[Alphia]

first off I'd like to say hullo to everyone as I'm new to this board.
Secondly I'm writing a fic and need general information on Gimli's home and the dwarves that dwell there, one thing in paticular that I can't seem to get a good picture in my head of is where it is in relation to other landmarks in middle earth. any help at all would be much apreciated.

thanx,
~Alphia~

[Viv]

Before or after the war of the ring? After the war, he settled into the caves of Aglarond, behind Helm's Deep.

So, writing Gimlific? Tell me more: I adore the dwarf. (And welcome)

[daw]

Gimli probably lived in different places at different times. At the time of "The Hobbit," Gimli's father, Gloin, followed Thorin Oakenshield from the Blue Mountains (west of the Shire) to the Lonely Mountain which is also called Erebor (just east of Mirkwood). Gimli would have been about 62 then and probably lived with his family in the Blue Mountains. After Smaug was driven away, Gloin apparently stayed at Erebor and Gimli evidently moved there too. At the time of FotR, both of them came with the delegation from Erebor to Rivendell, to tell Elrond about the demands one of Sauron's minions had made on them. After the Ring War, Gimli built a home at the Glittering Caves (Aglarond) just behind Helm's Deep in Rohan. So that would be north and sort of west of Gondor, not too far from Isengard or the Gap of Rohan actually.

Hope this helps.

[BittenBuggy]

Gimlific? Not many of those! I commend you! And welcome.