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The '''Broadbeams''' were one of the seven houses of the [[Dwarves]]. They were originally paired with the [[Firebeards]]. The ancestor of the Broadbeams was among the oldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves (together with the ancestors of the [[Firebeards]] and [[Longbeards]]).<ref>{{PM|Dwarves}}, p. 301</ref>


The '''Broadbeams''' were one of the seven houses of the [[Dwarves]]. They lived in the city of [[Belegost]] in the [[Ered Luin]] during the [[First Age]] and later the southern Ered Luin.
The Broadbeams (with the Firebeards) awoke in [[Dolmed|Mount Dolmed]] in the [[Blue Mountains]], and lived there throughout the history of their people. These two houses built the great Dwarven cities of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]] in the Blue Mountains, and dwelt in them before their ruining in the [[War of Wrath]]. It is not clear whether they shared the two cities or whether each house dwelt in its own.<ref>{{PM|Dwarves}}</ref>  In an [[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two|earlier version of the legendarium]] the two cities are clearly inhabited by separate houses; however, Belegost is said to be the home of the [[Durin's Folk|Longbeards]].<ref name="#">{{LT2|IV}}</ref>


==History==
==Portrayal in adaptations==
The Broadbeams were paired with the [[Firebeards]], when they were awakened by [[Eru Ilúvatar]] under [[Mount Dolmed]] before the First Age.  They became prosperous in their great city of Belegost, trading with the Firebeards in the South, and also with the [[Sindar]] and [[Noldor]] of [[Beleriand]], as well as the newly-appeared race of [[Men]].
 
The Broadbeams were some of the greatest smiths and craftsmen in Middle Earth second only to the [[Dwarves of Nogrod]].  They invented ringed mail, and also helped build the cities of [[Nargothrond]] and [[Menegroth]] for the Elves. 
 
In the [[Battle of Unnumbered Tears]], the heavily-armoured Broadbeams, with their fearsome iron masks (which was a customary thing to wear in battle for their House), held off the [[Dragon]] [[Glaurung]], as the sons of [[Fëanor]] retreated south to [[Ossiriand]].  During the battle, their Lord, King [[Azaghâl]] was killed by Glaurung.  But not before wounding the dragon with a dagger in the stomach.  Glaurung screamed in pain and fled, with many of the forces of [[Morgoth]] following him.  Forgetting the battle, the Broadbeams then picked up their fallen ruler and taking slow steps marched home singing in a low dirge with no enemy daring to come near.
 
The old kingdom of the Broadbeams came to a close in the [[War of Wrath]] with the breaking of the Ered Luin and the destruction of Beleriand, which sank beneath the waves.  Belegost was ruined and the city of the Firebeards, [[Nogrod]], was totally destroyed, sinking into the sea with much of the Ered Luin.  Some of the Dwarves stayed to build or rebuild new halls and mines, but most left for [[Khazad-dum]], home of the [[Longbeards]] swelling its numbers and bringing much craft and lore.
 
In the [[Third Age]] it seems that the Broadbeams parted ways with [[Durin's folk]] with the Firebeards, after the awakening of the [[Durin's Bane]], and headed back to the Ered Luin.  Where some remnants of there people were still living working the mines, and where it was a safe and peaceful. 
During this age also the Broadbeams more than likely answered the call of Durin's folk in there great mustering for the eventual [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]].


'''2002-5: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game]]'':'''
: The House corresponding to the Broadbeams is called '''Linnar's Folk''', said to reside mainly in the Iron Hills during the late Third Age.<ref>{{D|M}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Dwarves of Belegost]]
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Revision as of 13:03, 6 July 2015

The Broadbeams
People
Ben Wootten - Broadbeam dwarf.png
General Information
Memberseither Azaghâl or Telchar and Gamil Zirak
GalleryImages of The Broadbeams

The Broadbeams were one of the seven houses of the Dwarves. They were originally paired with the Firebeards. The ancestor of the Broadbeams was among the oldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves (together with the ancestors of the Firebeards and Longbeards).[1]

The Broadbeams (with the Firebeards) awoke in Mount Dolmed in the Blue Mountains, and lived there throughout the history of their people. These two houses built the great Dwarven cities of Nogrod and Belegost in the Blue Mountains, and dwelt in them before their ruining in the War of Wrath. It is not clear whether they shared the two cities or whether each house dwelt in its own.[2] In an earlier version of the legendarium the two cities are clearly inhabited by separate houses; however, Belegost is said to be the home of the Longbeards.[3]

Portrayal in adaptations

2002-5: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game:

The House corresponding to the Broadbeams is called Linnar's Folk, said to reside mainly in the Iron Hills during the late Third Age.[4]

See also

References

Dwarven Clans
Longbeards · Firebeards · Broadbeams · Ironfists · Stiffbeards · Blacklocks · Stonefoots · (Petty-dwarves)