Ironfists

The Ironfists or the Folk of Sindri (or Thélor the rich) are one of the seven tribes of the Khazâd.

History
One of the most tragic tales.The Ironfists awoke in central Middle-earth, where they had contact with Easterlings.

They settled in the Mountains of Rhûn, where they prospered for almost 7 centuries. However, once again, intra-Dwarven strife ended their peace. An argument between King Sindri and his kinsman Thúlin resulted in a brief, bloody civil war.

So injured had Sindri´s folk grown to acting purely of self-interest, and sustained by no other principle than martial prowess, that they felt no shame in accepting gold from Mordor in payment for arming his minions to make war against the Westlands. Thúlin slew the overly-proud (even by Dwarven standards) Lord and laid claim to the throne. He was, in turn, murdered by Thrar’s daughter Thris, whose son Threlin (Or Buldin) became King.Threlin moved the remnants of Thelor’s folk further south in early TA. He established a domain centered at the delving called Namagaluz. Located in the Ered Harmal, the gate to this rich hold opened eastward, above the waters of Heb Aaraan and not far from the Chey lands. It was the greatest Dwarf city in central Endor.

When Sauron and Durin´s heir summoned them for the battle of Dagorlad, few were willing to take the field against Durin´s heir. Fewer still could conceive of alliance against Sauron as a matter of common honour to the Khazâd, so most of them remained aloof from the war. But their king and many warriors fought for Sauron.

In the aftermath of the Last Alliance, the Dwarves of the Westlands universally branded them as renegades and turncoats. The cataclysm of Númenor Downfall had ruined their chief city, and the exile of their king (who founded Nurunkhizdín, near the Inland Sea of Rhûn) had left them leaderless.

Actually, they live scattered in the East as shamans and fortune-tellers among the superstitious Easterlings.

Dwarf-holds

 * Gamil-nâla
 * Namagaluz
 * Nurunkizdin

fathers of renown

 * Darsha
 * Sindri or Thélor the rich
 * Threlin (Buldin)
 * Thris