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Totally named after khaza 'dum from lotr. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cormundo (talk · contr). 15:54, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yep, seems like it. Also Khaz'Goroth reminds of Tolkien's Aulë. Alagion (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2009 (UTC)