Battle of Azanulbizar |Battle of Azanulbizar| |Conflict: War of
the Dwarves and Orcs| |Date: T.A. 2799| |Place: The Dimrill Dale
and the steps of the East-gate of Moria| |Outcome: Pyrrhic
victory for the Dwarves| Half of the host; 4-5,000[source?] The
Battle of Azanulbizar (T.A. 2799) was the final battle in the
War of the Dwarves and Orcs. It was fought beneath the East-gate
of Moria in the valley of Azanulbizar, called Nanduhirion in
Sindarin or Dimrill Dale in Westron. Therefore the event is also
known as the Battle of Nanduhirion and the Battle of Dimrill
Dale. The War of the Dwarves and Orcs began when Azog the Orc-
chieftain of Moria captured and mutilated Thrór, King of Durin's
folk. Azog carved his own name in runes onto Thrór's severed
head, and then let his companion Nár escape so that all Dwarves
would know that an Orc now ruled Moria. Full of righteous fury,
Thrór's son Thráin II gathered a great army of Dwarves,
including those not of Durin's folk (Firebeards and Broadbeams
from the Blue Mountains