Duor Greatbeard

Duor Greatbeard, a dwarf born at the beginning of the Fourth Age, was the descendant of the great Neandir Goldenbeard- the very first King of the Dwarves, and was responsible for the founding of the dwarven citadel of Duorendain. The only child of King Theandir, Duor grew up within the Red Mountains that his ancestors had decided to make their residence in the hopes of restoring Anzalibur. However, eventually realising that there was no hope of bringing back the ancient dwarven citadel, especially to the standards for which many of the dwarves were hopng, Duor decided that he was to leave the Red Mountains behind and found his own kingdom somewhere else.

Leading a dwwarf troop,(which included his father,) away over the Midpoint Mountains and into the East, Duor found a group of hills where he decided to start his construction work. For many years his allies toiled, many dwarves coming to gather to where he was situated, creating a great citadel underneath the earth- Duorendain, the domain of Duor. The grandeur of the dwarven citadel and the knowledge that the current King of the Dwarves resided there made many dwarves, who had no homes after the God Wars, swarm to the city, making it a very prosperous kingdom indeed.

Duor had eight children altogether, the first- Dwarius Greatbeard, was with Duor's first wife who died in childbirth. It was many years before Duor eventually settled down with another wife, who although didn't die in childbirth, had the equally unfortunate luck of giving birth to septuplets. It was noted by many that each of Duor's children had a different hair colour. Whilst Dwarius had a brown beard like his father, every other child had a different and unorthodox hair colour. This earned each of them a name which corresponded with the colour of their hair, but most importantly it granted Duor the title of Greatbeard. Due to this title, Duor's people are commonly referred to as The Greatbeards.

The names of Duor's children with his second wife are as follows: Randolin Redbeard, Gaeisus Greybeard, Arnard Blackbeard, Fillin Bluebeard, Healus Whitebeard, Kendal Yellowbeard and Gulduin Greenbeard. Though all of Duor's children were prosperous and became the heads of great households, it was his first son, Dwarius, who inherited the title of King of the Dwarves and therefore gained the throne of Duorendain.