Skorgrím Dourhand

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Skorgrím Dourhand
LOTRO character
Biographical Information
AffiliationAngmar, Dourhands
Birthc. T.A. 2416
(revived at T.A. 3016)
DeathT.A. 3018
Physical Description
RaceDwarf
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Skorgrím Dourhand

Skorgrím Dourhand is a Dwarf of the Dourhand clan created specifically for The Lord of the Rings Online.

History[edit | edit source]

Skorgrím Dourhand is descended from ancient dwarf-lords who ruled one of the great kingdoms of the Blue Mountains, a realm that has long since fallen into ruin. His people became scattered and declined in number, but poverty and dishonour bred within them a great greed and lust for power. When the Elves of Mithlond founded the refuge of Edhelion, in the Blue Mountains, Skorgrím sought to rob them of their relics and treasures. He rallied the remnants of his people and laid siege to Edhelion. Worse yet, he had paid Goblins and Trolls to assist him, something of which no honourable Dwarf would conceive. His evil ways brought him to ruin, though Edhelion was also lost.[1]

Necromancy[edit | edit source]

Six hundred years later Ivar the Blood-Hand, a Gaunt-lord and a vile necromancer from the First Age, summoned a fell spirit which entered the preserved corpse of Skorgrím and raised it as a wight. The dark realm of Angmar used this creature to turn the Dourhands entirely to evil, leading them to believe that the creature was indeed Skorgrím reborn, to lead them to wealth and glory. Now the Dourhands serve Angmar, under the rule of the creature they know as Skorgrím.[2]

Service to Angmar[edit | edit source]

For the next two years, Skorgrím remained in Ered Luin, resurfacing when he attempted to ignite a war by hiring goblins to break in and steal Longbeard treasure from Thorin's Hall and kidnap the Elven-prince Avorthal, framing each transgression on the other side. Thankfully, his deception was uncovered, and the combined forces of Dwalin and Dorongúr Whitethorn attacked and drove Skorgrím from the valley of Rath Teraig.[3]

Skorgrím fled to the Bree-lands, where he acted in service to the Nazgûl for some time, before being sent to the Misty Mountains by the Witch-king.[4]

Final Destruction[edit | edit source]

The resurrected "Skorgrím" was defeated within the fortress of Gabilazan in the Misty Mountains.[5] The evil spirit's true and final purpose, unbeknownst to all not aligned with the Enemy, was to be sealed into the frozen corpse of the dragon Thorog by Drugoth the Death-Monger. Though initially successful, both Thorog and Drugoth were defeated and the Nazgȗl they served banished back to Mordor, leaving the spirit within the dragon presumably destroyed once and for all.[6]

References

  1. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, "Introduction", "The Refuge of Edhelion"
  2. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, "Introduction", "Skorgrím's Tomb"
  3. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, "Introduction", "Assault on Rath Teraig"
  4. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, "Stirrings in the Darkness", "Othrongroth"
  5. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, "The Last Refuge", The Last Refuge
  6. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, "The Last Refuge", "Fire and Ice"