Iron Hills

Iron Hills
General information
Type	Dwarven Realm
Location	East of Lonely Mountain, north-west of Rhûn
People
Inhabitants	Durin's Folk
Spoken languages	Westron, Khuzdul
History
Founded/built	First Age
Lifespan	First Age -

The Iron Hills were a range of mountains located in the north of Middle-earth, and was the realm of the Dwarves of Durin's Folk.

Description

Location

The Iron Hills were located in the northern and eastern parts of Middle-earth. The mountain range is in between Rhovanion and Rhûn. The hills are east of the Lonely Mountain.

The Land

The Iron Hills were rich in minerals, most notably iron – whence came the name of the Hills. The Hills were originally a part of the massive Iron Mountains where Morgoth dwelt; other remains of this vanished range were the Mountains of Angmar and Ered Mithrin. The Iron Hills were also the source of the River Redwater, the reddish colour of which came from iron particles in its water. The river joins onto the River Running.

Inhabitants

A Dwarf Warrior from the Iron Hills

The Dwarves who first settled in the Iron Hills during the First Age were of the clan of the Longbeards, most commonly known as Durin's Folk, and consequently were of the most noble kind of Dwarves. The Hills were mined uninterruptedly for thousands of years by them, because of the hills' rich amount of iron. The Old Dwarf Road that crossed Mirkwood was, in fact, built by the Longbeards to connect their mansions in the Misty Mountains (namely, Khazad-dûm and Gundabad) with the Iron Hills.

Around the year 2500 of the Third Age, Grór son of Dáin I founded the Iron Hills as an independent kingdom after the Dwarves were exiled from the Grey Mountains to the west because of attacks by Cold-drakes seeking the vast wealth of the mountains, which had resulted in the death of the king Dáin I.

The exiles who settled in the Iron Hills were of course in friendly relations with the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain (Erebor), who were of similar like and mind, being kin to Grór and Thrór.

A dwarf-settlement of the Iron Hills as seen in The Battle for Middle-earth II

There was definitely at least one settlement in the Iron Hills, the seat of Grór and his descendants, but there is no indication of its name or precise location. Following the pattern of Erebor (which stood on the spring of the river Celduin) it was perhaps close to the sources of the Carnen that rose in these hills, but that is no more than speculation.

History

The Iron Hills were probably used by the Dwarves of Durin's Folk for many years, and the Old forest road was probably used as a trade route and as a means for the Dwarves of the east and west to communicate with one another. The realm of the Iron Hills was formerly founded by Grór son of Dáin I in TA 2590 after the Dwarves were driven out of the Grey Mountains, because of the continuing attacks by the Cold-drakes for the vast wealth of the mountains which became the death of the King Dain I.

The Location of the Iron Hills in Middle-earth

In TA 2941, the Dwarf lord Dáin II Ironfoot of the Iron Hills led an army of five hundred warriors to the defense of Thorin Oakenshield which then joined in the Battle of the Five Armies and fought valiantly there. After Thorin's death after the battle, the vacant throne of the Lonely Mountain passed to Thorin's cousin and friend Dain who then became its King and the Iron Hills passed out of records afterwards but they may not have been deserted, and it was possible that Dain and his son retained dominion over them.

Notable Dwarves of the Iron Hills

Grór

• As he was mentioned above, Grór was the son of the mighty Dwarf, Dáin I and was also the founder and first ruler of the Iron Hills.

Náin

• Náin was the son of Grór who was the founder of the Iron Hills. Náin was killed during the Battle of Azanulbizar by the Orc lord Azog of Moria.

Dáin II

• Dáin II was son of Náin and became the lord of the Iron Hills after the death of his great father. He was considered a mighty Dwarf because he killed the Orc Azog when he was at an age which was considered young to the Dwarves. He became the King under the Mountain after the slaying of Smaug and loss of Thorin II Oakenshield in the Battle of the Five Armies until his death during the War of the Ring.

Thorin III Stonehelm

• Thorin III was the son of Dáin II, after his father's death and soon became the Lord of both the people of the Lonely Mountain and possibly the Iron Hills. He was praised for helping to reconstruct the Lonely Mountain and Dale. During his rule a new Dwarven settlement was founded at Helm's Deep.

See also

• Lords of the Iron Hills

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Yster Heuwels
Albanian	Kodrat Hekuri
Amharic	ብረት ኮረብታዎች
Arabic	تلال الحديد
Armenian	Երկաթե բլուրներ
Azerbaijani	Dəmir təpələr
Basque	Burdina Muinoak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Жалезныя Пагоркі
Bengali	আয়রন পাহাড়
Bosnian	Željezna Brda
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Железните Хълмове
Cambodian	ភ្នំដែក
Catalan	Turons de ferro
Cebuano	Puthaw nga mga Bungtod
Chinese (Hong Kong)	鐵丘陵
Cornish	Breow Horn
Corsican	Culline di Ferro
Croatian	Željezna brežuljcima
Czech	Železné Kopce
Danish	Jernbjergene
Dutch	IJzerheuvels
Esperanto	Fero Montetoj
Estonian	Raudmäed
Filipino	Bakal Burol
Finnish	Rautamäkiä
French	Collines de Fer
Frisian	Izeren Heuvels
Galician	Montes de Ferro
Georgian	რკინის ბორცვი
German	Eisenberge
Greek	Σιδερένιοι Λόφοι
Hebrew	גבעות הברזל
Hindi	लौह पहाड़ियों
Hmong	Hlau Toj
Hungarian	Vasdombok
Icelandic	Járnhæðir
Igbo	Ígwè ugwu nta
Indonesian	Bukit Besi
Irish Gaelic	Cnoic Iarann
Italian	Colline del Ferro
Japanese	くろがね連山
Javanese	Bukit Wesi
Kannada	ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳ
Kazakh	Темір төбеден (Cyrillic) Temir töbeden (Latin)
Korean	철산
Kurdish	Çiyan Hesin (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	темир адырлар
Latin	ferrum Collibus
Lao	ໃນເຂດເນີນພູທາດເຫຼັກ
Latvian	Dzelzs Pauguri
Lithuanian	Geležies Kalvos
Luxembourgish	Eisen Hiwwele
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ирон Хиллс
Malagasy	Vy Havoana
Malaysian	Bukit Besi
Maltese	Għoljiet tal-ħadid
Maori	Maunga Rino
Marathi	लोह टेकड्या
Mongolian Cyrillic	Төмөр толгод
Norwegian	Jernhøene
Occitan	Fèrre Montanha
Pashto	ناوتو كوي غونډيو
Persian	آهن هیلز
Polish	Żelazne Wzgórza
Portuguese	Colinas de Ferro (Brazil) Montes de Ferro (Portugal)
Punjabi	ਲੋਹੇ ਦੀਆਂ ਪਹਾੜੀਆਂ
Romanian	Dealurile de Fier
Romansh	Crest Fier
Russian	Железные Холмы
Samoan	Uʻamea Mauga
Scottish Gaelic	Iarann Cnuic
Serbian	Гвоздена брда (Cyrillic) Gvozdena brda (Latin)
Sesotho	Tšepe maralla a
Sindhi	لوهه ٽڪرين
Sinhalese	යකඩ කඳු
Slovak	Železné vrchy
Slovenian	Železa hribih
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Colinas de Hierro
Swedish	Järnbergen
Tajik Cyrillic	теппаҳо дарзмол
Tamil	அயர்ன் ஹில்ஸ்
Tatar	Тимер калкулыклар
Telugu	ఇనుము కొండలు
Thai	ภูเขาเหล็ก
Turkish	Demir Tepeler
Turkmen	Demir depeler
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Ірон Гіллс
Urdu	آئرن پہاڑیوں
Uzbek	Темир Тепаликлар (Cyrillic) Temir Tepaliklar (Latin)
Vietnamese	đồi sắt
Welsh	Bryniau Haearn
Xhosa	Iinduli Intsimbi
Yiddish	פּרעסן היללס
Yucatec Maya	Colinas Hierro
Zulu	Izintaba zensimbi ?