The Fathers of Dwarves - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 12-29-2002, 10:56 AM

I am sure this is covered exstensilvly in earlier threads, but the Peoples of M-E [ HoME 12] goes into detail about the 7 fathers and their houses.

For those who have read Silm and then UT [ the usual order] I hardily recommend HoME 10-12 for 3 more gold mine's almost equal to UT [or more so depending on your passsion I suupose]. I especially would get them now before they go OOP in HB [ because you will use them over and over].

I present a precis of p.301:

Longbeards [ house of Durin] = Moria
Firebeards = north of the Blue Mntns.
Broadbeams = Mt Gundabad [gundabad is in origin a khuzdul name]
at distances as great or greater between Gundabad and the Blue Mountains awaoke the Ironfists, Stiffbeards, Blacklocks and Stonefoots. These 4 points were far sundered.

JRRT also calls them [ the Dwarves] the most redoubtable warriors of all of the speaking peoples.

[ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]

12-29-2002, 10:56 AM	#7
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	I am sure this is covered exstensilvly in earlier threads, but the Peoples of M-E [ HoME 12] goes into detail about the 7 fathers and their houses. For those who have read Silm and then UT [ the usual order] I hardily recommend HoME 10-12 for 3 more gold mine's almost equal to UT [or more so depending on your passsion I suupose]. I especially would get them now before they go OOP in HB [ because you will use them over and over]. I present a precis of p.301: Longbeards [ house of Durin] = Moria Firebeards = north of the Blue Mntns. Broadbeams = Mt Gundabad [gundabad is in origin a khuzdul name] at distances as great or greater between Gundabad and the Blue Mountains awaoke the Ironfists, Stiffbeards, Blacklocks and Stonefoots. These 4 points were far sundered. JRRT also calls them [ the Dwarves] the most redoubtable warriors of all of the speaking peoples. [ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.