War of the Dwarves and Orcs

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conflict in Tolkien legendarium event in Middle-earth fictional war

The War of the Dwarves and Orcs is a major conflict in Tolkien's legendarium, in which the Dwarves waged a brutal, years-long campaign of vengeance against the Orcs of the Misty Mountains following the slaying of King Thrór.

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Surface form Occurrences
War of the Dwarves and Orcs campaigns in the Misty Mountains 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict in Tolkien legendarium ⓘ
event in Middle-earth ⓘ
fictional war ⓘ
aftermath increased enmity between Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
lasting grief among the Dwarves ⓘ
weakening of Orc presence in the Misty Mountains ⓘ
appearsIn Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ
The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings appendices NERFINISHED ⓘ
author J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause Dwarven desire for vengeance ⓘ
slaying of King Thrór NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalRelation occurs before The Hobbit ⓘ
occurs before The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
fictionalLocation Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre high fantasy ⓘ
hasTheme grief ⓘ
the cost of war ⓘ
vengeance ⓘ
involvesLocation Azanulbizar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moria NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesRace Dwarves ⓘ
Orcs ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
ledBy Dáin Ironfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thráin II NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainParticipants Dwarves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orcs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orcs of the Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Azanulbizar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Nanduhirion NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFigure Azog NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dáin Ironfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thráin II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thrór NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingCommander Azog NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy death of Thrór in Moria ⓘ
relatedTo Dwarves of Durin's line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moria NERFINISHED ⓘ
history of Durin's Folk ⓘ
result Battle of Azanulbizar NERFINISHED ⓘ
devastation of the Orcs of the Misty Mountains ⓘ
heavy losses for the Dwarves ⓘ
timePeriod Third Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thrór → event → War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
Battle of Azanulbizar → follows → War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
this entity surface form: War of the Dwarves and Orcs campaigns in the Misty Mountains
Battle of Azanulbizar → isFinalBattleOf → War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
Third Age → majorConflict → War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
Battle of Azanulbizar → partOf → War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
sack of Erebor → relatedEvent → War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sack of Erebor