He assured them that the hobbits were now safe. After being informed about the situation in Rohan, Gimli and the others continued their search for the hobbits, and they came across a resurrected Gandalf, now Gandalf the White, in Fangorn Forest. When Éomer spoke ill of the name Galadriel, having been told false rumours about her, Gimli responded harshly: Aragorn calmed the quarrel. They had killed all the Orcs the Three Hunters were pursuing. Īfter running a great distance in a few days to the land of Rohan, they met Éomer, nephew of Rohan's King Théoden, with a troop of cavalry. They decided to go after Merry and Pippin, for Frodo's mission was out of their hands.
Boromir was mortally wounded defending them, and it fell to Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas to set him on a funeral boat. The Fellowship was scattered while looking for Frodo, and the two other hobbits of the party, Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took, were captured by Orcs. Frodo fled at this and went ahead, accompanied only by his gardener Samwise Gamgee. Īt Amon Hen, the company was sundered, for Boromir, son of the Steward of Gondor, tried to take the Ring and use it for Gondor and his own gain in their ongoing war against Sauron. By the end of the sojourn in Lothlórien, Gimli had formed his unlikely friendship with Legolas. She also subsequently gave Gimli the name "Lockbearer" as a result. Galadriel was so moved by his bold yet courteous request that she gave him not one, but three of her hairs. When pressed further, he admitted that he desired a single strand of her golden hair, to be an heirloom of his house, but that he could not ask for such a gift. Gimli's opinion of Elves changed when he met Galadriel, co-ruler of Lothlórien: her beauty, kindness, and understanding impressed Gimli so much that, when given the opportunity to ask for whatever he wished, he responded that being able to see her and hear her gentle words was gift enough. Gimli was told he had to be blindfolded if he was to enter the forest, and his refusal nearly led to a violent situation, defused only when Aragorn arranged for the entire Fellowship to be blindfolded. Aragorn, a Ranger, then led them to the forest of Lothlórien, populated by Elves hostile to Dwarves. The Fellowship's leader, the Wizard Gandalf, died fighting the Balrog, but the rest of the Fellowship escaped the Mines. The Fellowship found his tomb and a chronicle of events in the Chamber of Mazarbul Orcs discovered their presence, and they had to fight their way out. However, Moria was still inhabited by Orcs, Cave Trolls, and a Balrog: Balin and his folk had all been killed. When the company was forced to enter the ancient underground Dwarf-realm, the Mines of Moria, Gimli was at first enthusiastic, hoping to find Balin's colony of his people there. Within the Fellowship, there was initially friction between Gimli and the elf Legolas: their races bore an old grudge against each other over the Necklace of the Dwarves and the destruction of Doriath, and more recently Thranduil, Legolas' father, had once imprisoned Gimli's father Glóin (as described in The Hobbit). Thus, the Fellowship of the Ring was formed. Frodo volunteered for the task, and Elrond chose Gimli and seven others of varying races to aid him in his task. The Council decided to have it destroyed by casting it into the volcanic Mount Doom in Sauron's domain of Mordor. There they learned that Bilbo's kinsman Frodo was now the bearer of the One Ring, the greatest of the Rings of Power forged by Sauron. Gimli is first seen with Glóin at the Council of Elrond in Rivendell, where they had travelled to warn that the Dark Lord Sauron was searching for Bilbo, and to seek the advice of Elrond. Gimli was of the royal line, but not close to the succession he was the third cousin once removed of Dáin II Ironfoot, king of Durin's Folk, and the first cousin once removed of Balin, also one of Bilbo's former companions, and later briefly Lord of Moria. He was a remote descendant of Durin the Deathless, chief of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves and ancestor to the Dwarven people to which Gimli belonged, the Longbeards. Gimli had wanted to accompany his father and the others in the company of Thorin Oakenshield on their quest to reclaim Erebor (the Lonely Mountain), but at age 62 he was deemed too young. His father was Glóin, one of the former companions of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Gimli was born in the Ered Luin (Blue Mountains) in the Third Age.
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