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This article is about the King under the Mountain. For the the son of Náin II, see Dáin I.

Dáin II Ironfoot (or King Dáin), the son of Náin and great-grandson of Dáin I of Durin's Folk. He was a Dwarven King of Durin's Folk, the fifth King under the Mountain, and the Lord of the Iron Hills during the War of the Ring in Middle-earth.

Biography[]

War of the Dwarves and Orcs[]

Dáin followed his grandfather, Grór, in lordship after Náin was killed by the great Orc chieftain Azog during the Battle of Azanulbizar, the final conflict in the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, before he could inherit the lordship. Almost immediately after the death of Náin, Dáin rushed up the steps and slew Azog himself with a single blow of his axe, thus avenging his father's death. He was a very young Dwarf at the time, being only thirty-two years of age: by the Dwarves reckoning, he was still a stripling. Dáin's feat was heralded as a magnificent and glorious triumph for one so young. Dáin alone looked past the gate into Moria, and had the wisdom to know that it was impossible for the Dwarves to return while Durin's Bane yet lived.

The Battle of Five Armies[]

Dain II

Dáin as seen in The Hobbit films, acted by Billy Connolly

Dáin was the friend and cousin of Thorin II Oakenshield, and responded to Thorin's call for help during the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain.[3] Dáin marched with five hundred Dwarven soldiers, exceptionally strong even by Dwarven standards, clad in heavy chainmail and iron boots, and armed with mattocks, shields, and swords. He arrived just in time for the Battle of Five Armies.[4] With Thorin's death in the battle, Dáin became King of Durin's Folk and King under the Mountain, the first not of the main line. After the battle, Dáin thanked the Great Eagles for their timely intervention, crowning their chief with gold and swearing the Dwarves to everlasting friendship with them. He also honored Thorin's commitments to Bard the Bowman and Bilbo Baggins, giving a fourteenth share of the Mountain's treasure to the people of Lake-town, and promising an even greater share to Bilbo, who politely declined to take more than two small chests, filled with silver and gold. Dáin also granted the emeralds of Girion to King Thranduil, who prized them greatly.[5]

The War of the Ring[]

Dáin was a wise and just leader, and brought much wealth to the mountain realm and was on good terms with the Men of Dale to the south and the Elven king of Northern Mirkwood as well, which ensured peace for many years to come. When Balin and other Dwarves decided to reclaim Moria, Dáin initially refused, but Balin insisted on going.[6]


A few months before the Council of Elrond, a messenger from Mordor appeared at the entrance of the Lonely Mountain and offered the Dwarves an alliance with Sauron, asking only in return that the Dwarves share what they knew "concerning Hobbits", and help to track down the One Ring, which the messenger described as "least of rings... a trifle that Sauron fancies."  The messenger said that, if the Dwarves could deliver the Ring itself, then Sauron would return three of the Rings of Power that originally belonged to the Dwarf-Lords, and Moria would be theirs to possess forever.  On the other hand, the messenger warned that "things will not seem so well" if the Dwarves did not help.[6]

Dain as King Under the Mountain

Dáin becoming King under the Mountain

Knowing from long and bitter experience that Sauron could not be trusted, Dáin refused to be bribed or blackmailed, and sent the messenger away without an answer by claiming that he needed time to think over the proposal. He instead sent Glóin to Rivendell to consult with Elrond, while Dáin prepared the Lonely Mountain for war.[6]

Siege of Erebor

Dáin and Brand preparing for battle

Death[]

Dáin participated in the War of the Ring's northern campaign but was killed during the Battle of Dale in TA 3019, defending the body of King Brand of Dale before the gates of the Lonely Mountain. He was, by then, an extremely old Dwarf, at the age of two-hundred and fifty-two, but still strong for his age. He was still among the greatest of the Dwarven warriors, a direct descendant of Durin I and his prowess in battle was nearly unmatched.

After news of his death reached Minas Tirith, Gandalf remarked that, as saddened as they must be at Dáin's death, they should be glad that he died in battle, defending his friend's body, as well as amazed that he was still as formidable a warrior as he had been when he was a young dwarf:

Death of the kings

Dáin II Ironfoot perishes trying to save the body of King Brand

"I should call that a heavy loss, if it was not a wonder rather that in his great age he could still wield his axe as mightily as they say he did, standing over the body of King Brand before the gate of Erebor, until the darkness fell."

After his death during the war, his son, Thorin III Stonehelm, succeeded him.[1]

Line of Kings of Durin's Folk[]

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Durin I
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Durin II
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Durin III
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Durin IV
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Durin V
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Durin VI
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Náin I
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Thráin I
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Thorin I
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Glóin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Óin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Náin II
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Dáin I
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Borin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Thrór
   
   
Frór
   
   
Grór
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Farin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Thráin II
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Náin
   
   
   
   
   
   
Fundin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Gróin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Thorin II
   
   
Frerin
   
   
Dís
   
   
Dáin II
   
   
Balin
   
   
Dwalin
   
   
Óin
   
   
Glóin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Fíli
   
   
   
   
Kíli
   
   
Thorin III
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Gimli
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Durin VII


Appearances[]

In the books[]

In the films[]

Portrayal in adaptations[]

Rankin/Bass[]

In the animated film The Hobbit, Dain is referenced by Thorin as the leader of the dwarf reinforcements arriving at Erebor from the Iron Hills, but is not seen in the film.

The Hobbit film trilogy[]

BOTFA HD - Dain arrives

Dain Ironfoot arrives for battle

In the third volume of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, Dáin is portrayed by Scottish actor and comedian Billy Connolly. The character's history undergoes some drastic alteration, as the battle between him and Azog is instead combined with the account of how Thorin gained his surname, and results in Azog losing an arm below the elbow rather than perishing.

While the Lonely Mountain is under siege by a combined force of Mirkwood Elves and Men from the recently-destroyed Lake-town, Dain arrives at the head of an army of Dwarves from the Iron Hills. Gandalf explains to Bilbo Baggins that Dain and Thorin Oakinshield are cousins -and that Thorin is "The reasonable One"! Initially bent on attacking the elves, Dain wheels half of his army to fight against Azog's army when it appears on the field. The Dwarves quickly formed a phalanx, in which fight he is reluctantly joined by the elves.

As the Orcs force the tired Dwarves back towards the gate of Erebor, Thorin and his company charge out, prompting Dain to call for the Dwarves to rally to their King. The two cousins exchange hearty greetings on the battlefield, though Dain is not seen for the rest of the film.

In battle, he rides a wild boar and wields a war hammer. After he is thrown off of his boar and loses his helmet, he is shown to have bright red hair, worn in a Mohawk (similar to Dwalin's at the time of the Battle of Azanulbizar).

Dain Ironfoot

Dain II Ironfoot in combat at the Battle of the Five Armies

In the extended edition for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies his role is slightly expanded, with his army briefly engaging the Elves until the arrival of the Orcs. Unlike the book, Dain's army contained more than just heavily-armed infantry. In addition to having more than five hundred heavy infantry armed with spears, swords, axes, and shields, Dain's army contained a force of two hundred fifty Dwarves mounted on armored goats, five war chariots manned by four Dwarves each and pulled by teams of six rams, and nine heavy ballistae manned by crews of five Dwarves that fired javelins with spinning tails behind them (called "twirly-whirlies" by Dain). After the battle, he is crowned King under the Mountain. Although the extended edition of the third film does not reveal what happened afterwards, it is possible that he made good the promise his cousin Thorin made to the people of Esgaroth by giving them the gold that was owed to them. He may also have restored to Thranduil the necklace of white gems that Thror allegedly stole from the Elven-king years ago.

Voice dubbing actors[]

Foreign Language Voice dubbing artist
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD) Élcio Romar
Spanish (Latin America) José Luis Orozco
Italian (Italy) Roberto Draghetti
French (France) Richard Leblond
Hungarian Károly Gesztesi
The Lord of the Rings Online - Dáin Ironfoot

Dain in The Lord of the Rings Online

Video games[]

  • Dáin appears in the real time strategy game The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth II, fighting on the Dwarven faction as King Dáin. His great axe in the game is called Barazanthual, which was one of the finest weapons ever made by Dwarfdom and was rightly feared by all his enemies.
  • In The Lord of the Rings Online, Dáin, along with King Brand of Dale, makes a brief appearance in the raid "Flight to the Lonely Mountain", where they brief the player before the assault of the Easterlings begin. After the conclusion of the Siege of Erebor, his tomb can be found in Mazal Akrâz, the "Chamber of Glory", nearby those of Fíli, Kili, and his cousin Thorin Oakenshield. The fates of Kings Dáin and Brand are somewhat of an oddity in the game. In the "Flight to the Lonely Mountain" raid, which is not part of the main storyline, King Brand stands alone at the water-crossing and is felled by enemy arrows, while Dáin escapes to the safety of Erebor where he dies alone before the gates. Later, during the main storyline of the game, the player hears this version of events from a dwarf and has the opportunity to correct him, noting that it is widely known that both Kings died together before the gates.

Gallery[]

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King Dáin II
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Dain Ironfoot
Dáin Ironfoot in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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BOTFA HD - Dain arrives
Dáin arrives
Dain Ironfoot II
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Dáin (left) miniature by Games Workshop, for the Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
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Dáin Ironfoot (on foot and mounted) miniatures by Games Workshop's Forge World, for The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game
King Dain - LOTR The Card Game
Dáin Ironfoot from The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - Return to Mirkwood Adventure Pack
King Dain - LOTR The Card Game (2)
Dáin Ironfoot from The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - The Ghost of Framsburg Adventure Pack

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Dáin II Ystervoet
Albanian Dáin II Këmbë hekuri
Amharic ዓፄ ዳኢን የብረት እግር
Arabic ضاين الثاني الحديد القدم
Armenian Դաին II Արդուկ ոտքով
Azerbaijani II Dáin Dəmir ayağı
Basque Dáin II.a Burdinazko oina
Belarusian Cyrillic Даін II Жалеза для ног
Bengali দ্বিতীয় দাইন আয়রন পা
Bosnian Dáin II Gvozdena noga
Breton Dáin II Houarn Troad ?
Bulgarian Cyrillic Дайн II Железоноги
Burmese ဒဲန္ ဒုတိယ၊ သံခြေသည်
Catalan Dáin II Peudeferro
Chinese (Hong Kong) 丹恩二世·鐵足
Cornish Dáin II Ben Horn
Corsican Dáin II Ferru peda
Croatian Dáin II Željezna noga
Czech Dáin II Železná noha
Danish Dáin II Jernfod
Dutch Dáin II IJzervoet
Esperanto Dáin la 2-a Ferapiedo
Estonian Dáin II Raud jalg
Faroese Dáin II Jarnfótur
Finnish Dáin II Rautajalka
French Dáin II Pied d'Acier
Georgian დაინ II რკინისტერფი
German Dáin II Eisenfuß
Greek Δαιν Β΄ Σιδήρου πόδι
Gujarati બીજું ડેન આયર્ન પગ
Haitian Creole Dáin II Fè pye
Hebrew דאין אירונפוט
Hindi ड्ऐन द्वितीय, लौह पैर
Hungarian (II.) Vaslábú Dáin
Icelandic Dáin 2. Járnfótur
Italian Dáin II Piediferro
Irish Gaelic Dáin II Iarann chos
Japanese ダイン2世 鉄の足
Kannada ಎರಡನೇ ಡೈನ್ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಕಾಲು
Kazakh II Даін Темір аяқ (Cyrillic) II Dain Temir ayaq (Latin)
Korean 무쇠발 다인 2세
Kurdish Dáin II Ling hesin (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Даин II Темир таман
Latin Dáin II Ferropede
Latvian Dáin II Dzelzs kāja
Lithuanian Dáin II Geležinė pėda
Luxembourgish Dáin II Eisefouss
Macedonian Cyrillic Даин II Железна Стапало
Malagasy Dáin II Tongotra vy
Manx Dáin II Cass Yiarn
Mongolian Cyrillic Төмөр Хөлт II Даин
Navajo Dáin II Bééshakeeʼ
Nepalese दोस्रो दैन आयरन खुट्टा
Norwegian Dáin II Jernfot
Pashto داین دوهم د اوسپنې پښه
Persian ضاین دوم پای آهن
Polish Dáin II Żelazna Stopa
Portuguese Dáin II Pé-de-Ferro (Brazil)

Dáin II Pé de Ferro (Portugal)

Punjabi ਡਾਈਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਲੋਹੇ ਦਾ ਪੈਰ
Romanian Dáin al II-lea Talpă-de-Fier
Russian Даин II Железностоп
Sanskrit ड्ऐन २ ईरोन्फ़ोओत
Scottish Gaelic Dáin II CasIarainn
Serbian Даин II
Cyrillic Гвозденстопа
Latin Dáin II Gvozdenstopa
Sinhalese දෙවැනි ඩෙයින් යකඩ කකුල
Slovak Dáin II Železná noha
Slovenian Dáin Železnonogi II.
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) Dáin II Pie de Hierro
Swahili Dáin II Mguu wa chuma
Swedish Dáin II Järnfot
Tajik Cyrillic Даин II Оҳан по
Tamil இரண்டாம் டைந் இரும்பு கால்
Telugu రెండవ దైన ఐరన్ అడుగు
Thai ดาอิน 2 เท้าเหล็ก
Turkish II Dáin Demirayak
Turkmen Dáin II Demir aýak
Ukrainian Cyrillic Даїн ІІ Залізносто
Urdu ڈین دوم آئرن پاؤں
Uzbek Даин II Темир оёқ (Cyrillic) Dain II Temir oyoq (Latin)
Vietnamese Dáin II Chân Sắt
Welsh Dáin II Troed haearn
Yiddish דאַין אייַזן פֿיס II
Yoruba Dáin 2k Irin ẹsẹ
Zazaki Dáin II Asın lınge
Lord of the Iron Hills
Preceded by
Grór
Dáin II Succeeded by
None, title abandoned
TA 2805 - TA 2941
King of Durin's Folk
Preceded by
Thorin II Oakenshield
Dáin II Succeeded by
Thorin III
TA 2941 - TA 3019
King under the Mountain
Preceded by
Thorin II Oakenshield
Dáin II Succeeded by
Thorin III
TA 2941TA 3019

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, III: Durin's Folk
  2. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Great Years"
  3. The Hobbit, Chapter XV: "The Gathering of the Clouds"
  4. The Hobbit, Chapter XVII: "The Clouds Burst"
  5. The Hobbit, Chapter XVIII: "The Return Journey"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter II: "The Council of Elrond"
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