dwarves

So, this might be a not so difficult issue to resolve but I have been thinking on how the Dwarves of Moria delved so much into the earth that they ended up disturbing a Balrog. Many questions arise: Was Angband deeper than Moria? How did the Balrog got there? How long was it there? Did it...

As you all know, none of the Exile of Noldor, Sindar elves, and Beleriand elves participated in the War of Wrath. The forces mentioned in the War of Wrath only included the Noldor elves who remained in Valinor, the Vanyar elves in Valinor, and the Edain in Beleriand. So, did the Dwarves...

Is there any debate on the origin of the Dwarves as the true first borns of Middle Earth? I cant help but feel strange when I think about how the 7 created by Aule where awakened by Ilúvatar just to put them to sleep right after, only so that his designs were consummated. This sounds like...

Yeah, every political faction in ME, elves in 1st age, almost every Numenor regime and so on, have keeping bunches cases of failed military nationalization for a long time, proved by Noldor's civil wars, Ar-Pharazon coup and so ofrth. The elves have seemed to acheive nationalization of military...

I'm after more background on the children of the moon dwarves also I can't find any where the racial stats and full list of abilities for the half maiar children of the moon dwarves does any body please have this info if not can anybody please make me up the racial stats and full powers of the...

Hello fellow Tolkien fans! I've been continuing on in reading through parts of the Legendarium. After having finished The Silmarillion a couple month ago, I've been jumping around a bit in the reading, and the planned reading, before I continue on into the Second Age. The material I've chosen...

Well a certain Lady Elf at least "the Lady Galadriel is above all the jewels that lie beneath the earth!" "it is enough for me to have seen the Lady of the Galadhrim, and to have heard her gentle words and "to name a single strand of your hair, which surpasses the gold of the earth as the stars...

A Movie (in German language and English subs) with episodes, produced while playing the game "Return to Moria". Actually one episode is ready, more will follow...Have fun. PPT-Professional Plunder Team Prolog: The Collapse: General description: Sauron has been defeated, the Balrog has been...

Full disclaimer: I think it likely that nobody on this planet cares about this kind of thing but me. Nevertheless, I felt compelled to put it in a post, if only to get it out of my own head. So, here goes (wasn't sure if this was the right forum for this; if not, mods, please move to the...

I'm reading chapter 3 of Shippey's Road to Middle Earth. I find I can't rush through this book and need to read round what he is saying. Now Tolkien preferred to use "dwarves" to dwarfs in his books though sometimes wrote "dwarfs" in his letters (e.g. in letter 131 to Milton Waldman). In...

That before Tolkien wrote in Gimli, he intended to use Burin son of Balin as the Dwarf member in the Fellowship.

He may not be dwarfish in size, but by the mighty beard he is the incarnation of one : o George MacDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald

I noticed that there is not much discussion on the character of Bombur around here. I think he is rather an under-appreciated character, especially after what the movies did to him. Too often I find he is just considered to be "fat comic relief". I think that is debatable at best. Is Bombur...

Hello friends, I have a burning question that I can’t quite give myself a satisfying answer too and I’m hoping some of you Tolkien enthusiasts will answer for me. Could Smaug or perhaps a dragon like him/more powerful have successfully attacked and or taken Khazad-dum/Moria like Smaug took...

Hi y'all! It's been a while! I re-read the Hobbit recently and was wondering in which Tolkien works does he extensively talk about Dwarves. Nothing comes to mind except LOTR appendices and some excerpts from the Silm. If anyone knows where I can find out more, I'd be glad!

So, orcs and humans can breed, at least for Saruman. Does this mean that human-dwarf, human-elf, and elf-dwarf hybrids are also possible? I've been wondering this for a while now.

Hello all. One topic I've seen brought up more and more frequently in regards to Amazon's new show is the age old debate on whether female Dwarves REALY DO have beards in the CANON. Some people point out plenty of evidence from the appendices and other peripheral works that indicate Dwarf women...

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We all know that this race is one of the great misteries of Tolkien's work, we all know that their female are too few and so alike the males that one cannot tell the diference. But how on earth they first breed if Aulë only created 7 males?!🤔

So the Valar were mad at the Noldor after the Kinslaying but it seems excessively petty to condemn men and dwarves to be afflicted by Morgoth as well (especially considering Melkor was THEIR responsibility (they freed him after all)). The Moriquendi I can at least argue (they'd chosen to stay...