Durin VI

**Durin VI** was the eldest child of his father, Durin V. He was the king of Durin’s Folk between 1752 T.A and 1980 T.A.

## Durin VI

### Aliases

King Durin VI, Durin Son of Durin, Durin the Peace-Bringer, Durin Six

### Relatives

Durin the Deathless, Durin II, Durin III, Durin IV, Durin V, Dorin the Younger, Ana of Durin’s Folk, Lundin, Drerdin, Drerdin Junior, Nain I, Dain, Main, Cain, Bain

## Physical description

### Childhood

Durin VI grew up with his younger brother, Drerdin Junior until he was twenty-one when his father died. Durin VI was trained to fight well, ride a pony, and use a bow and arrow. He was particularly good at sports in his childhood and often won Dwarf-Ball games he played with friends. However, when his father died, Durin VI became king and grew up and matured into a strong and fair leader.

### Early Years as King

For the first twenty years of his reign, Durin VI had a Lord Protector help him run the country. This Lord Protector was his uncle, Lundin of Durin’s Folk. Lundin was his mother’s elder brother and was a member of Durin V’s King’s Council. Durin VI, despite not having full power, was a very strict leader. He made sure that the military was well-kept and ordered at all times in case of an Orc attack and (with the help of the head of emergencies, Ommin) made sure that the general public knew the drill in the event of one. Durin V’s war with the Orcs only lasted for three years after his death and was ended by a nighttime raid of the Orc village that had been set up nearby when Lundin and his troops plundered the village, burnt down the camps, and killed the inhabitants. Durin VI gave out three First Class Order of Durin medals for this victory, one of which was to Lundin. Durin VI took over as full-time King when he was 43 in 1774 T.A.

### Main Time as King

Durin VI was a strong, fair, and just leader who ensured that everyone in his kingdom was safe, happy and prepared for the future. He got married to Regina of Harin’s Dwarves when he was just 53 years old and the couple lived happily together for the next forty years until she gave birth to the couple’s first child, Parra. A year later, the couple had a son, whom they named Nain and nine months after that, they had twin girls, Holly and Dolly. The couple had eighteen children across a twenty-five year period from 1826 to 1851. These children were called Parra, Nain I, Holly, Dolly, Frida, Dain, Main, Cain, Bain, Steffa, Gelda, Jena, Nancy, Gina, Freya, Nina, Elsa and Yvonne. Durin VI spent as much time with his children as he could between being king and his other commitments. Durin VI was known by all to be fair and his King’s Council was entirely made up of Dwarves known to be good people. However, in 1875, the Orc Lord Arakn and his newly gathered army returned, and Arakn had his sights set on taking Durin VI’s head to add to his collection. With him, he had brought the Durin’s Blade, and was planning to slice Durin VI’s head from upon his neck with it. The Orc army arrived in the middle of the night in an attack known as Arakn’s Night Raid on Durin VI’s Kingdom.

### Arakn’s Night Raid on Durin’s VI’s Kingdom

Arakn arrived in the Misty Mountains close to midnight on Durin’s Day 1875 with his three generals, Hekh the Heavy-handed, Ogur the Orc General and Arac the Army Leader as they were known. Several of the patrols around the outside of the Kingdom were ambushed and slaughtered by the Orcs and the four separate battalions each made their way in through different entrances, one group would kill Durin VI and his entire family, another would destroy any other government people and officials, one of the others would go for military personnel, and the last group would wreak havoc and kill as many civilians as possible. And that is what they almost did. Durin VI and his family were trapped by Arakn’s team while they slept in their apartment. His wife Regina stepped in front of some of the attacking Orcs and told them “if you wish to harm my husband, you will have to kill me first!” and that was exactly what they did. As soon as Regina had fell to the ground dead with her neck sliced, the Orcs moved past her body and slew the three of her children who were hid behind her. Regina’s two bodyguards attacked the oncoming Orcs, slaying many of the badly trained evils. Durin VI tried to defend his family and managed to kill three quarters of the Orcs and drove the rest off, but not before half his children and his wife had been killed. Lundin, Durin’s uncle, lived in a smaller apartment beside the royal one and was overrun by the Orcs and they tore him apart. Durin VI took his heir, Nain, with him and left his eight remaining children locked in a prison cell forged into the very heart of the mountain. There, Main, Cain, Bain, Gelda, Nancy, Gina, Freya and Yvonne were safe. The Orcs purged through the city in the mountain and killed hundreds of Dwarves. Despite the terrible losses, Durin VI led his army in and fought off or killed the remaining Orcs. Helk the Heavy-handed managed to fight his way out with brute force, but Ogur was caught and killed by some of the soldiers. As they were leaving, Arakn ordered his son Arac to let off an explosion and allow the rocks to fall so that they would be able to escape and the Dwarves would be hindered, but Arac’s explosion was badly set off and the rocks fell and crushed him as he was running through to escape. Arakn was not killed by the falling rocks, but was trapped on the inside of the mountain. He was caught and cornered by Durin VI and Nain, who both speared him with their pikes, then repetitively battered and chopped him with their axes. Once they were done and the dreaded Orc was dead, Nain sliced Arakn’s ugly head from his bulky shoulders. Durin VI returned to the central square and found the rest of the Orcs had been rounded up, he had them all executed on the spot.

### Later Life and Death

Durin VI lived for another 105 years with his nine remaining children caring for him. He ensured that there would be no other war with the Orcs for centuries and kept up his fair and just government. He eventually died of old age in 1980 T.A surrounded by his children and kin. His son Nain I took his place as king.