Talk:List of Middle-earth Dwarves

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[edit] Extra dwarves?

I found the following dwarves among the list:

Erebor (1) Is the last of the Mezquins dwarves and father of Mîm.

Erebor (2) Is the son of Ibûn and father of Farin.

Farin Is the son of Erebor (2) and father of Fundin and Groin

Hadhod Hadhod was a Dwarf from the Fundin clan. He was created by EA and appeared in the games 'The Third Age' and as a cameo in 'The Battle for Middle-Earth 2'. He is pretty much the 'Gimli' of the Third age and even has the same personality as him. The Two Warriors even met during 'The Battle for Helms Deep' although they are not seen in cut-scenes together.

He was a great Dwarven warrior in his own right and many of his sons accompanied Balin during an expedition to reclaim Moria. Having heard nothing from Balin nor his sons Hadhod began searching for Moria and eventually met Elegost, a Ranger of Faramir's troop. The two became good friends and together they travelled together to find the lost kingdom.

When elven messengers announced he and Elegost had to go to Rivendell, Hadhod hesitated (since he (and all other Dwarves for that matter) don't like elves) but eventually he went there. After the Council of Elrond he was given a map to Moria from Elrond as a sign of friendship. Hadhod began a new quest with his ranger friend to find Moria but became separated when a band of orcs, led by a Mordor Shaman, attacked and stole the map. Elegost began searching for his friend but met Berethor and Idrial who in turn were following the Fellowship. Hadhod in the meanwhile followed the Orcs through the wilderness of Eregion and when night fell he slept in a cave to rest until the morning. But in the morning he was attacked by a troll who almost killed him, if not Elegost and his two companions intervined.

With the map of Elrond they found Moria, and found all of the dwarves dead, even Hadhod's sons. This angered Hadhod so that he grabbed some axes made by his people and slaughtered all the Trolls in Moria. After the group left Moria he followed the group to Helms Deep and found the Hammer of Helm Hammerhand, his boyhood dream. With that hammer he fought his way though the War of the Ring.

Ibûn Ibûn was one of the last of the Petty-dwarves, son of Mîm and father of Erebor (2).

Mîm

Main article: Mîm

Mîm was one of the last of the Petty-dwarves who lived with his two sons, Ibûn and Khîm, at Amon Rûdh in middle BeleriandAND SON OF Erebor (1).

I removed the bits on Erebor (1), Erebor (2), and Hadhod and revised the bits on the other three. Everything connecting Mîm with the grandfather of Balin and Glóin through Erebor (2) is confusing to me: Mîm died around First Age 500, while Farin was born in Third Age 2460, the year of the founding of Dol Guldur. It seems to me that a gap of 6000 years is a bit much for three generations of Dwarves :-) Also, it doesn't seem to me that a fanciful video-game character belongs in this list. By the way, I searched a bit for these uses of Erebor and "Mezquins". I don't remember ever seeing "Erebor" except in the context of the mountain (after all, ereb = lonely, or = probably a contraction of orod, = mountain), and "Mezquins" is a completely new name to me. If I've missed something, and these names do belong in here, by all means restore them! Nyttend 17:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

The dates must've been a mistake — 6000 years sounds too much of a gap, even for Dwarves! However, I do regret to announce that my knowledge concerning Dwarves is minimal, so edit as you see fit. :) —Mir l e n 21:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Now that I look at the page history, I think it was vandalism. A similar (but smaller) addition was reverted nearly a month ago. Nyttend 21:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)