![]() ![]() The giant Gundabad Orc had sworn to wipe out the line of Durin. Portrayal in adaptations The Hobbit film trilogy " Moria had been taken by legions of Orcs led by the most vile of their race. Tolkien refers to Azog as a "goblin" elsewhere in The Lord of the Rings he describes him as a "great Orc." This is not a discrepancy, however, since in the legendarium goblin is merely a synonym of Orc. Incidentally, this is the only place that J.R.R. Azog's underground realm's population had been greatly reduced in the war and his reign passed to his son Bolg for the next 150 years, until Bolg's death in the Battle of Five Armies.Īzog is mentioned briefly in The Hobbit by Gandalf, who says to Thorin, "Your grandfather Thrór was killed, you remember, in the mines of Moria by Azog the Goblin," to which Thorin responds "Curse his name, yes". ![]() ![]() Dáin had glimpsed Durin's Bane deep within and warned Thráin to not attempt entering Moria. Įxcept for Thráin, the Dwarves made no attempt to press their advantage by pursuing the Orcs into the mines, many of them having been slain. His head was impaled on a stake, and the pouch of coins he had thrown to Nár was stuffed into his mouth. In that battle, Azog slew Náin on the stairs, but was beheaded by Dáin, son of Náin when he attempted to retreat. After nine years of war, before the gates of Moria itself, the climactic Battle of Azanulbizar was fought and Azog emerged from the gate of Moria. So began the War of the Dwarves and Orcs: the Dwarves began to hunt Azog, and many battles were fought beneath the earth. When news of this reached Thrór's heir, Thráin II, he was greatly angered and mustered a force of Dwarves from Durin's Folk and the six other clans to seek revenge on Azog, though this preparation took three years. When he looked back, Orcs had emerged from the gate and were hacking apart Thrór's body and flinging the pieces as carrion for the crows. Nár was barred from retrieving the head of Thrór, and the Orcs threw him a small pouch of coins of little worth as a final gesture of scorn. His name, carved in runes onto the brow of Thrór, became branded onto the hearts of the Dwarves, and stoked their anger. Īzog then proclaimed that he had killed Thrór and now ruled Moria as King. Azog demanded that Nár deliver a message back to Thrór's people, warning that beggars who dared to enter Moria and attempt thievery would meet a similar fate. Thrór encountered Azog there, and Azog beheaded him, carving his name in Thrór's head and throwing the body back to Nár the sole Dwarf who had accompanied the King. He entered history in the year TA 2790 due to King Thrór's desire to revisit and perhaps restore the lost realm of Khazad-dûm. ![]()
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