The King of Durin's Folk is the High King of the Dwarves of Durin or Longbeards. Durin's Folk is the clan that succeeded from one of the seven ancient forefathers of the Dwarves named Durin. They founded and originally lived in Khazad-dûm, the glorious kingdom of old, where they reigned for millennia. But in TA 1980, as the Dwarves expend the mines of Khazad-dûm, they awakened the Balrog, which forced them to abandon their majestic halls. The Dwarves of Durin established new settlements and realms in other lands and mountains. These include the kingdom under the Mountain (also Erebor or Lonely Mountain), Ered Luin or the Blue Mountains, and Ered Mithrin or the Blue Mountains.
The Succession of the Kings of Durin
The Renowned Kingdom of Khazad-dûm
Name | Birth | Death | Realm(s) | Notes |
Durin I, the Deathless | Year of the Trees | Khazad-dûm | Durin the Deathless is the Father of all of Durin's Folk. He was one of the seven Dwarves ancestors from which all Dwarves descended. He founded their first kingdom of Khazad-dûm and reigned as the first King of Durin's Folk for a long, immeasurable period. For this reason, he earned the name Deathless. But later on, he died in the First Age. | |
Durin II | - | - | Khazad-dûm | Durin I became a close ally of Men from the valleys of the Anduin river. |
Durin III | - | - | Khazad-dûm | Durin III was one of the Dwarf-Lords who received seven Rings of Power. The ring remained in his line and passed on up to Thrór, then called Ring of Thror. Celebrimbor, his close comrade and Lord of Eregion, gave him this ring as the reigning King of Khazad-dûm during the creation of the Rings of Power around S.A. 1500 - 1590. |
Durin IV | End of the Second Age | Beginning of the Third Age | Khazad-dûm | Durin IV was the King of Khazad-dûm during the War of the Last Alliance and fought with a vast assembly of Dwarves. |
Durin V | - | - | Khazad-dûm | Durin V was known to have used the Ring of Power wisely, bringing abundance to his realm. |
Durin VI | Third Age 1731 | 1980 | Khazad-dûm | Durin VI was the seated king when the Balrog arose. The creature killed Durin VI. From then on, they called the beast Durin's Bane. They named the fallen realm as Moria. |
Náin I | 1832 | 1981 | Khazad-dûm | Náin I ruled as king for a year when the Balrog also killed him. |
From Khazad-dûm to the new realm of Erebor
Name | Birth | Death | Realm(s) | Notes |
Thráin I | 1981 | TA 2190 | Erebor | Thráin I initiated the abandonment of Khazad-dûm and moved his people to the north. In TA 1999, he established a new kingdom of Durin's Folk under the Lonely Mountain. |
The Realm in the Grey Mountains
Name | Birth | Death | Realm(s) | Notes |
Thorin I | 2190 | TA 2289 | Erebor, Ered Mithrin | A new Dwarf settlement flourished in Ered Mithrin or Grey Mountains. Thorin the first moved his realm in Grey Mountains and left Erebor. |
2289 | TA 2385 | Ered Mithrin | GlĂłin progressed the mines of the Grey Mountains, and the Dwarves of Durin completely deserted the Lonely Mountain. | |
Ă“in | 2385 | 2488 | Ered Mithrin | In TA 2460, in the later years of Ă“in's rule, darkness re-emerged with replenishing power and occupied Dol Guldur located in the forest of Mirkwood. Sauron commanded his vile servants to take over Moria, and the Orcs once more swarmed the Misty Mountains to obstruct all paths entering Eriador. |
Náin II | 2488 | 2585 | Ered Mithrin | During the dominion of Náin II in TA 2570, Dragons began to emerge from the north and assault the bountiful realms of the Dwarves of Durin. |
Dáin I | 2589 | 2589 | Ered Mithrin | After reigning for a few years, a Cold-drake assailed his kingdom and slew the king on his gates. His son ascended to the throne upon his death. |
Second Realm of Erebor and Dunland
Name | Birth | Death | Realm(s) | Notes |
ThrĂłr | 2589 | TA 2790 | Ered Mithrin, Erebor, Exile, Dunland | ThrĂłr gathered his people away from the north due to the dragons' constant attacks and moved them back to Erebor. He reigned in the Lonely Mountain for a hundred and eighty years. But the Dragon Smaug came, conquered Erebor. The king and his people fled and roamed the lands until they remained in Dunland. Afterward, ThrĂłr journeyed to Moria in hopes of reclaiming Durin Folk's ancient realm. But the Orc Azog slaughtered him, igniting the Dwarves' wrath and leading to the War of the Dwarves and Orcs. |
The realm in Dunland and Ered Luin
Name | Birth | Death | Realm(s) | Notes |
2790 | TA 2850 | Dunland, Ered Luin | During the Battle of Azanulbizar, Thráin II and the Dwarves defeated Azog and his Orcs, bringing justice to their savage killing of Thrór. He settled in Dunland at the beginning of his rule. Then he relocated northwest and remained in the western border of Eriador, in the Blue Mountains. Later on, he decided to reclaim the Lonely Mountain. In TA 2845, as Thráin traveled the lands, the Necromancer's servants caught him and kept him imprisoned until his death. |
The realm from the Ered Luin and the Third Kingdom under the Mountain
Name | Birth | Death | Realm(s) | Notes |
2850 | TA 2941 | Ered Luin, Erebor | Thorin II ruled his people for a long time in the Blue Mountains. Nevertheless, he longed to continue his father's same endeavor to re-establish the former glory of the kingdom under the Mountain. He formed a party with Gandalf's help, including Dwarves and the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Against all perils, Thorin headed the quest and reclaimed Erebor from the dragon Smaug. But he perished during the Battle of the Five Armies with his nephews Kili and Fili, ending the king's lineage from ThrĂłr. The succession went to Gror's line, ThrĂłr's little brother, in Dain Ironfoot, Gror's grandson. | |
2941 | Erebor | He governed the reclaimed kingdom under the Mountain for a long time. He perished in the War of the Ring, during the Battle of Dale. | ||
Thorin III Stonehelm | 3019 | Beginning of the Fourth Age | Erebor | He succeeded as king upon the death of Dain II. He battled and stood ground in Erebor until the downfall of Sauron, and their enemies fled. The written history of the King's Line ends with him. |
The Reclaimed Ancient Kingdom of Khazad-dûm
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