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[[Image:Ted_Nasmith_-_T%C3%BArin_Bears_Gwindor_to_Safety.jpg|left|thumb|Turin wearing a dwarf-mask]]
[[Image:Ted_Nasmith_-_T%C3%BArin_Bears_Gwindor_to_Safety.jpg|thumb|250px|Túrin wearing a dwarf-mask, art by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
[[Image:Dwarfmask.jpg|thumb|right|Dwarf-mask of Belegost]]
{{quote|For the Naugrim withstood fire more hardily than either Elves or Men, and it was their custom moreover to wear great masks in battle hideous to look upon.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]"}}
The '''dwarf-masks''' were helmets of great crafting made in the [[First Age]] by the [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]]. These helmets had face plates which could be lowered over the face as a mask, and through this the fire of dragons might be withstood.
The '''dwarf-masks''' were helmets of great crafting made in the [[First Age]] by the [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]].


One such helm was the [[Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin]], crafted by the smith [[Telchar]] for the Dwarf King of [[Belegost]], [[Azaghâl]]. This he wore at the [[Battle of Unnumbered Tears]] where he fought [[Glaurung]], Father of Dragons.
The [[Dwarves of Belegost]] appeared in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad|Battle of Unnumbered Tears]] wearing such masks.<ref name=fifth>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> A dwarf-mask, as well as [[dwarf-mail]], was in the possession of the [[Elves of Nargothrond]]; [[Túrin]] [[Mormegil]] found in the armouries of [[Nargothrond]] an all-gilded mask which he wore before going to battle.<ref>{{CH|10}}</ref> At the [[Battle of Tumhalad]] the mask protected him from [[Glaurung]].<ref>{{CH|11}}</ref>
[[Túrin]] [[Mormegil]] was gifted a dwarf-helm during his time in [[Nargothrond]]; and before this was the rightful heir to the Dragon Helm of Dor-lómin.


==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of dwarf-masks|Images of dwarf-masks]]
*[[Dragon Helm of Dor-lómin]]
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Túrin wearing a dwarf-mask, art by Ted Nasmith
"For the Naugrim withstood fire more hardily than either Elves or Men, and it was their custom moreover to wear great masks in battle hideous to look upon."
Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"

The dwarf-masks were helmets of great crafting made in the First Age by the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains.

The Dwarves of Belegost appeared in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears wearing such masks.[1] A dwarf-mask, as well as dwarf-mail, was in the possession of the Elves of Nargothrond; Túrin Mormegil found in the armouries of Nargothrond an all-gilded mask which he wore before going to battle.[2] At the Battle of Tumhalad the mask protected him from Glaurung.[3]

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