What Happened In MORIA (Khazad-dûm) Before & After The Lord of the Rings? | Middle Earth Lore

hello and welcome to the broken sword today we are looking at what happened in moria both before and after the lord of the rings [Music] so before we dive into the mine of the video i'd like to give a mention to michael of the youtube channel natwan videos as well as benji of benji's hobbies michael has made us something incredible that links us to today's topic and benji has sent us something amazing to go with that too but stay tuned until later in the video for the details on that so now let's dive down deep to where the drums echo the mines of moria also known as the great kingdom of kazadoom was an ancient underground realm of the dwarves and this was located under the misty mountains it was known as the greatest kingdom of all of the houses of the dwarves and it was the original home of the first of jiren's folk we have recently done a video on what happened to the dwarves during and after the lord of the rings but if you would like a more in-depth look at them before all of this as well as having a look at their origins then let me know that down in the comments below but anyway let's move on to what happened before the fellowship entered the gates the minds of moria kazadoom the black chasm the black pit casarondo had hodrant or even duaro dalt these are some of the names given to the ancient underground realm of the dwarves this realm was founded by jiren the first who also became known by the name of jiren the deathless this father of the line of the longbeards had awoke under mount gundabat in the misty mountains during the years of the trees from here he traveled south alone until he would eventually come upon the lake known as miramir that would be located by the east gate of kazadoom which is the lake that gimli took frodo to look upon after the fellowship had passed through the mines we hear more of its discovery from the appendix a section of the lord of the rings of jiren's folk he slept alone until in the deeps of time and the awakening of that people he came to azanul bizar and in the caves above khalid zaram in the east of the misty mountains he made his dwelling where afterwards were the minds of morya renowned in song there he lived so long that he was known far and wide as during the deathless yet in the end he died before the elder days had passed and his tomb was in kazadoom it was that lake of miramir that showed jiren the sign that it was here he should settle for when he looked into the water it appeared as though a crown of glittering stars shone above his head despite the sun being in the sky it was also here after jiren would finally pass on that there would be a monument built to him called during stone this stone would stand throughout the ages albeit becoming more and more cracked and weather damaged by the time that the fellowship would travel past it during created this golden age for his house over his time they continuously grew and grew and this round was truly considered the greatest mansion of their entire race they achieved many great architectural achievements here too these would include the likes of the second hall the endless stare jiren's tower and jiren's bridge which also went by the name of the bridge of kazadoom in later ages it was not just in architecture they achieved great things though after all the dwarves were considered the greatest of miners so during these earlier years as well they came across a new precious metal that they would name mithril methyl would not be found anywhere else in middle earth except for in numenor meaning after its sinking it was truly the only place to find it the discovery of this would be the catalyst for their increase in size and wealth even after during the first eventual death but that time had not come yet as the years passed into the first age of middle earth the dwarves of kazadu managed to avoid being drawn into the wars of balerion as morgoth needed to focus his strength elsewhere however the longbeards would still maintain contact with the outside world though including the other of the dwarven clans and the men that would eventually arrive in the region of rovanian when they had come to settle there there would be an alliance and trade deal struck up between these men and the long beards with the dwarves exchanging their high quality crafted tools for food this alliance would be one of the last achievements of during the first's life as he would soon finally reach the end of his time after his passing he would be buried in a tomb inside of kazadoon now the years carry on and we move on to the second age of middle earth outside of kazadoom two of the other great kingdoms of the dwarves known as no god and bellagos that were in the blue mountains were ruined this would mean that the clans that lived there being the broad beams and the fire beams would wander for a time without a home until they finally made their way to kazadoom they would all come to live in this great kingdom however it is not actually known if they all merged to be considered one greater clan or whether they all kept themselves separate like their original fathers by the time of around the year 700 of the second age the alliance between the dwarves and men had become stronger and stronger the combined might of the heavy infantry of the dwarves along with the mounted arches of the men meant that they had the best strengths of both groups to fight off any attempts of invading orcs along with this alliance they also established their initial relations with the elves nearby it is widely considered that from this new relationship the beauty of this realm greatly increased after this point it was not just the beauty that increased them but also the size of the realm they had began to expand further westward all the way through the mountain until they could add the famous west gate on that side and this would sit on the border of aragyan even with this expansion though the dwarves still tend to live in the eastern part of moria but as for why being on the border of aragion was important is down to the lord of aragian with that being keller brimble this alf was one of the sons of feyenoor and considered one of the greatest craftsmen of all time and he struck up a great friendship with the dwarf named navi as he was considered one of the greatest craftsman of his race too it was this pair that built the western gate which explains the password of melon meaning friend in sindarin showing just why it was used for an entrance to a dwarven realm it was also this gate that the lady of lorien galadriel would use to pass through when going on to found lothlorien casadum was made up of many levels that were connected by tunnels chambers and great pillared halls and are described as having black walls polished and smooth as glass as the dwarves dived even deeper in their curiosity they stumbled across tunnels that had not been dug by them instead they were carved by unknown creatures that had existed since the earliest times in arda but the true identities of these beings is shrouded in mystery we only appear to have one true sighting of one of these creatures and that is when the watcher in the water attacks the fellowship outside of the western gate the discovery of these creatures is what led to the building of other structures for example the bridge of kazadoom it is described in the fellowship as a slender bridge of stone without curb of rail that spanned the chasm with one curving spring of 50 feet this bridge was built to perfectly suit the dwarves as a defensive system its narrow width with an enormous unknown drop either side meant that enemy soldiers would only be capable of passing over in their single file line walking straight into the heavy infantry that the dwarves possessed again we get to see this structure with the fellowship as they make their journey through the mines as this is the bridge that gandalf breaks to stop the pursuit of the balrog then falling with it as we move through the mines further we would also come to the endless stair it's climbed from the lowest dungeon to the highest peak as is described by gandalf in the two towers as ascending in a broken spiral in many thousand steps until it issued at last in jiren's tower carved in the living rock of zeraxi gill the pinnacle of the silver time these stairs are the one that gandalf fought the bauraga until they reached that pinnacle at the top so here at jiren's tower the highest peak of the realm is where the epic duel between the balrog of moria and gandalf the grey took place this fight was known as the battle of the peak with gandalf eventually striking down his foe after three days and two nights of fighting after destroying jiren's tower in the battle with this lead into the blocking of the endless stare the balrog was finally cast down breaking the mountainside as it fell with gandalf two passing from the stress that this battle took upon him although of course we know that he later returns as the more powerful gandalf the white but now back to kazadoom itself as the dwarves had grown in power and stature here sauron had developed a deep hatred for this place as described in jiren's folk section of appendix a it says the power of moria endured throughout the dark years and the dominion of sorrow although aragyon was destroyed and the gates of moria were shut the halls of kazadoom were too deep and strong and filled with a people too numerous and valiant for sauron to conquer from without thus its wealth remained long and ravished though its people began to dwindle despite sauron being aware the difficulty in attacking and the strength it would take to conquer this realm that did not stop him from at least wishing to cause the dwarves as many problems as he could sauron would send a constant attack of orcs upon their gates if for nothing more than to keep them from interfering elsewhere as more years would come and go the rings of power would be crafted into existence and between the years 1500 and 1600 of the second age these rings would be passed out to the members of the elves dwarves and men seven of these rings were given to the dwarf lords one of which was during the third who ruled over kazadoom at this point and also a fun fact here the alvin ring nenje which was the one that was given to galadriel was in fact crafted with the use of me thrill mind from kazadoom but anyway as the alvin rings had not been tainted by the hand of sauron they became aware of his treachery and his creation of his own all-powerful mastery this revelation is what started the first war against sauron this war broke out in 1693 if the second age and as a result of this during the third's allies in the iron hills had now been cut off from them after four years of war sauron had finally managed to conquer the land of aragion which remember is what lay on the border of kaza doom however thanks to this realm and at this point friendship with the owls they managed to help a great number of them escape these lands and travel through their tunnels through to the east of the misty mountains some of the more well-known of these owls that did this included the likes of aorond and calibal as aragyan had now been overrun it meant jiren's folk had to make a big call and that was to permanently close their doors at the western side this had a big effect on the inhabitants of this realm as their numbers now began to dwindle from the great population that they once had with a big portion of this also being thought to where they lost their support from the men in the veils of anduin to the east as well despite their lowering numbers this did not stop the dwarves of kazadoom lending their support and taking a stand at the end of the second age in the years 3434 through to 3441 the last alliance attacked sarah and with their help after the siege of barador and the battle of dagolat this alliance managed to bring down the dark lord and so the third age of middle-earth comes to be the dwarves of kazadoom continue to expand their treasures hoarding more and more as time goes on their wealth still remains in the large stores of methyl that they were able to mine however their numbers would continue to be on the decline which is something that likely came from dwarves becoming more interested in their mining than marion and having children this resulted in them digging deeper and deeper in the hope of discovering more hidden treasures this mining eventually led to an issue though and a big issue and that for in the year 1980 of the third age their digging disturbed something something terrible something that had slapped for a long time a great evil a balrog of morgoth this baurog is the one that would come to jewel with gandalf the grey but before that time came it would gain the nickname of jiren's bane for it slay the then king during the sixth but not just this it would also wipe out vast numbers of the dwarves and their dwellings within this kingdom too it was here that the survivors decided that they had to leave their once great home so from here this realm was left empty and eerie the dwarves were too scared to risk waking up and disturbing that great evil once again so from here kazadoom took up its newer name moria the black pit it remained empty for a time until orcs from the misty mountains began to raid the abandoned areas during these raids they discovered the baurok and started to worship it as their leader this led to these orcs taking up a permanent residence within the mines and this in turn led to more evil beings of the likes of orcs and trolls being sent there to give them a new place to grow and multiply out of the eyes of their enemies of all of the orcs to live here there was a chief amongst them named hazog the master of moria and although we see a version of this character in the hobbit movies the events for those movies were altered a fair amount from what actually happens with this orc when we reach the year 2790 of the third age the now heir of kazadoom wants to try and reclaim it this is the dwarf thraw who was king of jiren's folk for over 200 years and had led their people to the lonely mountain where he also became king under the mountain thrawl was warned against this idea but it did not stop him for he had fallen into great despair living in poverty the way that they had along with the potential influence of the ring of power that he possessed too however he should have listened to those warnings as when he entered kazadoom he was slain by azak this moment would lead to the beginning of the war of the dwarves and orcs and this began in the year 2793 and lasted for the next six years this war was a very damaging one for the dwarven race with them losing nearly half of all their warriors in the final battle but despite this number of casualties they still managed to come out victorious not learning from his father's mistakes though the son of thrall thrain would also wish to reclaim moria however the difference with him was he listened to advice dane ironfoot would advise thrain against this idea for he was the one that killed azam and after doing so he looked through the gate of kazadoom and witnessed that jiren's bane still lived on therefore the mines continued to be under the control of the orbs and now there would be a short time of quiet within those halls until the year 2989 when the dwarf once of thorin's company barlin decided that it was once again time to try and reclaim the home of his ancestors to start off with this mission appeared as though it was going well but it would turn sour fast only five years after they first arrived it reached the point that this group of dwarves would become overwhelmed by the number of orcs that now lived here as well and it is actually time for another fun fact here as at a similar time to this when the war of the ring began to take shape saron had made an offer to day 9 foot and it could have been considered a very tempting offer saron offered dane kazadoom along with the remaining dwarven rings of power of which he claimed to be in the possession of three of them if he would give sauron information about anything he may know about this one ring dane would refuse this offer though and as a result of this he would send none other than gloin of thorin's company and his son gimli to rivendale and the council of aurong which in turn would lead to him joining the fellowship of the ring but now this is where we catch up to the events of the lord of the rings as we know the fellowship entered through the west gate after not being able to pass over the mountain gandalf battles the balrog in the battle of the peak and the rest of the fellowship managed to escape into lothlorien from there so before we jump into the rest of the video of what happened here after the war of the ring was over it is time to talk about our collaboration for today's video we have been lucky enough to work with nat one videos again like we previously did on the old channel with our ammon hen video which we really hope to get back up on this one at some point in the future too but this time it's not just with natwin videos but also with benji's hobbies as well so before i give more information on that you need to have a look at this [Music] [Music] so as you can see michael of that one videos created this incredible barlins tomb set and benji painted us a set of the fellowship to go with them this has been a long time in the making and the standard of everything we have been sent is just incredible this miniature build was created for the purpose of tabletop gaming and to be honest it is so good it could work just as well as a display piece in its own right the level of hard work into the details mean the closer that you look the better it appears and also i would like to add michael has asked us to mention that he collaborated on the project with shifting land so a massive shout out to them too not just that though as the standard of painting from benji for the fellowship miniatures to make this build complete is just awesome now all i ask for all of you is if you are interested in learning more about the build or the painting both channels also have videos linked to this project which of course i will link in the description below michael has one going through the entirety of the build project and benji has videos on the painting of the fellowship as well as the law surrounding middle earth when it comes to strategy battle gaming so please go and check them both out but now we jump back into moria after the war of the ring has reached its end and well there's nowhere near as much to note of what happened after as there was before but i still think it is worth covering we get some of the little information that we do know from the history of middle earth volume of saar undefeated where it reads that gimli has set moria i have no news maybe the full talent about jiren is not for our time dark places still need a lot of cleaning up i guess it will take a lot of trouble and dare indeed yet to root out the evil creatures from the halls of morya for there are certainly plenty of orcs left in such places it is not likely that we shall ever get quite rid of them so we can take from this that for the remaining time of the third age of middle-earth the minds of morya remained populated by the evil creatures that survived the downfall of sauron so purely a realm of darkness at this point now as for any future attempts to retake and claim this kingdom once again it would only ever be by the dwarves no other race would ever hold any interest in doing so themselves but in fact there would only be one more attempt at it after barlin's attempt that would end with his falling with a final stand within the chamber of mazabul and this last attempt would not come from many many many years later which of course means the details of it are far more scarce what we do know is that it was led by the next and last reincarnation of jiren with this one being jiren the seventh or during the last this durian had in fact been prophesied about during the battle of the five armies that we witnessed in the hobbit story and when he came about during the fourth age of middle earth he was born with great desire and determination to return his line and race to their former glory as well of course believing that kazadoom was his birthright being of the line of jiren it is not known the exact time he finally orchestrated a retaken of this realm except that it was after the year 171 of the fourth age he led this final return to their ancestral city and was at the end of things successful the dwarves of the line of jiren once again dwelt in these mines with no balrog lying in sleep to be afraid of the hammers once again rang out in their great halls for as long as anyone is aware of in fact it is said in the peoples of middle-earth volume of the history of middle earth collection that they remained here until the world grew old and the dwarves failed and the days of jiren's race were ended now sadly that is all we ever get on the history of this realm after the lord of the rings but plenty goes on beforehand so hopefully that makes up for it and to be fair we do not get an awful lot of information about much attorney going into the fourth age of middle earth so this one's not really any different but so there we have it a look at the kingdom that was the most famous and awe-inspiring mansion of the dwarves in its prime it is a shame that the more that time went on it became a place of darkness and dread although thankfully it would have been restored to at least a degree of its former glory with the reclaiming of it by during the last it's definitely one of those realms that i will be curious if we ever get to see in the amazon prime show and again here i want to remind you all to check out the links to that one videos and benji's hobbies in the 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Length: 24min 40sec (1480 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 28 2021