Durin VI

Like all Durins after Durin I he was given the name of the first Father of the Dwarves because he greatly resembled him in both appearance and manner. Indeed it was believed among the Dwarves that he was the reincarnation of Durin I, though whether this is possible is unclear.

Near the end of Durin VI's reign, the Dwarves, mining for mithril, encountered a Balrog that had hidden itself deep beneath the city. The monster began to wreak havoc on Khazad-dûm and slew Durin. Since the surviving Dwarves were unsure what type of monster they faced, the Balrog was simply called "Durin's Bane". Durin's son Náin I was slain shortly thereafter, leaving his grandson Thráin I to lead Durin's folk as the survivors fled from their ancestral home.

One account states that the name Durin was a word for "king" in the language of the Men of the North in the early Second Age.

Another account states that Durinn is one of the Dwarfs in the Dvergatal. The name means "Sleepy".

2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:

Saruman's book on Moria has text which, when translated, reads "A Balrog of Morgoth Durin the Sixth was slain by hence its name: Durin's Bane". Written on the wall of the Chamber of Mazarbul is Khuzdul text translating to "Durin slain by Durin's Bane, and Náin Durin's son, Durin's Bane also slew him".

2008: The Lord of the Rings Online:

Durin VI appears during a session play depicting the fall of Moria. He is present when Durin's Bane is awoken from the slumber and is one of the first to be killed by it.

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