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    When did Khazad-dûm actually stop being a kingdom?

    I've been researching Khazad-dûm for a video project, and one question kept coming back: At what point did it actually stop being a functioning kingdom? There seem to be three possible answers: 1. When Durin VI was killed. 2. When Náin was killed and the dwarves abandoned Khazad-dûm. 3. When...
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    📖👀 Chapter 5 (📔Book II): The Bridge of Khazad-dûm

    For me, this chapter is the most dramatic of the whole trilogy since the whole Fellowship of the Ring are involved. Balin's tomb evokes something of the wonder of the tomb of Tutankhamun - just imagine a Time Team special programme. I love the way Tolkien describes the ancient battered tome of...
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    Could a 🐲dragon have taken Khazad dum?

    Hello friends, I have a burning question that I can’t quite give myself a satisfying answer too and I’m hoping some of you Tolkien enthusiasts will answer for me. Could Smaug or perhaps a dragon like him/more powerful have successfully attacked and or taken Khazad-dum/Moria like Smaug took...
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