Dáin I
- This page is about the historical Longbeard king. For the contemporary King Under the Mountain, see Dáin II Ironfoot.
| Biography: Dáin I | |
|---|---|
| Birth - Death | Third Age 2440 - 2589 |
| Race: | Dwarf |
| Gender: | Male |
| Ancestor(s): | Durin the Deathless ⁞ |
| Parent(s): | Náin II |
| Dáin I | |
| Sibling(s): | Borin |
| Child(ren): | Thrór II, Frór, Grór |
| Descendant(s): | ⁞ Thorin Oakenshield, Fíli, Kíli, Dáin II Ironfoot, Thorin III Stonehelm, Náin the Slakeless, Durin VII |
| Info: | King of Durin's Folk Fifth and last King of Grárik |
Dáin I (Northern for deadlike) was the King of Durin's Folk and the fifth and last King of Grárik, ruling for only four years. He was the son of King Náin II and heir of Durin the Deathless, being the five times great-grandson of Durin VI.[1]
Biography
Dáin was born in the Ered Mithrin within the Grey-realm of Grárik, as the hereditary prince of the Longbeards. His younger brother was Borin, from whom several famous dwarves of Thorin's Company and Gimli of the Company of the Ring were descended from.
In TA 2585, he succeeded his father as King of Durin's Folk and as the fifth and last King of Grárik. [1]
His brief reign was plagued by attacks from dragon-kind in the Grey Mountains, during the War of the Dwarves and Dragons. As the keeps of their realm fell one by one, the great frost-drake Vethúg Wintermind descended upon his seat of power at Thikil-gundu, and sacked the Steel-keep grievously. Dáin and his second son Frór were both slain in the chaos, and the Dwarves were forced to abandon the Grey Mountains and their halls to ruin and search for new homes in the east. Dáin was aged 149 upon his death.[1]
Thrór II, Dáin's eldest son and heir, returned many of their people to Erebor to repopulate the Kingdom under the Mountain, while Thrór's remaining brother Grór led a contingent of Durin's Folk to establish a new Longbeard realm in the Iron Hills.[2]
Dáin I would become the namesake of his great-grandson Dáin Ironfoot, Lord of the Iron Hills, and later King under the Mountain.[1]