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August 2010   The Nauglamír or Necklace of the Dwarves is a
piece of jewelry which appears at the end of the Narn i Chîn
Húrin.   The Nauglamír was forged by the Dwarves of Nogrod out
of the treasure of Nargothrond, after Húrin Thalion had brought
this to the Kingdom of Doriath. These Dwarves had been invited
to Menegroth by King Thingol to create jewelry out of the
immense treasure, and the Nauglamír was their best work.
Thingol prized it above everything else in his treasury, save
the Silmaril of Lúthien and Beren. After the Nauglamír had been
forged he asked the Dwarves of Nogrod to set the Silmaril in it,
which they did. Together it became jewelry more beautiful than
anything ever before seen in Arda.  The Dwarves were enthralled
by it as well, and greedily demanded it from Thingol, claiming
it as just payment for