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'''Lord of Belegost''' was a title for one who ruled over the [[Dwarves|Dwarven]] city of [[Belegost]]. It seems that his people represented the [[Broadbeam]] clan, and it is possible that the Lord of Belegost was descended from one of the seven [[Fathers of the Dwarves]].. A heirloom of the Lords of Belegost had been the pearl [[Nimphelos]] given by [[Thingol]].<ref>{{S|Sindar}}</ref>
'''Lord of Belegost''' was a title for one who ruled over the [[Dwarves|Dwarven]] city of [[Belegost]]. He was probably descended by one of the [[Seven Fathers of the Dwarves]]. A heirloom of the Lords of Belegost had been the pearl [[Nimphelos]] given by [[Thingol]].<ref>{{S|Sindar}}</ref>


Most famous of Belegost's Lords, and indeed the only one independently named, was [[Azaghâl]]..<ref>{{UT|Narn}}, p. 75</ref> He ruled in the later years of the [[First Age]], and it was for this Lord that the famous [[Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin]] was originally made. He fought with his people in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], where he was slain by [[Glaurung]], but he succeeded in wounding the [[Dragon]] so deeply that it fled back to [[Angband]].
The only known Lord of Belegost was [[Azaghâl]].<ref>{{UT|Narn}}, p. 75</ref>
 
In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'', [[Bodruith]] was the Lord of the [[Dwarves of Belegost]]<ref>{{LT2|IV}}</ref> during the [[Battle of the Thousand Caves]] against [[Menegroth]]. He was later slain by [[Ufedhin]], an [[Elves of Doriath|Elf of Artanor]], after attempting to kill and steal the [[Nauglafring]] from him out of greed.


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Lord of Belegost was a title for one who ruled over the Dwarven city of Belegost. He was probably descended by one of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves. A heirloom of the Lords of Belegost had been the pearl Nimphelos given by Thingol.[1]

The only known Lord of Belegost was Azaghâl.[2]

In The Book of Lost Tales, Bodruith was the Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost[3] during the Battle of the Thousand Caves against Menegroth. He was later slain by Ufedhin, an Elf of Artanor, after attempting to kill and steal the Nauglafring from him out of greed.

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