


The nine-year-long War of the Dwarves and the Orcs, culminating in the bloody Battle of Azanulbizar, saw the eventual defeat of the Orcs, but brought with it severe repercussions, threatening the Dwarves’ very existence.Only in the year 2941, after Bard the Bowman slew the dragon Smaug, did the Dwarves at last regain hope. Constant warring with Dragons and Orcs saw the loss of settlements in the Grey Mountains and Erebor. King Dain After the destruction of the great Dwarven settlements of Nogrod and Belegost at the end of First Age, and the capturing of Khazad-dûm by the Balrog in 1980, the Dwarves fell into decay.
