One of these cards is Khazad Ai-menu, a “pump” card that plays in the skirmish phase. With the addition of Grima, Wormtongue to the Shadow player's repertoire, the Free Peoples were well-advised (no false counsel) to lower the number of possessions and other cards that they placed on their companions.
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What does Baruk Khazâd Khazâd AI Mênu mean?
The cry is translated "Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you!".
What does Khazad mean?
Dwarf, DwarvesThe first half of the name is Khazad and means "Dwarf, Dwarves".
How was Moria lost?
While he was successful in establishing a clan of Dwarves who called Moria home once more, his reign would only last five years. His colony was overtaken by Orcs and they were all slain on the same ground as their ancestors.
How old was Durin the Deathless?
Sources [1,2] seem to indicate that he lived to be at least 2,395 years old.
What language is Khuzdul?
In older writings such as The Lhammas and The Tree of Tongues, Tolkien described several phyla of the Valarin language, and Khuzdul, devised by Aule, belongs to the Aulëan phylum.
What are the similarities between Khuzdul and the native tongues of men?
As such, there are many similarities between Khuzdul and the native tongues of men, such as the language of the first and third houses of the Edain. That language was the ancestor of Adûnaic, the tongue of Númenor and the direct ancestor of the Common Speech. These Mannish languages displayed Khuzdul influences.
Who taught the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves the language?
Aulë, the creator of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, taught them "the language he had devised for them". Khuzdul is therefore unrelated in origin and different from the languages of the Elves. Few of other race have ever succeeded in learning it.
Did the Dwarves teach Khuzdul?
The Dwarves weren't unwilling to teach Khuzdul to their close friends, but Men found it difficult to learn more than a few words, some of which were loaned. In the First Age, before the ancestors of the Edain crossed into Beleriand, they had contact with the Dwarves in Rhovanion and later in the Blue Mountains.
