Mótsog
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Description
Mótsog the Traitor is an infamous name among the Longbeards.
Once one of the closest friends of Durin the Deathless in the First Age, Mótsog was entrusted with the rule of Gundabad when Durin relocated with many of their people to build and inhabit Khazad-dûm. In Durin's absence, Mótsog raised the Greymaul Rebellion against his king. Mótsog ordered the city of Biriz-zahar built, south of Gundabad in the Misty Mountains above the Wells of Langflood. Much of the city was destroyed in battle, and it is known now as Sundergrót, occupied by goblins, orcs, and trolls. The Longbeard stories say that Mótsog was slain by Durin for his treachery in Sundergrót.
| Spoiler Alert: The Legacy of Durin and the Trials of the Dwarves: Chapter 10 |
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.jpg) Left with little help against the armies of Morgoth out of Angband that took advantage of the great exodus from Gundabad, Mótsog grew desperate and bitter. He lost all but his youngest son, Módvit, in the fighting. When he rebelled against Durin, it is true that it came to an end in the heights of Biriz-zahar, as the stories say. Mótsog was not slain there, however. Durin spared him, and Mótsog shorn his beard as penance, and he retreated to a lonely dwelling deep beneath Gundabad, its entry hidden in Zul-mazal. Only Durin visited him there, and in time Mótsog fell into a deep trance, given the dreaming sight to witness the dwarves over the next two Ages, until Durin returned for him. Quest InvolvementThe Legacy of Durin and the Trials of the Dwarves:
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