While none in the Fellowship were particularly keen on passing through Moria, Gimli was at least eager to learn what may have happened to Balin. However, the Fellowship was stymied in their attempt to traverse the pass of Caradhras, and were compelled to travel under the mountain rather than go over it. Gimli journeyed with the Fellowship southward along the Misty Mountains. He volunteered to join the company at least in part because Legolas had volunteered and he doubted the Elf's intentions. Gimli portrayed by John Rhys-Davies in the filmsĭonato Giancola's depiction of Gimli battling Uruk-hai at Helm's Deep Gimli volunteered to accompany the Fellowship to Mordor to destroy the One Ring. The Council ultimately chose to send Frodo Baggins to Mordor to destroy the Ring and decided that a small fellowship should go with him. However, he had not sent any word to King Dáin II for over twenty years, and Glóin was concerned. Whilst there, Glóin told Elrond of the messenger and made reference to Balin, who had entered Moria and attempted to reclaim it. As a result, they were summoned to the Council of Elrond, where Elrond believed they would find the answers to their questions and would be able to contribute. Not trusting the messenger, Dáin sent Glóin and Gimli to Rivendell to seek the advice of Elrond, and to warn Bilbo that the Enemy was seeking him. In TA 3018, an emissary from Mordor approached the King under the Mountain, Dáin II, with offers of friendship and requests for news of a Hobbit bearing a Ring, as Sauron had become aware that the name Baggins was known to the Dwarf king. It is also stated in Unfinished Tales that Gimli was prevented from traveling with his father on the Quest of Erebor because Thorin and Company thought him too young, though Gimli, being in his sixties, considered himself ripe for adventure and was disappointed to be left behind. Through his father, Gimli was also the first cousin once removed of Balin, Lord of Moria, and his brother Dwalin, two more former companions of Bilbo. Gimli was descended from, but was not a member of the royal line. He was a descendant of Durin the Deathless, father of the first house of the Dwarven people. Gimli's mother (left) and young Gimli (right), as depicted in Glóin's locket in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaugīorn in TA 2879, Gimli was the son of Glóin and a nephew of Óin, both former companions of Bilbo Baggins.
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