23-03-2012, 17:59
L'information se trouve dans un essai de Tolkien, très intéressant, publié dans The Peoples of Middle-earth, et qui s'intitule « Of Dwarves and Men ».
Je citerai simplement ce passage (p. 302), qui indique que les Montagnes Grises (Ered Mithrin) furent colonisées par les Nains dès le Premier Âge :
Tolkien a écrit :
They regarded the Iron Hills, the Ered Mithrin, and the east dales of the Misty Mountains as their own land. But they were under attack from the Orks of Morgoth. During the War of the Jewels and the Siege of Angband, when Morgoth needed all his strength, these attacks ceased...
En fait, les Nains furent chassé des Montagnes Grises pour la première fois en 1695 DA (cf. 305) :
Tolkien a écrit :
The Second Age had reached only the middle of its course (c. Second Age 1695) when he [Sauron] invaded Eriador and destroyed Eregion, a small realm established by the Eldar migrating from the ruin of Beleriand that had formed an alliance also with the Longbeards of Moria. This marked the end of the Alliance of the Longbeards with Men of the North. For though Moria remained impregnable for many centuries, the Orks reinforced and commanded by servants of Sauron invaded the mountains again. Gundabad was re-taken, the Ered Mithrin infested and the communication between Moria and the Iron Hills for a time cut off.