Thrain II, Son of Thror
Thráin fled with his father and a small group of companions when the dragon Smaug in T.A. 2770 descended on Lonely Mountain and sacked the Dwarven kingdom. King Thrór, Thráin, and the others eventually settled in Dunland and scratched out a meager living. Thrór was devastated by the loss of Erebor and left his people to journey north. He took a single companion, Nár, but left his son with his Ring of Power, along with the map and key to Lonely Mountain.
In T.A. 2790 Nár returned to tell Thráin that his father had been captured and butchered by the Orc-chieftain Azog when they had journeyed to the mines of Moria. Even worse, Azog had beheaded Thrór and carved his own name on Thrór's forehead to show the Dwarves that an Orc now ruled their ancestral home.
Thráin sat for seven days without eating or sleeping, until he stood and said "This cannot be borne!", after which he led a grand host of dwarves to make Azog pay for his insult and so began the War of the Dwarves and Orcs.
Thrain would continue his exile wandering the Wilderland until he was eventually captured by the Forces of Evil and was tortured to insanity in the prison halls of Dol Guldur.
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