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| - The Stormbeards began with Khargos son of Gwenras daughter of King Thrar II. He was a member of the noble dwarves in Nogrod during the First Age, and started his career as an advisor at the Council of Dunborim. Here he gained trust with the King and was later on rewarded his own keep known as Namfaldir on the eastern hills of the Ered Luin. His house prospered for a time, serving the King as military advisors and commanders, protecting the kingdom from threats beyond their eastern borders. At the end of the First Age, Thorgrim son of Bhalgrum were forced to evacuate their homeland due to the War of the Valar which obliterated all of northern Middle-earth. The Stormbeards were separated from the Firebeards and found refuge close to Mount Gundabad, in a stronghold known as Kalbaraz, built by remnants of an Ironfist rebellion known as the Ironbeards. The Ironbeards came from the east a couple centuries before seeking shelter amongst the Longbeards after losing multiple battles against the Ironfists. The reason behind their rebellion is unclear, but the Stormbeards believe that the Ironbeards felt disloyalty towards Durin's Folk through their King at the time and tried to overthrow him in order to replace him with an alternative leader. Stormbeards and Ironbeards formed their own society known as the Stormbeard Clan, and as time moved on, they had to expand because of overpopulation. Morgrim Wyrmbane son of Tharkon ventured further east alongside the Grey Mountains towards the Withered Heath and founded the halls of Nordinbad.
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