Dwalin, son of Fundin, is the brother of Balin and was one of Thorin Oakenshield�s companions on the Quest of Erebor. Llong after Smaug was slain and the Lonely Mountain reclaimed, King D�in Ironfoot sent him to the Blue Mountains to inquire as to why the Master of Thorin�s Hall had stopped sending tribute to Erebor. With the aid of the Sons of Elrond, he uncovered a plot by the outcast Dourhand clan to raise their evil lord, Skorgr�m.
Dwalin remained at Thorin�s Hall as its new Master, charged with defending the dwarf-realm from assault by both the Dourhands and the goblins who had begun to sneak back into the Blue Mountains. Strange happenings and unfortunate accidents have strained relations between the Dwarves of Thorin�s Hall and the Elves of Duillond, however, and only the diligent efforts of Lord Dwalin have kept the peace.
Dwalin is just one of many characters in The Lord of the Rings Online�: Shadows of Angmar� that was drawn from the lore created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Players in LOTRO will encounter him many times throughout the game, from the dwarf and elf newbie experiences to high-level Epic Story quests.
Dwalin
Quick Facts
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| Dates: | III 2772 - IV 91 (340 years1) | ||||||||||||||
| Race: | Dwarves | ||||||||||||||
| Division: | Durin's Folk | ||||||||||||||
| Culture: | Dwarves of Erebor | ||||||||||||||
| Family: | The royal line of Durin's Folk2 | ||||||||||||||
| Meaning: | Apparently 'dawdler'3 | ||||||||||||||
The younger brother of Balin
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.
Footnotes
| 1 | It is unusual for a Dwarf to live longer than about 250 years, so at 340, Dwalin seems to have lived almost a century longer than almost any other his kind. |
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| 2 | To be precise, Dwalin was the great-grandson of Borin, one of the refounders of the Dwarf-kingdom of Erebor, and Borin was the younger son of King Náin II. |
| 3 | At least, in the Norse poem Völuspá, the source of many of Tolkien's Dwarf-names, this seems to be the meaning. |
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During the Ered Luin Introduction Dwalin can be found in Frerin's Court.
