War of the Dwarves and Orcs

The War of the Dwarves and Orcs was a great war fought between the two races from TA 2793–2799, mostly taking place in and around the Misty Mountains.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
== History ==
=== Prelude ===
In TA 2790, the elderly Dwarven King Thrór, the heir of Durin in exile, journeyed to Moria with a single companion, Nár. When they arrived at the East-gate, Nár begged him to take caution and refrain from entering. His words went unheeded by Thrór, who went and entered Moria proudly as a returning heir. Nár hid nearby for three days waiting for Thrór, but he did not return.
Three days after, the Orc Azog had Thrór's body flung out onto the steps of the gate for Nár to see, Azog's name carved into Thrór's face. Azog then called out to him from the gate, demanding that he deliver a message back to Thrór's people, warning that beggars who dared to enter Moria would meet a similar fate. Azog then proclaimed that he had killed Thrór and now therefore ruled Moria as king. Nár was barred from retrieving the head of Thrór, and was struck with a small pouch of coins of little worth as a final gesture of scorn. Nár took the pouch and turned and fled. When he looked back, goblins had emerged from the Gate and were hacking apart the body and flinging the pieces to the ravens.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk"
When Nár returned to Dunland many weeks later, and told of this to Thráin II who wept in great dismay and then fell silent in his grief. After a week he stood up and declared, "This cannot be borne!", and sent out messengers in all directions to deliver the tale. From TA 2790 to TA 2793 the Longbeards, Durin's Folk, responded by mustering their forces, summoning the other houses of the Dwarves, for 'the dishonor to the heir of the eldest of their race filled them with wrath'.
=== Conflict ===
In TA 2793 the Dwarves were gathered, and advanced together, sacking every Orc-hold in the Misty Mountains from Mount Gundabad of the North to the peak of Methedras. Most of the war was fought underground, the Dwarves bent on finding Azog. This stage of the war was said to be so grim and pitiless that few Dwarven veterans afterwards ever recounted what took place.
The war reached its climax in TA 2799, when a final battle was fought in the valley outside the eastern gates of Moria, the Battle of Azanulbizar. The Dwarves won when reinforcements arrived late on the scene from the Iron Hills. After the battle, Thráin II son of Thrór wanted to enter Moria and reclaim it, but the Dwarves not of Durin's folk refused, saying they had honored Durin's memory by fighting, and this was enough. The Dwarves feared Durin's Bane was still present and were reluctant to enter Moria while it still dwelt there.
Near the end of the battle, Azog was pursued to the East-gate of Moria and killed by Dáin Ironfoot, who had just watched his father Náin die at Azog's hands. Afterward Azog's head, its mouth stuffed with the same coin-filled purse that he had flung at Nár after he had killed Thrór nine years before, was left impaled on a spike.
=== Aftermath ===
The war was very costly for the Dwarven race, as nearly half of their warriors had been killed. Náin son of Grór, Frerin second son of Thráin II, and Fundin son of Farin, the father of Balin, were among the more noted casualties. Thráin II himself lost an eye and was wounded in the leg, and Thorin was wounded when his shield broke and he had to use an oak branch to defend himself. For this he was given the name Oakenshield.
During and after the conflict many Northern Orcs fled south through Rohan, trying to claim a refuge in the White Mountains and they troubled the Rohirrim for two generations. Another effect of the war was the virtual disappearance of the Northern Orcs as a threat to Eriador and Wilderland for a long while; the Northern Orcs of the High Pass near Rivendell were some of the few survivors. A century and a half later the Northern Orcs still had not fully recovered, and their population was further reduced during the Battle of Five Armies in TA 2941, in which Bolg, son of Azog, tried to avenge his father. Bolg was killed by Beorn during the battle.The Hobbit, Chapter XVII: "The Clouds Burst"
== In adaptations ==
Peter Jackson changed the story line of the war considerably for his film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Jackson had Azog kill Thrór during the Battle of Azanulbizar, excluded Dáin Ironfoot from the event completely, and portrayed Thorin Oakenshield as having cut off Azog's arm in the battle, such that (in the films) Azog survived the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, and was able to later pursue Thorin and his Company out of revenge.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Oorlog van die Dwerge en Orke
Albanian 	Lufta e Xhuxhëve dhe Orkeve
Amharic 	ስለ ጦርነት ዽዋርቨስ ና ዖርችስ ?
Arabic 	حرب من الأقزام والعفاريت
Armenian 	Պատերազմ Դւարվես եւ Ործս
Azerbaijani 	Cırtdanlar və Orkların Müharibəsi
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вайна гномы і Oркі
Bengali 	অর্ক বামন যুদ্ধ
Bosnian 	Rat Patuljaka i Orka
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Войната на джуджетата и орките
Catalan 	Guerra Dels Orcs i Nans
Chinese (Hong Kong)	矮人與半獸人之戰爭
Croatian 	Rat Patuljaka i Orka
Czech 	Válka Trpaslíků a Skřetů
Danish 	Krigen mellem Dværgene og Orkerne
Dutch 	Oorlog van de Dwergen en Orks
Esperanto 	Milito de la Enanos kaj Orkoj
Estonian 	Vabadussõja Päkapikud ja Orkid
Finnish 	Örkkien-Kääpiöiden sota
French 	Guerre des Nains et des Orques
Frisian 	Oarloch fan 'e Dwergen en Orken (Western)
Friulian 	Vuere Jenfri i Nanui e i Orcs
Galician 	Guerra dos Ananos e Orcos
Georgian 	ომი ჯუჯებსა და ორკებს შორის
German 	Der Krieg der Zwerge und Orks
Greek 	Πόλεμος των Vάνων και Ορκς
Gujarati 	ઓર્ક વામન યુદ્ધ
Hebrew 	מלחמת הגמדים אורקים
Hindi 	ऑर्क बौना युद्ध
Hungarian 	A Törpék és az Orkok Háborúja
Icelandic 	Stríð Dverga og Orkar
Indonesian 	Perang Kurcaci Orc
Irish Gaelic 	Cogadh na áit fosta agus Orcs
Italian 	Guerra tra i Nani e gli Orchi
Japanese 	ドワーフとオークの戦争
Kannada 	ಡ್ವಾರ್ವೆಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಓರ್ಕ್ಸ್ ಯುದ್ಧ
Kazakh 	Гномдар мен орктардың соғысы (Cyrillic) Gnomdar men orktardıñ soğısı (Latin)
Konkani 	ऑर्क वामन झुज
Korean 	드워프와 오크의 전쟁
Kurdish 	Şer yên Hacûckan û Orcs (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эргежээлдердин жана Орктардын согушу
Latvian 	Rūķu un Orku karš
Lithuanian 	Karas Nykštukai ir Orkai
Macedonian Cyrillic	Војна на Џуџиња и Орцс
Maltese 	Gwerra ta ' l-nanu u Orcs ?
Marathi 	ऑर्क्स बटू युद्ध
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Орк одой дайн
Nepalese 	ओर्कहरू बौना युद्ध
Norwegian 	Krig av Dvergene og Orkene
Occitan 	Guèrra dels Nans e dels Orcs
Persian 	جنگ دورفها و اورک ها
Polish 	Wojny krasnoludów i Orków
Portuguese 	Guerra dos Anões e Orcs
Punjabi 	ਓਰਕ ਡਵਾਰਫ ਯੁੱਧ
Romanian 	Războiul gnomilor si al orcilor
Russian 	Война орков и гномов
Sardinian 	Gherra de sos Nanos e de sos Orcos
Serbian 	Рат Патуљака и Орка (Cyrillic) Rat Patuljaka i Orka (Latin)
Sicilian 	Guerra dî Nani e di l'orchi
Sinhalese 	ඕර්ක් වාමන යුද්ධය
Slovak 	Vojna Trpaslíkov a Ohyzdov
Slovenian 	Vojna Škrati in Orke
Spanish 	La Guerra de los Enanos y los Orcos
Swedish 	Kriget mellan dvärgar och orcher
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҷанги Дурҳо ва оркҳо
Tamil 	குள்ளர்கள் மற்றும் ஒட்டடை போர்
Telugu 	ఓర్క్-డ్వార్ఫ్ యుద్ధం
Thai 	สงครามของคนแคระและผี
Turkish 	Cüceler ve Orklar Savaşı
Turkmen 	Derwüşler we Orklar Söweşi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Війна гномів і орків
Urdu 	اورکس اور بونوں کی جنگ
Uzbek 	Миттилар ва орклар уруши (Cyrillic) Mittilar va orklar urushi (Latin)
Venetian 	Guera dei Nani e degli Orchi
Vietnamese 	Chiến tranh của người lùn và Orc
Yiddish 	מלחמה פון די דוואָרווז און אָרקס
==References==
it:Guerra tra i Nani e gli Orchi
ru:Война орков и гномов
fr:Guerre des Nains et des Orques
es:Guerra de los Enanos y los Orcos
Category:Wars