Taking the crown as a sign, he founded the great city of Khazad-dûm beneath the mountains that fed Mirrormere. He looked down in it and saw a crown above his head, being the reflection of stars above, despite the fact it was day and the stars should not have been visible. According to the Dwarves of Durin's Folk, after Durin the Deathless had awoken at Mount Gundabad in the north of the Misty Mountains, he travelled south until he came upon this lake. Mirrormere was the source of the river Silverlode. It lay in the southeast corner of Dimrill Dale. Mirrormere was the lake located beneath the East-gate of Khazad-dûm. He was set to sleep under Mount Gundabad in the Misty Mountains during the Years of the Trees. Aulë laid the sleeping fathers and their mates in deep places but Durin the eldest had none. Aulë repented but Ilúvatar himself gave them independent life and said that they shall sleep until after the coming of the Elves, who were to be his Firstborn. The Vala instructed his creations in the speech he had devised for them when Ilúvatar pointed out that this was against His plans, and that Aulë, as a Vala, had no power to make animate creations. Durin was one of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves fashioned under a mountain by the Vala Aulë, who yearned for the arrival of the Children of Ilúvatar. Durin I (Years of the Trees – First Age), also known as Durin the Deathless due to his longevity, was the first of the seven Fathers of the Dwarves, the founder of the city of Khazad-dûm, and the first king of the Longbeards.
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