Deathless : A title given to Durin,eldest of the Fathers of the Dwarves.Though he lived to a very great age,Durin was not in fact deathless;he died some time during the First Age.
Elf-friend : The title and surname of Gimli of the Fellowship of the Ring, given in token of his great friendship with Legolas of the Wood-elves.
Father of the Dwarves : The seven progenitors of the Dwarven race,created by Aul� the Smith long years before the awakening of the Elves.They were granted life by Il�vatar and set to sleep in Middle-earth until the coming the Eldar.Durin the Deathless was the eldest of their number.
Gonnhirrim : An Elvish name for the race of Dwarves,meaning 'Masters of Stone'.
Ironfoot : The title and surname of D�in II of Durin's Folk,the successor to Thorin Oakenshield.
Khaz�d : The Dwarves' name for their own kind,in the Dwarvish language Khuzdul;seen in the Dwarvish name for Moria,'Khazad-d�m'.
King of Durin's Folk : Title given to Durin the Deathless and his descendants who ruled the Dwarves of Durin's Folk.Famous among these were Thorin II Oakenshield,who reclaimed Erebor from Smaug and D�in II Ironfoot,who fought in the War of the Ring.
King of Khazad-d�m : The title taken by the rulers of Khazad-d�m,the greatest and most opulent Dwarf-city of all time.The Kings were descended in line from Durin I,called the Deathless,who founded the city in ancient days.
King under the Mountain : The title taken by Thr�in I,founder of the Dwarf-kingdom at Erebor,the Lonely Mountain and maintained by those Kings of Durin's Folk who dwelt there.The line was broken twice,once by Thorin I (he and four generations of his descendants ruled from the Grey Mountains,not Erebor) and once by the dragon Smaug (who claimed the title for himself).In both cases,the line was restored to a rightful heir.
Lord of the Glittering Caves : After the downfall of Sauron,Gimli led a party of the Dwarves of Erebor to Aglarond,the Glittering Caves of the White Mountains within the realm of Rohan.There they founded a colony, and Gimli became known as the Lord of the Glittering Caves.His Dwarves performed great services for the Rohirrim and the Men of Gondor,of which the most famous was the making of new gates for Minas Tirith, forged out of mithril and steel.
Masters of Stone : A title used by the Elves to refer to the race of Dwarves,rendered Gonnhirrim in Elvish.
Naugrim : 'The Stunted People', the Elves' name for the race of the Dwarves.
Oakenshield : The title and surname of King Thorin II of Durin's Folk.
Stunted People : The most common term used by the Elves to refer to the Dwarves;Naugrim in Elvish.
