Moria Goblins

The Moria Goblins are the orcish inhabitants of Moria´s Underdeeps.Even when Moria was still inhabited by Dwarves on and off small groups of Deep-Orcs seeped in to abandoned mines and tunnels or raided remote dwarven outposts.Later, with the rise of the Balrog three tribes invaded Moria, the Snagahai, small degenerated Goblins and the Durbaghash, a tribe of greater Goblins or Hobgoblins, later they were joined by the Uruk-Ungingurz, fighting Uruks hailing from Dol Guldur.

For some time the great Orc Azog declared Moria the Capital of his Kingdom in the Misty Mountains, after Azogs death his shortlived empire collapsed, his son Bolg claimed the crown of Gundabad while his kinsman Ogrod claimed Goblin Gate.For decades orcish Lords fought for the crown of Moria, among them outstanding figures as Gorkil, Durburz and Groblog.Several new tribes invaded and tribal alliances were formed and fell apart among them the Durab, Durub and Ghâsh-Hai (descendants of the Durbaghâsh), Gazathrug, Highpeak Goblins, Largzurm and Pûlpum.At the times of the War of the Ring the highest ranking Orc in Moria was Grishlug, an Uruk-Hai officer of Dol Guldur closely contested by the large Hobgoblin Mazog.