Bright Moon Fairy King

The elves looked at the cave entrance in front of them and looked at each other.

"I don't know where this cave leads to, but there is a high possibility that the orcs in Moria came out of here."

"I'll go down first, and you guys will follow me." With that said, Orovel jumped into the hole.

Orovel stepped on the ground and the surrounding area was a little dark, but the space was wide enough for five people to pass at the same time.He took out a white crystal stone as big as a fist from his arms, muttered a few spells and then shook it hard.Suddenly the white crystal gave off a sparkling light that illuminated the entire cave.

Then Legolas and the others jumped down. "Orovel, this thing of yours is so convenient and so bright."

Orovel smiled faintly and said, "It's just a little gadget. If you like, I'll give you a few." As he said that, he took out a few more white crystals the size of a baby's fist from his arms.Legolas was not shy and happily accepted the gift he gave.

In this way, after two hours of journey, they arrived at the exit of the cave. The cave was still dark.But Orovel extinguished the white crystal in his hand.Because their destination has arrived, the iconic dwarf giant underground palace.

Moria - the former Khazad-dûm.Founded by King Durin I in ancient times.Durin I awakened in Mount Gundabad, north of the Misty Mountains.He traveled south to a shining lake in Darkstream, where his reflected image wore a crown of stars. He named the lake Keled-Zaram in Dwarven tongue. , that is, Mirror Lake in common language.Since then, Mirror Lake has become a holy place in the hearts of dwarves, whether they belong to the Durin clan or not.In the caves above Darkstream, Durin I began building Khazad-dûm.

Durin I became the first King of Khazad-dûm in history.Durin died before the end of the First Age, but his descendants still ruled Khazad-dûm.In later history there were six Khazad-dûm kings named Durin.The dwarves believed that these later kings named Durin were the reincarnations of the soul and spirit of Durin I. They inherited the appearance and memory of Durin I, so Durin's soul remained immortal until the death of Durin VII.

The halls of Khazad-dûm expanded beneath the Misty Mountains, filled with light and music.The dwarves became very wealthy and discovered mithril deep underground, a precious metal found only in Khazad-dûm.The dwarves crafted weapons and many other beautiful things, which they traded with humans for food.

Thousands of years passed, and Durin's descendants prospered in the halls of Khazad-dûm, and the name of the great city spread throughout the world.It is even mentioned in the History of the Silmarillion, although to the elven kings fighting in the west, Khazad-dûm was merely a word heard from the dwarves of the Blue Mountains on the eastern borders of Beleriand. It's just a rumor.

After Beleriand was destroyed in the War of Wrath in 40E [-], most of the dwarves who lived in Belegost and Nogrod in the Blue Mountains came west to Khazad-dûm.As Khazad-dûm's population increased, the arrival of these western kin also brought Khazad-dûm skills in casting, carving, and blacksmithing.All these made Khazad-dûm more prosperous, and its prosperity reached its peak during this period.

In 750 of the Second Age, some of the Noldor elves who survived the War of Wrath came to Eriador, and they founded Eregion outside the west gate of Khazad-dûm.The dwarves of Khazad-dûm established precious friendships with the newly arrived elves.Celebrimbor, the leader of Eregion, and Na'vi, the craftsman of Khazad-dûm, forged the West Gate of Moria.Until the destruction of Eregion, the Noldor traveled through Moria to Lothlórien, east of the Misty Mountains.From 1350 to 1400 of the Second Era, Galadriel, Amroth and Celebrían left Eregion and headed east through the Misty Mountains via Khazad-dûm to Lothlórien, but Celeborn He stayed in Eregion because he hated the dwarves.

Around 1500 of the Second Age, Celebrimbor forged the Seven Rings of the Dwarves and gave the first of the Seven Rings to Durin III, King of Khazad-dûm at the time.In 1697 of the Second Age, Sauron sent an army to attack Eregion, and Durin III fully supported Eregion's elves. Despite this, Eregion still could not escape the fate of destruction.As the elves withdrew from Eregion, Durin III sealed the west gate, and Khazad-dûm was isolated from the outside world. From then on, Sauron hated the dwarves very much and ordered the Orcs to be enemies of the dwarves forever.It was also at this time that the Orcs invaded Mount Gundabad and drove the dwarves from their holy land.

At the end of the Second Era, with the outbreak of the Last Alliance War, the door to Khazad-dûm opened again.The dwarves and elves fought alongside men to ultimately defeat Sauron.With Sauron's defeat, the dwarves returned to their homeland and sealed Khazad-dûm once again

In 1300 of the Third Era, the evil forces in Middle-earth became active again. The Orcs attacked the dwarves in the Misty Mountains, but Khazad-dûm remained indestructible.Khazad-dûm's wealth further increased, but the dwarf race began to decline.The dwarves dug deeper into the earth, but mithril became increasingly difficult to obtain.In 1980 of the Third Age, the dwarves dug too deep, awakening the nameless horror that lurked beneath the city in ancient times.This creature wreaked havoc on Khazad-dûm and killed King Durin VI, so it was named Durin's Nemesis.The next year it killed a second king, Nain I, son of Durin VI, and the dwarves were forced into exile from their homeland.After thousands of years of glory, the great city of Khazad-dûm fell into darkness and emptiness. Khazad-dûm was renamed Moria.

Durin's nemesis, who was later known to be the Balrog serving the Dark Lord Morgoth, once again lurked in Moria until the Orcs of the Misty Mountains entered Moria in 2480 of the Third Age and occupied Khazadok. Mu's wealth, they worshiped the Balrog as a god.Under Sauron's instruction, the Orcs and trolls occupied the already empty Moria to block the road from Eriador to the Anduin Valley.In 2799 of the Third Era, the Battle of Azanubizzar broke out in the Darkstream Valley outside the east gate of Moria. This war ended in the victory of the dwarves. Since then, the number of Orcs in Moria has been greatly reduced.Despite this, the Balrogs still lived in Moria, and the dwarves were unable to take advantage of the situation and regain their homeland.After Thrain II disappeared, Gandalf entered Moria in search of him but failed to find him. However, he successfully passed through the Mines of Moria and proved that it was a passage through the Misty Mountains.