The event
Balin attempts to recolonise Moria and is destroyed with his followers.
Participants
Place
Sources
The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
Event
Balin’s Colony in Moria
Balin attempts to recolonise Moria and is destroyed with his followers.
Tolkien’s textsSupported by the narratives published in Tolkien’s lifetime.
- Date
- T.A. 2989–2994
- Age
- The Third Age
- Type
- Downfall
- Certainty
- Approximate