History Characters / MiddleEarthFilmDwarves

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* DropTheHammer: In the film prologue, he wields a ginormous hammer when leading the defense against Smaug, although he doesn't get a chance to use it when the dragon [[CurbStompBattle flattens the Dwarven forces with ease]].

* DropTheHammer: Wields a war hammer in battle, and caves in many a skull.

!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoseLuisOrozco (Latin American Spanish dub), Richard Leblond (French dub)

!!! '''Voiced by:''' José Luis Orozco (Latin American Spanish dub), Richard Leblond (French dub)

* ProudIndustriousRace: The Dwarves were originally created by the Vala Aulë to be a people who would share his love for making things of beauty, and consequently place a great deal of cultural importance on crafts, especially the working of metal and stone. They are famously some of the greatest craftsmen in Middle-Earth, and famous for the size and splendor of their great underground cities and for the beauty of the gems and jewels that they make.

* {{Fingore}}: When Azog defeated Thráin, he saw he was wearing one of the Seven Dwarf Rings and cut off the forefinger to get it.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: After the years he has spent imprisoned in Dol Guldur, he attacks his old friend Gandalf and almost kills him in the film's Extended Edition. He has trouble remembering Thorin and what happened to him until Gandalf knocks some sense into him.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the books, Thráin died nearly a century before ''The Hobbit'' after giving Gandalf his last two possessions: the Map and the Key. Here, he is killed when the Necromancer absorbs him as Gandalf tries to escape Dol Guldur in ''The Desolation of Smaug''.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Continuing the trend of royalty being badass, he showcases supreme badassitude during the Battle of the Five Armies, headbutting several helmeted Orcs to unconsciousness with his bare forehead, smacking dozens of orcs with his enormous hammer, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking riding a giant pig to war.]]

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[[folder: Dáin Ironfoot]]

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* HeroicWillpower: Race-wide (and justified in [[Literature/TheSilmarillion the story of their creation]]). To cite the most evident example, Sauron's One Ring utterly enslaved the wearers of the Nine (and supposedly would have done so for the Three as well): of the seven dwarf-kings, only two wearing the Rings of the Dwarves were pulled toward TheDarkSide, but retained their own wills; of the other five, two turned against Sauron, and the other three stayed neutral. A consequence of Aulë making his Dwarves hardy and difficult to corrupt or trick for the exact purpose of countering Melkor's wicked influences. Even their aging wasn't affected.

* OneGenderRace: Subverted in ''Film/TheHobbit'', where in the prologue, the dwarven women of Erebor are depicted as noticeably more feminine. Gimli at one point plays with this where he tells Éowyn stories of his entire race being this trope, which he thinks is utterly ridiculous.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: ... Kind of. In the films, the dwarves are all short, hairy, and crusty, but they have great variety in their faces, beards, clothing, body types, personalities and weaponry. Particularly notable are Thorin, Fíli, and Kíli, who all benefit from varying degrees of AdaptationalAttractiveness, with Kíli's Perma-Stubble practically making him a Bishōnen by dwarf standards. They also have accents that range throughout Britain, from Scotland to Ireland and Wales. Glóin, the most stereotypical of the dwarves, is the father of Gimli, who is arguably the modern day codifier of the trope.
* PluckyComicRelief: All principle Dwarves (except Thorin and Balin) are prone to this in some ways through both of the trilogies. Whereas Gimli is the sole Dwarf who gradually fell into this trope in the original, the Dwarves in Thorin's Company all have strange quirks that make them unique. Even Dáin gets in on it with his [[SirSwearsALot surprisingly foul mouth.]] [[BewareTheSillyOnes That's not to say they won't back out from a fight if pushed, though.]]

[[folder:Thráin]]

Father of Thorin and previous King of Durin's Folk. Died in the dungeons of Dol Guldur, but not before encountering Gandalf and giving him the map and key needed to get into Erebor. Also lost Durin's Ring of Power to Azog.

* DropTheHammer: In the film prologue he wields a ginormous hammer when leading the defense against Smaug, although he doesn't get a chance to use it when the dragon [[CurbStompBattle flattens the Dwarven forces with ease]].

* {{Fingore}}: When Azog defeated Thráin, he saw he was wearing one of the Seven Dwarf rings and cut off the forefinger to get it.

* HandicappedBadass: He is missing one eye, but still seems up for a fight.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the books, Thráin died nearly a century before ''The Hobbit'' after giving Gandalf his last two possessions: The map and the key. Here, he is killed when the Necromancer absorbs him as Gandalf tries to escape Dol Goldur in ''The Desolation of Smaug''.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As his scenes in the extended edition of ''Desolation'' show, he has been held captive in Dol Guldur for a very long time. When Gandalf finally finds him, he has been driven nearly completely mad, and is soon after [[spoiler:killed by the Necromancer.]]

[[folder:Thrór]]

Father of Thráin and grandfather of Thorin. Previous King of Erebor, once the mightiest of the Dwarf Lords and the first owner of the Arkenstone. He unsuccessfully attempted to reclaim Moria, but was unable to do so in the face of heavy casualties and the presence of Durin's Bane, not to mention his own death in combat against Azog the Defiler.

* DeathByMaterialism: ZigZagged. While Smaug's attacking, Thrór races to grab the Arkenstone, but conveniently loses it in the chaos and is dragged away by Thorin. It's implied that desire to retake what he lost in Smaug's attack is what motivates him to attempt to retake Moria, and this time, he does not survive.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: He dies during the Battle of Azanulbizar, whereas in the books he died earlier in the conflict.

* KickTheDog: Baiting Thranduil, then denying him the jewels that he ''clearly'' wants. [[spoiler:Made much, much worse by the fact that those jewels belonged to Thranduil's dead wife, and may be his last memento of her.]]

* PerilousOldFool: Implied to be {{justified}} by his SanitySlippage. His attempt to retake Moria from the orcs was almost bound to fail. Though his army still won the battle of Azanulbizar under Thorin's leadership, it ended up failing anyway, because of the PyrrhicVictory.

[[folder:Dáin Ironfoot]]

* EleventhHourRanger: He refuses to lend support to Thorin's quest in the first movie; then in the third movie, he arrives to back Thorin's claim on the Lonely Mountain after Smaug's death, ''just'' when Thorin was seemingly seconds away from acquiescing to the Lakemen's and Thranduil's demands -- a somewhat antagonistic instance in this case, since Thorin is deep in the throes of GoldFever at this point, and Thranduil and the Lakemen (the latter especially) are ''more than'' within their rights to demand Thorin honor his word to the Lakemen in their time of need. However, Dáin and his army being on the scene ends up being very fortunate for the Free Peoples once Azog's army attacks and the [[FinalBattle Battle of the Five Armies]] begins.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the books, Dáin is relatively level-headed, distributing treasure to the Lake-town survivors (which Thorin refused despite giving promises), even surrendering the jewels that Thranduil claimed, and sincerely thanking Gwahir and the Eagles for their aid. Here, he's a lot less reasonable and is a very far cry from diplomatic; making antagonizing the elves and Lakemen besieging the Lonely Mountain just about the first thing he says to them, and being ready to start a bloodbath against them as soon as Thranduil makes a slight against him.

:: And then he's ''pretty happy and confident'' about knocking the elves and Men into the ground.
* FantasticRacism: Towards Elves. Not uncommon at all amongst the dwarves, but Dáin gets special mention for directing some rather colorful and offensive slurs about the Elves' appearance at Thranduil.

* UseYourHead: His preferred melee attack. Even without a helmet, he can still knock armored orcs out.

* WhatTheHellHero: Is implied to have been on the receiving end of this from Thorin when he refused to commit any forces to help retake Erebor. Though Smaug is basically a GodzillaThreshold that no sane person would ever think to cross, and universally considered a fool's errand. As soon as word reaches Dáin that Smaug is ''dead'', however, he quickly comes riding with his army to Thorin's aid. Everything up to but not including a dragon, he's up for - be it a large Elf army (supplemented by a couple hundred angry Men of Laketown), or charging head-first into a larger army of Orcs.

* WeaponOfChoice: Most Dwarves wield [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]] as this.

* HeroicWillpower: Race-wide (and justified in [[Literature/TheSilmarillion the story of their creation]]). To cite the most evident example, Sauron's One Ring utterly enslaved the wearers of the Nine (and supposedly would have done so for the Three as well): the seven dwarf-kings wearing the Rings of the Dwarves were pulled toward TheDarkSide to some extent, but retained their own wills. Even their aging wasn't affected.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: ...Kind of. In the films, the dwarves are all short, hairy, and crusty, but they have great variety in their faces, beards, clothing, body types, personalities and weaponry. Particularly notable are Thorin, Fíli, and Kíli, who all benefit from varying degrees of AdaptationalAttractiveness, with Kíli's Perma-Stubble practically making him a Bishōnen by dwarf standards. They also have accents that range throughout Britain, from Scotland to Ireland and Wales. Glóin, the most stereotypical of the dwarves, is the father of Gimli, who is arguably the modern day codifier of the trope.

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: He dies during the Battle of Azanulbizar, whereas in the books he died earlier in the conflict.

!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Michael Mizrahi

* EleventhHourRanger: Joins the Company to defend Erebor just as the situation is direst for them.

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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: After the years he has spent imprisoned in Dol Guldur, he attacks his old friend Gandalf and almost kills him in the fim's extended edition. He has trouble remembering Thorin and what happened to him until Gandalf knocks some sense into him.

* UnexplainedRecovery: His scarred left eye is open and fine in his scenes in the Extended edition of ''Desolation of Smaug''.

* BadassMoustache: Grown into the shape of a pair of tusks.

* RedBaron: "Ironfoot" is his epithet, not his surname. One infers that he acquired the nickname for being extremely stubborn, as Gandalf has said, or because of his tendency to wear Iron boots to battle.

* EleventhHourRanger: Joins the Company to defend Erebor just as the situation is direst for them.

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!!! '''Voiced by:''' José Luis Orozco (Latin American Spanish dub)

* DawsonCasting: It's possible that D&aaccute;in's Thorin's ''older'' cousin, but Billy Connolly was in his early seventies when he played him, old enough to be Richard Armitage's ''father''. Of course, since he's computer-generated, you can't really tell.

* BraidsOfAction: He has braided hair and is a beast in the battlefield.

* FantasticRacism: Towards elves. Not uncommon at all amongst the dwarves, but D&aacutein gets special mention for directing some rather colorful and offensive slurs about the Elves' appearance at Thranduil.

* FoeTossingCharge: In the beginning of the battle, he charges through Orc ranks mounted on his boar wielding the war-hammer without slowing down.

* IncomingHam: The very first thing Dáin does is look at the elves and do a long-winded request for them to [[SuddenlyShouting SOD OFF]]!

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the books, Dain is relatively level-headed, distributing treasure to the Lake-town survivors (which Thorin refused despite giving promises), even surrendering the jewels that Thranduil claimed, and sincerely thanking Gwahir and the Eagles for their aid. Here, he's a lot less reasonable and is a very far cry from diplomatic; making antagonizing the elves and Lakemen besieging the Lonely Mountain just about the first thing he says to them, and being ready to start a bloodbath against them as soon as Thranduil makes a slight against him.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Continuing the trend of royalty being badass, he showcases supreme badassitude during the Battle of the Five Armies, headbutting several helmeted orc to unconsciousness with his bare forehead, smacking dozens of orcs with his enormous hammer, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking riding a giant pig to war.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: His arrival not only saves Thorin, but probably the elves from the Orcish armies as well.

* TheDreaded: A minor case, but when he arrives Gandalf's (and the elves's) reaction is something akin to "Oh God ''help us all''."

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: has a... subtle way to announce his motives. After arriving with an army of dwarves from the Iron Hills, he bids the elves and Lakemen besieging his cousin in the Lonely Mountain good morning, and begins to very politely propose that they consider...

* FantasticRacism: Towards elves. Not uncommon at all amongst the dwarves, but Dain gets special mention for directing some rather colorful and offensive slurs about elves' appearance at Thranduil.

* HugeRiderTinyMount: Downplayed. D*aacute;in's a Dwarf, so he's not that "huge", but his steed is based on a New Zealand Kunekune pig (which are very small), as opposed to a European wild boar, so it appears unsuitable for carrying someone like him, especially in all that heavy armour.

* LeeroyJenkins: A positive example. A massive Orc army appears, Elves and Men just stare in awe and horror, frozen in place. Ironfoot and his men, meanwhile, just fall in between them and start killing without second thought.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Stands out from the rest of the Dwarves by taking on traits that Dwarves have developed since Tolkien's works, a heavy Glaswegian accent and the foulest mouth in Middle Earth.

** If this parallels the books, then Dáin had also been confronted by a Ringwraith several months prior, promising riches and Rings of Power if he told them where to locate a certain hobbit. In typical fashion, Dáin told him to sod off and started preparing Erebor for war. This action effectively diverted half of Sauron's army to the north and gave both the southern kingdoms and Frodo a ''much'' needed reprieve.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's never seen after the end of the Battle of the Five Armies. In the books as well as the extended edition, he became King Under the Mountain after Thorin.