Balin : A Dwarf of Durin's Folk;he accompanied Gandalf,Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor and later led an ill-fated attempt to reclaim Moria.
"BALIN FUNDINUL UZBAD KHAZADD�MU - Balin son of Fundin,Lord of Moria".
Bifur : A descendant of the Dwarves of Moria,one of the companions of Bilbo and Thorin II Oakenshield on the Quest of Erebor.
Bofur : A descendant of the Dwarves of Moria,one of the companions of Bilbo and Thorin II Oakenshield on the Quest of Erebor.He was the brother of Bombur.
Bombur : A descendant of the Dwarves of Moria,famed for his girth,who accompanied Thorin II Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins on the Quest of Erebor.
Borin : A Dwarf of Durin's Line, the second son of King N�in II.He was the ancestor of both Balin and Gimli Elf-friend of the Company of the Ring.
D�in I : King of Durin's Folk,son and heir of N�in II and ancestor of both Thorin II Oakenshield and D�in II Ironfoot.
Dain II Ironfoot : A descendant of Gr�r,the youngest son of D�in I and lord of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills. After the death of his cousin Thorin II Oakenshield in the Battle of Five Armies,D�in inherited the titles King under the Mountain and King of Durin's Folk.
D�s : The daughter of Thr�in II and sister of Thorin II Oakenshield.The mother of F�li and K�li,she is the only dwarf-woman named by Tolkien.
Dori : A Dwarf of the House of Durin,who accompanied his lord Thorin II Oakenshield on the Quest of Erebor.
Durin the Deathless : The eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves,the first of that race to be created by the Vala Aul�.He was set to sleep under the mountains of Middle-earth until after the awakening of the Elves.When he woke,he journeyed in the wilds until he came upon the Mirrormere,the lake that the Dwarves call Kheled-z�ram. Looking upon mysterious stars reflected in its surface,he took this as a sign and there founded a great city tunnelled in the heart of the Misty Mountains.This was Khazad-d�m,later called Moria.Durin lived to a great age even by the measure of the Dwarves but though he was called the Deathless,he was not immortal.He died some time before the end of the First Age but he founded the line of the Kings of Durin's Folk that extended down through the history of Middle-earth.
Durin III : The King of Durin's Folk at the height of their friendship with the Elves of Eregion.According to legend,he was given a Ring of Power - the ring that would later be known as the Ring of Thr�r - by Celebrimbor himself.
Durin VI : A descendant of Durin the Deathless,Durin VI was the King of Durin's Folk when the Balrog was awoken in Khazad-d�m.The Balrog's name,Durin's Bane,comes from this King,who was one of the first to be slain by it.
Durin VII : The last of the seven Durins appears once in Appendix A to The Lord of the Rings,as an undated descendant of Thorin III.As such,we know almost nothing of him apart from the bare fact of his existence.
Dwalin : A Dwarf descended from the royal line of Durin's Folk,the son of Fundin and brother to Balin,whom he accompanied on the Quest of Erebor.
F�li : Nephew of Thorin II Oakenshield,who accompanied him on the Quest of Erebor and was slain at his side in the Battle of Five Armies.
Frerin : The second son of Thr�in II and younger brother of Thorin Oakenshield.He was slain in the Battle of Nanduhirion.
Fr�r : The son of D�in I of Durin's Folk and brother to Thr�r the founder of Erebor.He was slain with his father by a Cold-drake in the Grey Mountains.
Fundin : A Dwarf of the royal house of the Longbeards,the great-grandson of King N�in II. He fathered two sons,Balin and Dwalin,who would later travel to Erebor with Bilbo Baggins.Fundin was killed beneath the East-gate of Moria in the Battle of Azanulbizar.
Gamil Zirak : A Dwarvish smith,the master of Telchar of Nogrod,the maker of many renowned works.Gamil Zirak was a great craftsman himself and the treasuries of Thingol were known to hold examples of his work.
Gimli Elf-Friend (see Character Biographies).
Gl�in : Son of Gr�in and father of Gimli Elf-friend,Gl�in accompanied Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins on the Quest of Erebor and years later was present with his son at the Council of Elrond.
Gl�in : The son of Thorin I and father of �in,King of Durin's Folk during the later Third Age.
Gr�in : An important figure in the royal genealogies of the Dwarves,Gr�in was the grandson of Borin,the younger son of King N�in II and so could claim direct descent from Durin the Deathless himself.In his turn, Gr�in was father to �in and Gl�in and uncle to Balin and Dwalin,all four of whom travelled on the Quest of Erebor.Through his son Gl�in,he was also grandfather to Gimli Elf-friend of the Company of the Ring.For all his genealogical importance,though,we know almost nothing of his life.His dates of birth and death,though,show us that he was alive at the time of Smaug's Sack of Erebor and the Battle of Nanduhirion twenty-nine years later. It is more than likely that he was present at both these events.
K�li : Nephew of Thorin II Oakenshield,who accompanied him on the Quest of Erebor and was slain at his side in the Battle of Five Armies.
N�in I : The son of King Durin VI of Khazad-d�m,who became King after his father was slain by the Balrog known as Durin's Bane.N�in's kingship lasted only a year,before he too was slain - his son Thr�in I led the remnant of Durin's Folk away into the north.
N�in II : King of Durin's line,successor to �in.He led the Dwarves of Durin while they abode in the Grey Mountains.Late in his reign,dragons came south out of the Forodwaith and began to assail the Dwarves.N�in was 247 years old when he died,having reigned as King for 97 of those years.He was succeeded by his eldest son D�in,who became King D�in I.
N�in : The grandson of King D�in I of Durin's Folk.N�in's father was D�in's youngest son Gr�r.N�in was slain at the Battle of Azanulbizar but after his death the lines of Gr�r's two elder brothers failed and N�in's son D�in Ironfoot became King.
Narvi : A great craftsman of the Dwarves,who lived and worked at the height of the power of Khazad-d�m.He formed a friendship with Celebrimbor,the master artificer of neighbouring Eregion.Together these two made their most famous achievement for King Durin III,the Doors of Durin that guarded the West-gate of Moria.
Nori : A Dwarf of the House of Durin,who accompanied his lord Thorin II Oakenshield on the Quest of Erebor
�in : �in was King of Durin's line,successor to Gl�in.In his time,the Dwarves of Durin's Folk still dwelt in the Grey Mountains of the north.In the later years of his reign,the Shadow returned to Dol Guldur in Mirkwood and Orcs and other evil things began to multiply in the northern mountains.In �in's last years,the Orcs plundered Moria,which was then deserted and took it to dwell in.This was but the first of the calamities that were to befall the House of Durin over the coming centuries.�in was 250 years old when he died,having reigned as King for 103 of those years.He was succeeded by his son N�in,who became King N�in II.
�in : Son of Gr�in,one of the Dwarves of the following of Thorin II Oakenshield who reclaimed Erebor from Smaug.He later travelled to Moria with Balin and was lost in the ill-fated attempt to reoccupy Khazad-d�m.
Ori : A Dwarf of the House of Durin,who accompanied his lord Thorin II Oakenshield on the Quest of Erebor.
Telchar : A Dwarf of Nogrod in the Blue Mountains and one of the greatest smiths in the history of Middle-earth. Among his works were Angrist (the knife that freed the Silmaril from the Iron Crown),Narsil (the sword of Elendil,later reforged for Aragorn as And�ril) and the Dragon-helm of Dor-l�min.
Thorin I : Son of Thr�in I and a distant ancestor of Thorin II Oakenshield.He led a great part of Durin's Folk from Erebor into the Grey Mountains.
Thorin II Oakenshield : The King of Durin's Folk who led his people to reclaim Erebor from Smaug;slain in the Battle of Five Armies.
Thorin III Stonehelm : The son of D�in Ironfoot,who succeeded as King of Durin's Folk after his father's death in the War of the Ring.
Thr�in I : A descendant of Durin the Deathless and King of Durin's Folk,the son of N�in I and father of Thorin I.
Thr�in II : King of Durin's Folk in exile,the son of Thr�r and father of Thorin II Oakenshield.He escaped Erebor when Smaug descended upon it but later wandered Middle-earth seeking to return there;he was captured by Sauron and died in the pits of Dol Guldur.
Thr�r : The eldest son of D�in I and King of Durin's Folk after him.He returned the Kingship to Erebor and was King under the Mountain when the Lonely Mountain was invaded by Smaug.He died years later in Moria,at the hands of Azog the Goblin.
