In ancient times, their King Skorgrim led the clan to attack the Refuge of Edhelion, an Elvish settlement, seeking for the power of immortality within the relics the elves kept. He managed to destroy most of it but was stopped when an Elf named Talagan brought the library's walls down upon them both, killing them and ending the conflict. The Dourhands, leaded by Gormr Doursmith, took over Thorin's Halls, near the ruins of the Refuge of Edhelion, sometime after the Quest of Erebor and the consequent death of Thorin Oakenshield, where Skorgrim's body had been discovered a few years before. They were hostile to the Longbeards residing in the region. They initiated a plan to revive Skorgrim with the help of sorcery and were ultimately successful but a party led by Dwalin was able to defeat the