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	Dwarves
		Dwarves are short and sturdy; they are diggers, miners, and craftspeople; female dwarves are rarely seen; etc. Several cultural notes follow the specific advantages and disadvantages listing.
		Dwarves are highly aware of their genealogy, and nearly every member of each tribe can recite the line of his fathers back to the tribes founder.
		However, many Dwarves are practiced in the lore of runes or of the enchantment of arms.
	home.comcast.net /~arcadia-games/character/dwarves.htm (1196 words)

	Tolkien Literature Resources - Glossary - Dwarves
		There are times in the history of the dwarven people when a dwarf is born who is so similar to one of the seven dwarven fathers, that the dwarves believe that it is indeed one of the fathers returned.
		The greatest of all the cities of the dwarves was further to the east.
		Thorin's father Thrâin II was captured and tortured by Sauron and the last of the dwarven rings was taken from him.
	www.oneil.com.au /tolkien/glossary/dwarves.html (1290 words)

	Fathers of the Dwarves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves were the first of their race.
		The eldest of all, Durin, "lay alone" at Mount Gundabad in the north of the Misty Mountains.
		The other four Fathers of Dwarves were laid to rest in the far east, two of them at the northern end of the Orocarni, and the other two near the southern end of the range.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fathers_of_the_Dwarves (464 words)

	Dwarf (Middle-earth) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dwarves at the Council of Elrond in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
		There was also an eighth group of Dwarves that was not a separate member from these seven kindreds but composed of exiles from each: the Petty-dwarves, who were hunted like animals almost to the point of extinction by the Elves in the First Age.
		He once referred to dwarves as "a piece of private bad grammar" (Letters, 17), but in Appendix F to The Lord of the Rings he explains that if we still spoke of dwarves regularly, English might have retained a special plural for the word dwarf as with man.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Dwarrow.htm (1696 words)

	Dwarves
		Bifur was one of the Dwarves chosen by Thorin Oakenshield for the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the Dragon.
		Bofur was one of the Dwarves chosen by Thorin Oakenshield for the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the Dragon Smaug in 2941.
		The Dwarves responded by waging war against the Orcs, culminating in the defeat of the Orcs at the Battle of Azanulbizar in 2799.
	www.tuckborough.net /dwarves.html (7021 words)

	// LotR OnlinE
		In the years that followed the Seven Fathers of Dwarves stirred, and their stone chamber was broken open, and they arose and were filled with awe.
		Of all Dwarves of that Age, greatest fame was won by King Azaghâl, the lord of Belegost.
		In turn the Dwarves were caught by the Laiquendi at the Ford of Gelion and the Silmaril was taken from them, and those who escaped the ambush were attacked by Ents and utterly destroyed.
	fansites.hollywood.com /~lotr/dwarves.html (2780 words)

	Encyclopedia of Arda: Dwarves
		Almost all the Dwarves that appear in Tolkien's works were descended from the eldest of the Seven Fathers, Durin the Deathless.
		The Dwarves kept themselves apart from the other races; their language, Khuzdul, was a closely guarded secret, and they told their true names to none but themselves (all the Dwarf-names in Tolkien are in the tongues of Elves or Men, not true Dwarf names).
		When the Dwarves were completed, though, the voice of Ilúvatar spoke to Aulë; and agreed to grant them true life, and include them in His plan for Arda.
	www.glyphweb.com /arda/d/dwarves.html (933 words)

	Beleriand MUSH - Dwarves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As the children of Aulë;, Dwarves are naturally attracted to substances, to the depths of the earth, and to crafts; they are great miners and craftsmen and work wonders with stone, metal, and jewels.
		Dwálin, Father of the Broadbeams, and Thrár, Father of the Firebeards, awoke beneath Mount Dolmed in the Blue Mountains (the Ered Luin), which serves as the eastern border of the land called Beleriand.
		Durin, the Eldest, and Father of the Longbeards, awoke alone at Mount Gundabad in the north of the Misty Mountains (the Hithaeglir, east from Beleriand).
	beleriand.mux.net /dwarves.html (1030 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Durin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the Dwarves Durin awoke during one of the Ages of Stars at Mount Gundabad in the north of the Misty Mountains, which remained a sacred place to them ever after.
		Upon his awakening, he travelled great lengths to the places where the other Fathers of the Dwarves had awoken, before eventually arriving at the Mirrormere, a lake high up in the Misty Mountains that was thenceforth known to the Dwarves as Kheled-zÃ¢ram.
		Durin VI was King of the Dwarves of Khazad-dÃ»m when their ever-deeper mining for mithril under the city aroused a Balrog from its hiding place in the depths.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Durin (664 words)

	Dwarves
		When the Dwarves were completed, though, the voice of Ilúvatar spoke to Aulë and agreed to grant them true life, and include them in His plan for Arda.
		Ilúvatar would not allow the Dwarves to awaken, though, until after the Firstborn (the Elves), and so Aulë set them to sleep far apart from one another, deep underground, until the time came for their awakening.
		Son of Gróin, and father of Gimli Elf-friend, Glóin accompanied Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins on the Quest of Erebor, and years later was present with his son at the Council of Elrond.
	www.angelfire.com /goth/lotr/dwarves.html (838 words)

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		Thus the Dwarves of Belegost could stop the advance of the Dragon-horde, and, though slain in the act King Azaghâl drove his sword in the belly of Glaurung, the Father of Dragons, and so Glaurung and his brood fled from the battle field.br> Not all the deeds of Dwarves in that Age were praiseworthy.
		In turn the Dwarves were cought by the Laiquendi at the ford of Gelion and the Silmaril was taken from them, and those who escaped the ambush were attacted by Ents and utterly destroyed.
		Many wandering Dwarves came to the Blue Mountains and hi halls grew, but he was unhappy and desired to return to Erebor to the kingdom under the Mountain, which had been his grandfather's.
	members.tripod.com /~elficha/dwarves.html (2385 words)

	The History of Dwarves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Just as fascinating as the Elves, the Dwarves were also given life by Illuvatar; however, they are not the Children of Illuvatar, as they were made secretly by Aule the Smith.
		However, Illuvatar would not allow the Dwarven folk to awake before his precious Elves, but promisted Aule that he would give life to the Dwarves on the condition that they would be put into a deep sleep in the deep caves and mines until after the Awakening of the Elves.
		The first known establishment of the Dwarves is the famous Khazad-dum in the Misty Mountains, also known as Moria, which was founded by Durin the Deathless.
	www.freewebs.com /talesofmiddleearth/dwarves/history.htm (377 words)

	Dwarven Chronological Table
		Menegroth is built by the Dwarves of Ered Luin and the Elves of Doriath.
		Dwarves are driven from the Grey Mountains to Erebor by cold drakes, and the royal house returns to Erebor.
		Death of Náin of the Iron Hills, death of Fundin, father of Balin and Dwalin, and death of Frerin, son of Thráin II.
	www.lotrplaza.com /dwarves/kps/chronological_table.htm (783 words)

	The World of Tolkien \| An Online Guide to Middle Earth and the Undying Lands
		The dwarves guarded their new language selfishly, and only the dwarves and a few who knew only several words knew of it.
		So, although the dwarves were fully made, they stayed in the mountains, under the stone, and slept until the Time of the Awakening came.
		Dwarves were unaffected by cold and fire, and were sturdier than the races that came after them.
	www.freewebs.com /tolkienguide3/dwarves.htm (378 words)

	Articles: Dwarves
		Tolkien's original conception of Dwarves was radically different from the noble yet oh-so-haughty race of brave warriors and kings we meet in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
		If the other fathers of the Dwarves lived only 250 years (of the Sun), the kings who led the dispersal could have been the 10th of each of their respective lines.
		Tolkien wrote that the Dwarves were offended by the hunting of the Petty Dwarves, and it may be this was the ancient grudge whose embers smoldered in the Third Age (as Tolkien noted in the Appendix to The Lord of the Rings).
	www.runic.dk /articles1.htm (2991 words)

	Entmoot - The Seven Fathers of the Dwarves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was this fact that allowed Celebrimbor's folk to traffic freely with the dwarves of Moria, as Durin's folk took no part in the sack of Menengroth, toward the end of the first age, a deed that forever after sullied relations between dwarves and elves.
		The Seven Fathers of dwarves may be spoken of in The Peoples of Middle-earth, I'm not sure, but what is spoken of in there for sure are the seven tribes that the Fathers came from.
		The Longbeard Dwarves began the custom of taking "outer" names in Mannish languages, and they eventually developed a name-set (represented by all the Dwarf/Elf names Tolkien lifted from the Norse sagas) that was restricted to Dwarvish use (or, rather, fell out of use in the Mannish communities).
	entmoot.tolkientrail.com /showthread.php?t=699 (1192 words)

	Durin - The Lord of the Rings Wiki - A Wikia wiki
		Tolkien took Durin's name, like most of the dwarf names in his work, from real Norse mythology (in which Durin was the first of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves and the forger of many wonderful items, such as the sword Tyrfing).
		Durin II Little is recorded about his reign, although there are indications that the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm were in a confederation with the Men of the vales of Anduin, where the Men provided food in return for Dwarven weapons.
		The Dwarves of Durin's folk had been given this ring by Celebrimbor himself, and not by Sauron, though Sauron was involved in the making.
	lotr.wikia.com /wiki/Durin (577 words)

	[Daily Tolkien/Lord Of The Rings] Them Dwarves, Them Dwarves! - Part One and Two
		The Dwarves of Ered Luin may have developed the most sophisticated civilization among their kind during the First Age because of their friendship with the Elves of Beleriand, whose civilization was the highest, most advanced culture in Middle-earth.
		These Dwarves probably lived in a similar relationship with their neighbors to Khazad-dum's great alliances, but they were few in number and not seriously threatened by Orcs or dragons, so they do not play any roles in the great wars of the Second Age.
		The Dwarves of Ered Luin must eventually have benefitted from the influx of colonists from the south, from the extension of Rohan's authority over Dunland, and from the growth of the Shire.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/792013/posts (7207 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The race of Dwarves were fashioned by the Valar Aulë, who reigned over the rocks and mountains of Arda.
		Father of the Longbeards, the most common of the Dwarves, was Durin, and he awoke in Mount Gundabad in the Misty Mountains.
		Dwarves are a proud race, small in stature, though hardier than a Man full grown.
	me.warcry.com /content/races/dwarves.php (163 words)

	khuzdul
		In the second chapter of the Silmarillion we learn that as soon as Aulë; had made the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, he "began to instruct the Dwarves in the tongue that he had devised for them".
		Late legends had it that in Valinor, Aulë; had acquainted Fëanor with the language he had made for the Dwarves, but Tolkien noted that this was not necessarily true; perhaps it was just a story due to the fame of Fëanor (VT39:10).
		The Dwarves were descended from Seven Fathers and were divided into Seven Kindreds - and as we know, dwarfs (sic!) are still associated with the number seven even in very late and very childish Mannish mythology.
	www.uib.no /People/hnohf/khuzdul.htm (5173 words)

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		For the Dwarves asserted that the spirits of the Seven Fathers of their races were from time to time reborn in their kindreds.
		In our society, certainly that would mean by-blood, from father to father or mother to mother (or a combination of this, that and the other and so on), but not in all.
		A father in those times in that place of the world could disown you, he could say 'you're not my son,' and than you wouldn't be.
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	TheOneRing.net™ \| Barliman's Chat Room \| The Hall of Fire \| Log 11/22/2003 : Durin's Folk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Durin was the eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, and he founded Khazad-dum, or Moria.
		Dwarves are considered strange and solitary, and yet they made great communities with Elves and Men in Eregion and Dale.
		IT seems the Dwarves also had some element of foresight: It is said half of the Dwarves died in this last battle at Azanulbizar.
	www.theonering.net /barlimans/hall_logs/112203_p.html (3207 words)

	Khuzdul
		The Elves were not particularly interested and did not think highly of Dwarvish anyway: "They could understand no word of the tongue of the Naugrim [Dwarves], which to their ears was cumbrous and unlovely; and few ever of the Eldar have achieved the mastery of it" (Silmarillon Ch.
		Then the Dwarves actually "were not unwilling to teach their own tongue to Men with whom they had special friendship, but Men found it difficult and were slow to learn more than isolated words, many of which they adapted and took into their own language." (PM:303.
		As we speculated above, Khazâd "the Dwarves" and tarâg "beards" may be plurals formed according to the same pattern, so that the singular nouns "Dwarf" and "beard" are Khuzd, turg.
	www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/ultima/227/khuzdul.htm (3940 words)

	Tolkien Crackpot Theories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A reply to a question about how many of Aule's first Dwarves were women.
		Iluvatar "commanded Aule to lay the fathers of the Dwarves severally in deep places, each with his mate, save Durin the eldest who had none."
		Was Durin the Deathless, the Father of the Dwarves, the inspiration for all those Frankenstein movies?
	flyingmoose.org /tolksarc/theories/femdwarf.htm (198 words)

	Dwarves - Amazon.com: The Dwarves Must Die: Music
		Fathers of the Dwarves The seven founders of the race of Dwarves Race:, Dwarves.
		Most of the dwarves’ battles, most of the dwarves’ lives, are spent deep The greater number of the dwarves’ wars are conducted in the caverns and keeps
		By order of Sergeant Yazra Bloodsnarl, all dwarves on the field of battle are to be You now have license to decimate dwarves by the dozen, priest!
	linksseek.com /lksk/dwarves.html (461 words)

	Durin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Durin I was the first and eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves who were conceived by Aule the Smith in the Ages of Darkness.
		The name was also a reference to the belief that he would be reincarnated seven times as king of his people, and each time he would take the name of Durin.
		After the destruction of Beleriand at the end of the First Age of the Sun, the histories of Elves and Men primarily tell us of the Dwarves of Durin's line.
	valarguild.org /varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/d/Durin.htm (136 words)

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