Dwálin the wise

Dwálin was one of the seven fathers of the Khazâd.He awoke, with his friend Úri, in Zirakbhund (Mallost), in the northern Ered Luin. He was also known as Lindormursbani, although this Name was applied to him after his second Awakening as Dwálin II.His long sighted neutrality in the conflict between his brothers of the Firebeards and the Elves of Menegroth also earned him his epithet the Wise.

Dwálin was also known as Linnar (a shortform of lindormursbáni) or Lennar among the Lossoth.