Dates

III 2790 to III 2799 (9 years)

Location

Beneath the Misty Mountains, from Gundabad southward to Moria

Origins

Triggered by the slaying of King Thrór of the Dwarves by the Goblin Azog

Races

Dwarves and Orcs

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War of the Dwarves and the Orcs

The great underground conflict following the death of Thrór

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

A great war of the later Third Age between the Dwarves and Orcs. Precipitated by the murder of King Thrór by the Orc-chieftain Azog, the War lasted nine years, and the Orcs were eventually defeated at the Battle of Nanduhirion.

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