![]() Their creator was Mahal, known as Aulë the Smith. Unlike Elves and Men, the Dwarves are not counted among the Children of Ilúvatar. Origins Main article: Fathers of the Dwarves While there were seven Houses of the Dwarves, the most prominent was that of the Longbeards. They were typically blacksmiths and stoneworkers by profession, unrivalled in some of their arts even by the Elves. The Dwarves, or Khazâd in their own tongue, were beings of short stature, often friendly with Hobbits although long suspicious of Elves. Therefore they are stone-hard, stubborn, fast in friendship and in enmity, and they suffer toil and hunger and hurt of body more hardily than all other speaking peoples and they live long, far beyond the span of Men, yet not forever." ― Quenta Silmarillion, " Of Aulë and Yavanna" ![]() " Since they were to come in the days of the power of Melkor, Aulë made the dwarves strong to endure. Stocky bearded never bald especially hardy and loyal notoriously stubbornīlond, brown, black, blue, red, and (when older) grey or white Longbeards, Firebeards, Broadbeams, Ironfists, Stiffbeards, Blacklocks, Stonefootsĭwarves of Belegost, Dwarves of Erebor, Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, Dwarves of Nogrod, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, Dwarves of the Iron Hills, Petty-dwarvesĭurin, Gimli, Thorin, Dáin Ironfoot, Azaghâl, Mîm, Balin Khuzdul, Westron, Sindarin, Iglishmêk (sign language) Khazad-dûm, Belegost, Nogrod, Erebor, Iron Hills, Glittering Caves, Grey Mountains, Blue Mountains, Gundabad, RhûnĪlliance of Dwarves and Men, Union of Maedhros, Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Fellowship of the Ring, Thorin and Company ![]() Naugrim ( S), Nogothrim ( S), Khazâd ( K), Hadhodrim ( S), Casari ( Q)ĭescended from the seven Fathers of the Dwarves created by Aulë This article or section needs more/new/more-detailed sources to conform to a higher standard and to provide proof for claims made. " Who told you, and who sent you?" - Gandalf ![]()
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