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The '''First Sack of Gundabad''', took place in the mid [[Second Age]]. | The '''First Sack of Gundabad''', took place in the mid [[Second Age]]. | ||
It was a conflict in which [[Orcs]] who had fled the [[War of Wrath]] in the [[First Age]], invaded [[Mount Gundabad]] from [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]], and drove the [[Longbeard]] Dwarves from their holy site. One which they would not gain back till after the [[War of the Ring]]. | It was a conflict in which [[Orcs]] who had fled the [[War of Wrath]] in the [[First Age]], invaded [[Mount Gundabad]] from [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]], and drove the [[Longbeard]] Dwarves from their holy site. One which they would not gain back till after the [[War of the Ring]].<ref>{{PM|Dwarves}}, p. 305</ref> | ||
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The First Sack of Gundabad, took place in the mid Second Age. It was a conflict in which Orcs who had fled the War of Wrath in the First Age, invaded Mount Gundabad from Forodwaith, and drove the Longbeard Dwarves from their holy site. One which they would not gain back till after the War of the Ring.[1]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", p. 305
