Khazad-dûm
Khazad-dûm, the Dwarrowdelf, is the ancient kingdom of the Dwarves beneath the Misty Mountains, named in The Hobbit as the Mines of Moria: the mightiest of dwarf-realms, its endless halls long dark and empty.
Even in The Hobbit, where it is only a name at the edge of Thorin's story, the Mines of Moria carry a shiver. Khazad-dûm is the ancient mansion of the Dwarves of Durin's line, the Dwarrowdelf, a kingdom of halls, stairs, and delvings running through the roots of the Misty Mountains from one side to the other. Founded by Durin the Deathless, eldest of the fathers of the Dwarves, in the deeps of time, it grows into the greatest dwarf-realm that has ever been, wealthy in works of stone and above all in mithril, the true-silver found nowhere else in the world. By the days of Bilbo Baggins its gates are shut and its halls stand silent, for the Dwarves were driven out long ago. They speak of Moria, the Black Chasm, with pride for what it was and dread for what it is, and firelit memory and dark rumor together make it one of the most storied places under the mountains of Middle-earth.
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