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The '''Fall of Mount Gundabad''', took place shortly after [[Sack of Eregion|Eregion was destroyed]] (c. {{SA|1697}} <ref>{{App|SA}}</ref>).
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|conflict=Orc Invasion of the Mountains of the North (Second Age)
|date=Mid-[[Second Age]]
|place=Mount Gundabad
|result=The [[Longbeards]] are driven from Gundabad, and the Orcs claim a foothold in the mountains of the North.
|side1=[[Dwarves]] of [[Durin's folk]]
|side2=[[Orcs]]
|commanders1=Unknown
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|forces2=Unknown, likely many thousands.
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The '''Fall of Mount Gundabad''', took place in the mid-Second Age.
After the doors of [[Khazad-dûm]] were [[Sack of Eregion|shut]], [[Orcs]], reinforced and commanded by the servants of [[Sauron]], invaded [[Mount Gundabad]] and drove the [[Longbeard]] Dwarves from their holy site and dwelling. As a result, the [[Grey Mountains]] were infested and communication between [[Khazad-dûm]] and the [[Iron Hills]] was cut off.<ref>{{PM|Dwarves}}, p. 305</ref>
It was a conflict in which Orcs who had fled the [[War of Wrath]]{{fact}} in the [[First Age]], invaded [[Mount Gundabad]] from [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]]{{fact}}, and drove the [[Longbeard]] Dwarves from their holy site and dwelling. One which they would not gain back till after the [[War of the Ring]].<ref>{{PM|Dwarves}}, p. 305</ref>
 
The mount would remain populated by Orcs for centuries until the years between {{TA|2793}} and {{TA|2799}}, when a coalition by [[Thráin II]] [[Sacking of Mount Gundabad|sacked]] it.<ref>{{App|Durin}}</ref>


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[[Category:Conflicts of the Second Age]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Second Age]]

Latest revision as of 19:14, 17 February 2021

This article describes a concept which is mentioned in J.R.R. Tolkien's works, but was never given a definite name.

The Fall of Mount Gundabad, took place shortly after Eregion was destroyed (c. S.A. 1697 [1]).

After the doors of Khazad-dûm were shut, Orcs, reinforced and commanded by the servants of Sauron, invaded Mount Gundabad and drove the Longbeard Dwarves from their holy site and dwelling. As a result, the Grey Mountains were infested and communication between Khazad-dûm and the Iron Hills was cut off.[2]

The mount would remain populated by Orcs for centuries until the years between T.A. 2793 and T.A. 2799, when a coalition by Thráin II sacked it.[3]

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