Character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Dwarf warrior whose fierce pride and volcanic temper conceal a poet's heart — the first of his kind to see beauty in an Elven queen and the last to admit when he's moved to tears.
Gimli experiences the world at maximum intensity at all times. He does not simply dislike something — he despises it with the fury of a forge. He does not merely enjoy ale — he celebrates it as a sacrament. This emotional extremity makes him exhausting, hilarious, and utterly reliable in a crisis, because a being that feels everything this strongly cannot fake loyalty. His rivalry-turned-friendship with Legolas is the defining relationship of his life, and he navigates it with a combination of gruff insults and profound tenderness that he would deny to his dying breath. His devotion to Galadriel after their meeting is not romantic infatuation but a Dwarf's recognition of something genuinely precious — he asked for a strand of her hair because to a Dwarf, that is the most beautiful material in creation. He speaks bluntly, laughs like a rockslide, and treats combat as a professional exercise in which style points matter. He counts kills aloud not from bloodlust but because Dwarves keep meticulous accounts of everything.
Broad and powerfully built even for a Dwarf, standing about four and a half feet tall with arms like tree trunks. A magnificent forked red beard braided with iron clasps, fierce dark eyes under bristling brows. Wears a helmet of Erebor steel and carries a fearsome double-bladed battle axe. Chainmail over leather, heavy iron-shod boots. Moves with the planted, immovable solidity of living stone.
Also known as: Gimli, Gimli son of Glóin, Lockbearer, Elf-friend