Daeron
Minstrel of Doriath; enamoured of Lúthien and twice betrayed her; friend (or kinsman) of Saeros.

Dagor Bragollach   Battle of Sudden Flame
Fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand, in which the Siege of Angband was ended.

Dagor Dagorath   Battle of Battles
The Last Battle at the end of the world, foretold in the Second Prophecy of Mandos.

Dagorlad   Battle Plain
East of Emyn Muil and near the Dead Marshes, site of the great battle between Sauron and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age.
Later battles on the Dagorlad: the victory in Third Age 1899 of King Calimehtar over the Wainriders; the defeat and death of King Ondoher in Third Age 1944.
>>>  Battle of Dagorlad

Dáin Ironfoot
Lord of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills, afterwards King under the Mountain; slain in the Battle of Dale.

Dale
Country of the Bardings about the feet of Mount Erebor, allied with the Kingdom of the Dwarves under the Mountain.
>>>  Battle of Dale

Dark Elves
See Avari.

Dark Lands
Term for Middle-earth in Númenor.

Dark Lord
See Morgoth, Sauron.

Dark Plague
See Great Plague.

Dark Power
See Morgoth, Sauron.

Dark Tower
See Barad-dûr.

Dark Years
The years of the dominion of Sauron in the Second Age.

Dead Marshes
Wide stagnant marshes south-east of Emyn Muil, in which the slain of the Battle of Dagorlad were seen.

Dead Men of Dunharrow
Men of Ered Nimrais who were cursed by Isildur for breaking their oath of allegiance to him.
>>>  Dunharrow

Déagol
A Stoor of the Vales of Anduin, finder of the One Ring. Slain by Sméagol (Gollum).

Deep Elves

Deeping-coomb
The valley leading up to Helm's Deep.

Deeping-road
Road running northwards from the Deeping-coomb to join the Great Road east of the Fords of Isen. (cf. "the branchgoing to the Homburg")

Deeping-stream
Stream flowing out of Helm's Deep down into Westfold.

Deer's Leap
See Cabed-en-Aras.

Deldúwath

Denethor
Leader of the Nandorin Elves that came over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand; slain on Amon Ereb in the First Battle of Beleriand.
Denethor I Steward of Gondor.
Denethor II Twenty-sixth and last Ruling Steward of Gondor, the second of the name; Lord of Minas Tirith at the time of the War of the Ring; father of Boromir and Faramir.

Déor
Seventh King of Rohan.

Dimbar
The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb.

Dimrill Dale
See Nanduhirion.

Dimrill Stair
Staircase in the Nanduhirion leading from the Kheled zaram to the Pass of Caradhras.

Dimrost   Rainy Stair
The falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil, afterwards called Nen Girith.

Dior
"Thingol's Heir"; Son of Beren and Lúthien; King of Doriath after Thingol; possessor of the Silmaril; slain by the Sons of Fëanor.

Dirhavel
Man of Dor-lómin, author of the Narn i Hin Húrin.

dirnaith
Wedge-shaped battle-formation used by the Dúnedain.

Dol Amroth
Stronghold on a promontory of Belfalas, named after Amroth King of Lórien.
>>>  Angelimar, Adrahil, lmrahil

Dol Baran   Gold-brown Hill
A hill at the southern end of the Misty Mountains, where Peregrin Took looked into the Palantír of Orthanc.

Dol Guldur   Hill of Sorcery
A treeless height in the south-west of Mirkwood, fastness of the Necromancer before he was revealed as Sauron returned.
>>>  Amon Lanc

Doom of the Noldor
>>>  Prophecy of the North

Dor-Cuarthol   Land of Bow and Helm
Name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh.

Dor-en-Ernil   Land of the Prince
Region in Gondor west of the river Gilrain.

Dor Firn-i-Guinar   Land of the Dead that Live

Dor-lómin
Region in the south of Hithlum, the territory of Fingon, given as a fief to the House of Hador; the home of Húrin and Morwen. The Mountains of Dor-lómin are that part of Ered Wethrin that formed the southern fence of Hithlum.
>>>  Lady of Dor-lómin = Morwen, Lord of Dor-lómin = Húrin; Túrin, Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin

Doriath   Land of the Fence (Dor Iâth)
The kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin. The name is referring to the Girdle of Melian.
>>>  Guarded Realm, Hidden Kingdom

Dorlas
Man of Brethil; went with Túrin and Hunthor to the attack on Glaurung, but withdrew in fear; slain by Brandir.

Dorthonion   Land of Pines
The great forested highlands on the porthern borders of Beleriand, afterwards called Taur-nu-Fuin.

Downfall of Númenor
The destruction of the Island of Númenor as the divine punishment for the assault on Valinor by Men.

Dragons
Beasts of enormous size and strength that can breathe fire, first bred by Morgoth.
>>>  Ancalagon, Glaurung, Smaug

Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin
Heirloom of the House of Hador, worn by Túrin.

Dramborleg
The great axe of Túor, preserved in Númenor.

Drengist, Firth of
The long firth piercing Ered Lómin, between Lammoth and Nevrast.

Drúadan
Singular of Drúedain.

Druadan Forest
Forest in Anórien at the eastern end of Ered Nimrais, where a remnant of the Drúedain or "Wild Men" survived in theThird Age.
>>>  Tawar-in-Druedain

Druath
The Drúedain. (Singular Dru, plural also Druin; Sindarin forms derived from the native name "Drughu").
>>>  Rog, Ru

Drúedain
Sindarin name (from Drû+adan, plural edain) of the "Wild Men" of Ered Nimrais (and of the Forest of Brethil in theFirst Age).
>>>  Woses, Pukel-men

Drûgs
Drû(g)-folk : The Drúedain.

Drúwaith Iaur   Old wilderness of the Drû-folk
The mountainous promontory of Andrast. Called the "Old Pukel-wilderness" and "Old Pukel-land".

Dry River
The bed of the river that once flowed out from the Encircling Mountains to join Sirion; forming the entrance to Gondolin.

Dúnadan
Singular of Dúnedain.
The Dúnadan meaning the chieftain of the Dúnedain, see Aragorn.

Dúnedain   Edain of the West
(Singular Dúnadan) The Númenóreans and their descendants in Middle-earth.

Dungortheb   Valley of Dreadful Death
Land between the precipices of Ered Gorgoroth and the Girdle of Melian.
>>>  Nan Dungortheb

Dunharrow
Fortified refuge in Ered Nimrais above Harrowdale, approached by a climbing road at each turn of which were set the statues called Pukel-men.

Dúnhere
Rider of Rohan, Lord of Harrowdale; fought at the Fords of Isen and at the Pelennor Fields, where he was slain.

Dunland
A country about the west-skirts of the Misty Mountains at their far southern end, inhabited by the Dunlendings.

Dunlending, The
Saruman's agent, the 'squint-eyed southerner' in the inn at Bree.

Dunlendings
Inhabitants of Dunland, remnants ofan old race of Men that once lived in the valleys of Ered Nimrais; akin to the Dead Men of Dunharrow and to the Breelanders.

Durin
Durin I Eldest of the the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves. Called the Deathless.
Durin III King of Durin's folk in Khazad-dûm at the time of Sauron's assault on Eregion.
Durin VI King of Moria, slain by the Balrog (see Durin's Bane).
>>>  Heir of Durin, Thorin Oakenshield, Durin's Folk

Durin's Bane
The Valarauko (Balrog) dwelling in Hadhodrond (Moria) at the end of the Third Age. Slayer of Balin. Slain by Mithrandir.

Durin's Folk
The Dwarves living in the ancient realm of Khazad-dûm.
>>>  Hadhodrond, Moria

Durthang

Dwalin

Dwarf-road
(1) The road leading down into Beleriand from Nogrod and Belegost and crossing Gelion at Sarn Athrad.
(2) Translating Men-i-Naugrim, a name of the Old Forest Road leading from the Celduin through Eryn Galen over the Anduin and the Hithaeglir all through Eriador to the Ered Luin.

Dwarves
The species made by Aulë.

Dwimordene   Phantom-vale
Name of Lothlórien among the Rohirrim.