Nogrod
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| Place from Tolkien's Legendarium |
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| Name | Nogrod |
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| Other names | Tumunzahar |
| Realm(s) | Ered Luin / Blue Mountains |
| Type | City/Citadel |
| Lifespan | First Age |
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Nogrod was one of two Dwarven cities in the Ered Luin of Middle-earth.
It was the home of the Dwarven House known as the Firebeards. Its name in Khuzdul was Tumunzahar of unknown meaning. Nogrod was the name given to it by the Sindar of Beleriand, and translates to English as "The Hollowbold".
Nogrod lay to the north of Mount Dolmed, from which place the Dwarf-road descended west into Beleriand and east across Eriador. It was home to the renowned Dwarven smiths Gamil Zirak and his pupil Telchar: Ëol, 'the Dark Elf' often visited Nogrod, which presumably helped him to devise Galvorn.
Nogrod was initially on cordial terms with the Elves of Beleriand and traded extensively with them, but relations suddenly soured with catastrophic consequences when Thingol of Doriath and several dwarves of Nogrod were killed following an argument that arose over ownership of the Nauglamír, an ancient and precious dwarven necklace that had been crafted into union with a Silmaril, an even more magnificent elvish treasure.
The Firebeards assembled a vengeful host that successfully sacked Menegroth after the departure of Thingol's grieving widow, a Maia who took her powerful protective magic, the Girdle of Melian, with her. These warriors were subsequently ambushed and annihilated by a host of Laiquendi led by Thingol's son-in-law, Beren Erchamion, together with a group of Ents.
Like Belegost to the north, Nogrod was 'ruined' shortly after this disaster, when the Blue Mountains were shrunk and broken in half during the War of Wrath at the end of the Second Age. Although may Dwarves consequently left the ruins of Nogrod and Belegost 60 years later, some Dwarves of one house or another continued to occupy the Ered Luin throughout the Third Age and into the Fourth, but assuredly in much reduced circumstances.
| Dwarves from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium | |
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Azaghâl | Balin | Bifur | Bofur | Bombur | Borin | Dáin I | Dáin II Ironfoot | Dís | Dori | Durin(s) | Dwalin | Fíli | Flói | Frerin | Frár | Frór | Fundin | Gamil Zirak | Gimli | Glóin | Gróin | Grór | Ibûn | Khîm | Kíli | Lóni | Mîm | Náin I | Náin II | Náin son of Grór | Náli | Nár | Narvi | Nori | Óin | Ori | Telchar | Thorin I | Thorin II Oakenshield | Thorin III | Thráin I | Thráin II | Thrór |
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| Kingdoms of the Dwarves | |
| Belegost | Iron Hills | Khazad-dûm | Lonely Mountain | Nogrod | |
