Durin V

**Durin V** was the fourth child of Durin IV and his eldest son. Durin V was the King of Durin’s Folk between ~530 S.A and 1752 T.A.

## Durin V

### Aliases

Durin the Warmonger, King Durin V, The Fourth Descendant of Durin the Deathless

### Relatives

Durin the Deathless, Durin II, Durin III, Durin IV, Eleanor of Harin, Dorin the Elder, Darin, Dorin the Younger, Durin VI, Drerdin Junior, Nain I

## Physical description

### Early Life

Durin V grew up alongside his four siblings in the Misty Mountains Kingdom of Durin’s Folk. His father, Durin IV, was a tiresome Dwarf and rarely payed his children much attention. Durin V and his brother Drerdin (who was 8 years younger) both aspired to be soldiers and have a place in the Durin’s Folk Military. Durin V got on well with both his brothers but did not like the way Dorin the Younger always sucked up to their father. Durin V spent lots of time practicing his fighting skills with Drerdin and their uncle Darin’s friend who helped them train as fighters. Both were very competent and competitive. The thing that the three sons never agreed upon with their father was about whether or not they should be at war with the Orcs. Durin V and Drerdin were both eager to join the military and wipe the Orcs off the face of Middle Earth, and Dorin the Younger thought it would be best if they were driven away, but their father refused to go to war with the Orcs and only allowed the kingdom guards to kill Orcs that came within 500 metres of an entrance to the kingdom. Durin V knew from an early age, though, that he would have to please his father to protect his inheritance of the monarchy. His father made an example of Drerdin when an argument about a war with the Orcs went too far and Durin IV banished him.

### Life as King of Durin’s Folk

Durin V became king of Durin’s Folk in 530 S.A when his father died of illness and took over the throne. Durin V’s first action as king was to organise the arrest of Dorin the Younger and two women who his father had affairs with. He found both women guilty of high treason and had them both executed and also convicted his brother of unlawful attainment of wealth, meaning he had to hand over all of the money he received from his father’s will. Durin V invited his brother Drerdin to return home, but Drerdin declined the offer. Once Durin V had received this news, he reassembled the Council of War and declared war on the Orcs. Some days later, Durin V led a war party out of the Mountain Kingdom and onto the slopes, into the foothills, and into the forest below. This war party was thorough in disposing of the Orcs, systematically killing them all. Durin V became famous for the way that he expanded the kingdom by killing many of the Orcs in the surrounding area and enabling the Durin’s Folk Dwarves to build a wall around the edge of their home. Durin V married Ana of Durin’s Folk ten years into his reign, in 540 S.A. Durin V battled the Orcs at Gubb’s Cross in 558 S.A after one of his guard patrols spotted a reconnaissance party of Orcs checking out the best way to get over the Dwarves’s wall. Durin V led his army out of the small forest at the foot of their mountain, and they fought. This began Durin V’s War on the Orcs. Dorin the Younger was not fond of the war and took four of his friends to attempt to make a deal with the Orcs. However, when they tried this, the other diplomats were all killed. Durin V was angered when he found out about his younger brother’s treachery, and had him executed for his crimes of high treason. Durin V also found the Orc tribe leader, Barag the Broad, and attacked his camp in the night. Barag’s mistress and many of his children were slaughtered in the raid, but Barag and his heir, Borg, both survived. Durin V continued his war, battling with the Orcs and decapitating the leaders. There was a break in the war from 590 S.A to 619 S.A when Durin V regathered his forces and trained more troops. Durin V attacked once again in 620, the year that it became the First Age. Durin V and his wife Ana of Durin’s Folk had their first child, Durin VI the following year. Their second son, Drerdin Junior, was born in late 1733 T.A and Ana died in childbirth, leaving her husband to raise two male children. Durin V made sure that both his sons were well-trained fighters and capable of fighting in the war as soon as they were old enough. However, Durin V never got to see either of his sons fight in battle, because he was slain at Heroc’s Mount in the battle of the same name. He fought the Orc Lord, Arakn, and the pair were personally duelling at the time he died.

### Death

Durin V saw Arakn and his standard bearer (who bore a Dwarf skull on a stick) up on the edge of the cliff and he rode towards them on his pony. When he reached them, he slew the standard bearer with Durin’s Blade and let his body fall to the ground. Durin V then turned on Arakn and two Orcs who were flanking him and charged. One of the two Orcs killed the pony Durin V rode upon and it went careering off to one side, almost falling from the cliff. Arakn told the two other Orcs to stand guard and make sure that the Dwarf King had no way of escaping. Arakn then made his way over to Durin V and took his head. He then kicked the body so that it fell three hundred feet off the side of the cliff and stuck the head upon a pike. Arakn’s army won the battle, with Durin V’s military commander Borin of Durin’s Folk I sighting a retreat. Arakn won the battle that day, but he would not succeed forever.