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: This priceless metal was light as a feather but harder than tempered steel, and Moria was its only known source in Middle-earth.

Dwarves mining deep for Mithril accidentally awoke a (a demon of the ancient world). The Balrog slew King Durin VI and his son Náin I. Khazad-dГ»m

: A repository of dwarven history where the Fellowship found the tomb of Balin and the Book of Mazarbul. : This priceless metal was light as a

: "Khazad-dûm" is Khuzdul (the secret Dwarvish language) for "Mansion of the Khazâd (Dwarves)" . Khazad-dГ»m

: The city was carved directly into the stone, utilizing ingenious light-wells to bring sunlight deep underground.