The impregnable gates and walls of the Lonely Mountain, furnished and extensively worked with advanced, complex and intricate Dwarven stonework, defense planning and smith-work, easily withstood the siege equipment of the Easterlings. The Dwarves and Men fought a pitched battle against the invaders, eventually emerging victorious over their opponents. The sheer force of the feared and renowned Easterlings crushed the Men of Dale and routed their forces, which had to rally back to the protection of the Lonely Mountain. In TA 3019 on the 17th of March, a horde of Easterling soldiers from Rhûn swarmed over the Redwater river, opening up a second front in the northern theater of the War of the Ring. The gates of Minas Tirith, broken by Grond and the Witch-King, were reforged in steel and mithril by the Dwarves, and (if I recall correctly) the Glittering Caves of Aglarond, near Helm's Deep, were visited by Dwarves led by Gimli, who shaped and cultivated their natural beauty.įrom the LOTR Wiki : The demise of Smaug was not to be the last of Lonely Mountain's many troubles. We know little of the battle there save that they were repulsed, but King Brand was slain and Dain fell wielding his axe mightily in his great age, defending the body of Brand.Īfter the return of the King, Thorin III Stonehelm took over the Kingship. Dain refuses to answer this offer twice - the third and final offer comes before the end of the year and, we guess, was rejected.įor in War of the Ring, Sauron struck at Dale and the Mountain with Orcs and Easterlings, before he attacked Minas Tirith. Not all is well in paradise, though- in the opening year of LOTR, a messenger (probably a Nazgul) comes to speak with Kings Dain and Brand, offering rich reward and the return of Moria (which they now suspect to have lost), along with one of the Seven, for news or capture of "Baggins", who Sauron has guessed was known to the Dwarves. At the time of Fellowship, though Balin, Ori and Oin have been lost in Moria, the ten companions of the Quest still remain (and Bombur is so fat that it takes six young dwarves to carry him around) A glimpse in the wealth of the area can be found at Bilbo's party, where many of the toys he gives out to children are from Dale, and of "real dwarf-make". Dale has been rebuilt and Brand, grandson of Bard, is king there.
In Fellowship at the Council of Elrond, Gloin talks about how the Kingdom under the Mountain, under Dain, has renewed its wealth and riches as of old.
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