| This article is about the King under the Mountain. For the the son of Náin II, see Dáin I. |
Dáin II Ironfoot (or King Dáin), the son of Náin and great-grandson of Dáin I of Durin's Folk. He was a Dwarven King of Durin's Folk, the fifth King under the Mountain, and the Lord of the Iron Hills during the War of the Ring in Middle-earth.
Biography[]
War of the Dwarves and Orcs[]
Dáin followed his grandfather, Grór, in lordship after Náin was killed by the great Orc chieftain Azog during the Battle of Azanulbizar, the final conflict in the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, before he could inherit the lordship. Almost immediately after the death of Náin, Dáin rushed up the steps and slew Azog himself with a single blow of his axe, thus avenging his father's death. He was a very young Dwarf at the time, being only thirty-two years of age: by the Dwarves reckoning, he was still a stripling. Dáin's feat was heralded as a magnificent and glorious triumph for one so young. Dáin alone looked past the gate into Moria, and had the wisdom to know that it was impossible for the Dwarves to return while Durin's Bane yet lived.
Dáin Ironfoot at the time of the Battle of Five Armies, by C.K. Göksoy
The Battle of Five Armies[]
Dáin was the friend and cousin of Thorin II Oakenshield, and responded to Thorin's call for help during the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain.[3] Dáin marched with five hundred Dwarven soldiers, exceptionally strong even by Dwarven standards, clad in heavy chainmail and iron boots, and armed with mattocks, shields, and swords. He arrived just in time for the Battle of Five Armies.[4] With Thorin's death in the battle, Dáin became King of Durin's Folk and King under the Mountain, the first not of the main line. After the battle, Dáin thanked the Great Eagles for their timely intervention, crowning their chief with gold and swearing the Dwarves to everlasting friendship with them. He also honored Thorin's commitments to Bard the Bowman and Bilbo Baggins, giving a fourteenth share of the Mountain's treasure to the people of Lake-town, and promising an even greater share to Bilbo, who politely declined to take more than two small chests, filled with silver and gold. Dáin also granted the emeralds of Girion to King Thranduil, who prized them greatly.[5]
The War of the Ring[]
Dáin was a wise and just leader, and brought much wealth to the mountain realm and was on good terms with the Men of Dale to the south and the Elven king of Northern Mirkwood as well, which ensured peace for many years to come. When Balin and other Dwarves decided to reclaim Moria, Dáin initially refused, but Balin insisted on going.[6]
A few months before the Council of Elrond, a messenger from Mordor appeared at the entrance of the Lonely Mountain and offered the Dwarves an alliance with Sauron, asking only in return that the Dwarves share what they knew "concerning Hobbits", and help to track down the One Ring, which the messenger described as "least of rings... a trifle that Sauron fancies." The messenger said that, if the Dwarves could deliver the Ring itself, then Sauron would return three of the Rings of Power that originally belonged to the Dwarf-Lords, and Moria would be theirs to possess forever. On the other hand, the messenger warned that "things will not seem so well" if the Dwarves did not help.[6]
Dáin becoming King under the Mountain
Knowing from long and bitter experience that Sauron could not be trusted, Dáin refused to be bribed or blackmailed, and sent the messenger away without an answer by claiming that he needed time to think over the proposal. He instead sent Glóin to Rivendell to consult with Elrond, while Dáin prepared the Lonely Mountain for war.[6]
Dáin and Brand preparing for battle
Death[]
Dáin participated in the War of the Ring's northern campaign but was killed during the Battle of Dale in TA 3019, defending the body of King Brand of Dale before the gates of the Lonely Mountain. He was, by then, an extremely old Dwarf, at the age of two-hundred and fifty-two, but still strong for his age. He was still among the greatest of the Dwarven warriors, a direct descendant of Durin I and his prowess in battle was nearly unmatched.
After news of his death reached Minas Tirith, Gandalf remarked that, as saddened as they must be at Dáin's death, they should be glad that he died in battle, defending his friend's body, as well as amazed that he was still as formidable a warrior as he had been when he was a young dwarf:
Dáin II Ironfoot perishes trying to save the body of King Brand
- "I should call that a heavy loss, if it was not a wonder rather that in his great age he could still wield his axe as mightily as they say he did, standing over the body of King Brand before the gate of Erebor, until the darkness fell."
After his death during the war, his son, Thorin III Stonehelm, succeeded him.[1]
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In adaptations[]
Rankin/Bass[]
In the animated film The Hobbit, Dain is referenced by Thorin as the leader of the dwarf reinforcements arriving at Erebor from the Iron Hills, but is not seen in the film.
Dáin as seen in The Hobbit films, acted by Billy Connolly
The Hobbit film trilogy[]
Dain Ironfoot arrives for battle
In the third volume of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, Dáin is portrayed by Scottish actor and comedian Billy Connolly. The character's history undergoes some drastic alteration, as the battle between him and Azog is instead combined with the account of how Thorin gained his surname, and results in Azog losing an arm below the elbow rather than perishing.
While the Lonely Mountain is under siege by a combined force of Mirkwood Elves and Men from the recently-destroyed Lake-town, Dain arrives at the head of an army of Dwarves from the Iron Hills. Gandalf explains to Bilbo Baggins that Dain and Thorin Oakinshield are cousins -and that Thorin is "The reasonable One"! Initially bent on attacking the elves, Dain wheels half of his army to fight against Azog's army when it appears on the field. The Dwarves quickly formed a phalanx, in which fight he is reluctantly joined by the elves.
As the Orcs force the tired Dwarves back towards the gate of Erebor, Thorin and his company charge out, prompting Dain to call for the Dwarves to rally to their King. The two cousins exchange hearty greetings on the battlefield, though Dain is not seen for the rest of the film.
In battle, he rides a wild boar and wields a war hammer. After he is thrown off of his boar and loses his helmet, he is shown to have bright red hair, worn in a Mohawk (similar to Dwalin's at the time of the Battle of Azanulbizar).
Dain II Ironfoot in combat at the Battle of the Five Armies
In the extended edition for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies his role is slightly expanded, with his army briefly engaging the Elves until the arrival of the Orcs. Unlike the book, Dain's army contained more than just heavily-armed infantry. In addition to having more than five hundred heavy infantry armed with spears, swords, axes, and shields, Dain's army contained a force of two hundred fifty Dwarves mounted on armored goats, five war chariots manned by four Dwarves each and pulled by teams of six rams, and nine heavy ballistae manned by crews of five Dwarves that fired javelins with spinning tails behind them (called "twirly-whirlies" by Dain). After the battle, he is crowned King under the Mountain. Although the extended edition of the third film does not reveal what happened afterwards, it is possible that he made good the promise his cousin Thorin made to the people of Esgaroth by giving them the gold that was owed to them. He may also have restored to Thranduil the necklace of white gems that Thror allegedly stole from the Elven-king years ago.
Voice dubbing actors[]
| Foreign Language | Voice dubbing artist |
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| Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD) | Élcio Romar |
| Spanish (Latin America) | José Luis Orozco |
| Italian (Italy) | Roberto Draghetti |
| French (France) | Richard Leblond |
| Hungarian | Károly Gesztesi |
Dain in The Lord of the Rings Online
Video games[]
- Dáin appears in the real time strategy game The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth II, fighting on the Dwarven faction as King Dáin. His great axe in the game is called Barazanthual, which was one of the finest weapons ever made by Dwarfdom and was rightly feared by all his enemies.
- In The Lord of the Rings Online, Dáin, along with King Brand of Dale, makes a brief appearance in the raid "Flight to the Lonely Mountain", where they brief the player before the assault of the Easterlings begin. After the conclusion of the Siege of Erebor, his tomb can be found in Mazal Akrâz, the "Chamber of Glory", nearby those of Fíli, Kili, and his cousin Thorin Oakenshield. The fates of Kings Dáin and Brand are somewhat of an oddity in the game. In the "Flight to the Lonely Mountain" raid, which is not part of the main storyline, King Brand stands alone at the water-crossing and is felled by enemy arrows, while Dáin escapes to the safety of Erebor where he dies alone before the gates. Later, during the main storyline of the game, the player hears this version of events from a dwarf and has the opportunity to correct him, noting that it is widely known that both Kings died together before the gates.
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Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Dáin II Ystervoet |
| Albanian | Dáin II Këmbë hekuri |
| Amharic | ዓፄ ዳኢን የብረት እግር |
| Arabic | ضاين الثاني الحديد القدم |
| Armenian | Դաին II Արդուկ ոտքով |
| Azerbaijani | II Dáin Dəmir ayağı |
| Basque | Dáin II.a Burdinazko oina |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Даін II Жалеза для ног |
| Bengali | দ্বিতীয় দাইন আয়রন পা |
| Bosnian | Dáin II Gvozdena noga |
| Breton | Dáin II Houarn Troad ? |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Дайн II Железоноги |
| Burmese | ဒဲန္ ဒုတိယ၊ သံခြေသည် |
| Catalan | Dáin II Peudeferro |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 丹恩二世·鐵足 |
| Cornish | Dáin II Ben Horn |
| Corsican | Dáin II Ferru peda |
| Croatian | Dáin II Željezna noga |
| Czech | Dáin II Železná noha |
| Danish | Dáin II Jernfod |
| Dutch | Dáin II IJzervoet |
| Esperanto | Dáin la 2-a Ferapiedo |
| Estonian | Dáin II Raud jalg |
| Faroese | Dáin II Jarnfótur |
| Finnish | Dáin II Rautajalka |
| French | Dáin II Pied d'Acier |
| Georgian | დაინ II რკინისტერფი |
| German | Dáin II Eisenfuß |
| Greek | Δαιν Β΄ Σιδήρου πόδι |
| Gujarati | બીજું ડેન આયર્ન પગ |
| Haitian Creole | Dáin II Fè pye |
| Hebrew | דאין אירונפוט |
| Hindi | ड्ऐन द्वितीय, लौह पैर |
| Hungarian | (II.) Vaslábú Dáin |
| Icelandic | Dáin 2. Járnfótur |
| Italian | Dáin II Piediferro |
| Irish Gaelic | Dáin II Iarann chos |
| Japanese | ダイン2世 鉄の足 |
| Kannada | ಎರಡನೇ ಡೈನ್ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಕಾಲು |
| Kazakh | II Даін Темір аяқ (Cyrillic) II Dain Temir ayaq (Latin) |
| Korean | 무쇠발 다인 2세 |
| Kurdish | Dáin II Ling hesin (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Даин II Темир таман |
| Latin | Dáin II Ferropede |
| Latvian | Dáin II Dzelzs kāja |
| Lithuanian | Dáin II Geležinė pėda |
| Luxembourgish | Dáin II Eisefouss |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Даин II Железна Стапало |
| Malagasy | Dáin II Tongotra vy |
| Manx | Dáin II Cass Yiarn |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Төмөр Хөлт II Даин |
| Navajo | Dáin II Bééshakeeʼ |
| Nepalese | दोस्रो दैन आयरन खुट्टा |
| Norwegian | Dáin II Jernfot |
| Pashto | داین دوهم د اوسپنې پښه |
| Persian | ضاین دوم پای آهن |
| Polish | Dáin II Żelazna Stopa |
| Portuguese | Dáin II Pé-de-Ferro (Brazil)
Dáin II Pé de Ferro (Portugal) |
| Punjabi | ਡਾਈਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਲੋਹੇ ਦਾ ਪੈਰ |
| Romanian | Dáin al II-lea Talpă-de-Fier |
| Russian | Даин II Железностоп |
| Sanskrit | ड्ऐन २ ईरोन्फ़ोओत |
| Scottish Gaelic | Dáin II CasIarainn |
| Serbian | Даин II |
| Cyrillic | Гвозденстопа |
| Latin | Dáin II Gvozdenstopa |
| Sinhalese | දෙවැනි ඩෙයින් යකඩ කකුල |
| Slovak | Dáin II Železná noha |
| Slovenian | Dáin Železnonogi II. |
| Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Dáin II Pie de Hierro |
| Swahili | Dáin II Mguu wa chuma |
| Swedish | Dáin II Järnfot |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Даин II Оҳан по |
| Tamil | இரண்டாம் டைந் இரும்பு கால் |
| Telugu | రెండవ దైన ఐరన్ అడుగు |
| Thai | ดาอิน 2 เท้าเหล็ก |
| Turkish | II Dáin Demirayak |
| Turkmen | Dáin II Demir aýak |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Даїн ІІ Залізносто |
| Urdu | ڈین دوم آئرن پاؤں |
| Uzbek | Даин II Темир оёқ (Cyrillic) Dain II Temir oyoq (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Dáin II Chân Sắt |
| Welsh | Dáin II Troed haearn |
| Yiddish | דאַין אייַזן פֿיס II |
| Yoruba | Dáin 2k Irin ẹsẹ |
| Zazaki | Dáin II Asın lınge |
| Lord of the Iron Hills | ||
| Preceded by Grór |
Dáin II | Succeeded by None, title abandoned |
| TA 2805 - TA 2941 | ||
| King of Durin's Folk | ||
| Preceded by Thorin II Oakenshield |
Dáin II | Succeeded by Thorin III |
| TA 2941 - TA 3019 | ||
| King under the Mountain | ||
| Preceded by Thorin II Oakenshield |
Dáin II | Succeeded by Thorin III |
| TA 2941 – TA 3019 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, III: Durin's Folk
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Great Years"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XV: "The Gathering of the Clouds"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XVII: "The Clouds Burst"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XVIII: "The Return Journey"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter II: "The Council of Elrond"