![]() At first, this system benefited the Dwarves, as the services they provided to Men required less effort than those offered in exchange, till Men became wiser and developed skills of their own. Men chiefly provided food in exchange for Dwarven work in building, road-construction, mining, and the crafting of tools and weapons. The Dwarves, outnumbered, were glad to make alliance with Men. In the battles that followed Dwarves and Men were threatened. Īlso in that time, Morgoth's Orcs, now leaderless and reckless, but still numerous, armed and cruel, returned to the East and started harassing the Dwarven lands again, as well as the more numerous Men who settled between the Grey Mountains and Mirkwood. The Longbeards controlled Erebor, Ered Mithrin, Ered Engrin, and the eastern side of the Misty Mountains up to Lorien. In the Second Age, about the year 40, many Dwarves who lived in these cities left the destruction behind and came to Khazad-dûm, increasing its wealth and power. Second Age Īfter the War of Wrath and the breaking of Thangorodrim, the ancient cities of Nogrod and Belegost in the Blue Mountains had been ruined. ![]() The Men looked at the Dwarves with awe and were eager to learn from them. When Men first migrated west into Rhovanion and Eriador, they encountered Durin's Folk. Those lands were harassed by Orcs, but during the War of the Jewels, they were called to Beleriand as Morgoth needed all available power, and the lands were left at peace. Durin's Folk also considered the Grey Mountains, which lay between these two mansions, to be within their territory. ![]() ![]() The Dwarf-road of Mirkwood ran north-east to the Hills for the use of dwarf-traders and merchants between Khazad-dûm and the Hills. The Dwarves of Khazad-dûm also colonized the Iron Hills, which became Durin's Folk's primary source of iron-ore. ![]()
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