and woke a Balrog of the Elder Days, Durin's Bane. We trace the long fall through Azanulbizar, Balin's doomed colony and the Book of…
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