Character

Durin

The eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves and founder of the line of Durin’s Folk.

Supplementary writingsFrom posthumously published works, notes, drafts or appendices.

Race & kind: Dwarves of Durin’s Folk
Allegiance: Durin's Folk
Gender: Male

Overview

Durin the Deathless is the founding figure of the Longbeards. Several later kings were held to be his reincarnation, which is why Khazad-dûm is also called Moria, the Black Pit, after its fall.

DwarvesDurin's Folk

Sources

The Silmarillion · 1977
Posthumously edited. Contains the Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion, Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power.
Unfinished Tales · 1980
Expanded and alternative accounts of the First, Second and Third Ages.