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| {{quote|Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone...|[[The Shadow of the Past]]}}
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| The rulers of the [[Dwarves]].
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| Though the term is never explained in detail, its association with the number seven above implies that the Dwarf-lords, or at least the most important of them, were those descended from the seven [[Fathers of the Dwarves]] created by [[Aulë]]. Thus each of the seven clans of the Dwarves would have their own line of Dwarf-lords dating back into the [[Years of the Trees]]. The best known of these lines (indeed the only one known in any detail) was that of the [[Longbeards]], whose lords were descendants of [[Durin the Deathless]]. Only one Dwarf-lord from outside this line of descent is ever mentioned: [[Azaghâl]], a [[Lord of Belegost]] during the [[First Age]].
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