Gimli

"Gimli: Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf. Legolas: What about side by side with a friend? Gimli: Aye. I could do that."

- Gimli and Legolas

Gimli is one of the eight main protagonists of the The Lord of the Rings.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Gimli appears in a portrait (along with his mother) that his father carried on the way to Moria. When Legolas took the locket from Glóin, Legolas asked who that was and implied the woman to be Glóin's brother. The dwarf gets angry that the elf insults his wife and mistakes her for Óin. Then, Legolas comes across a photo of a young dwarf, and asks Glóin who that is supposed to be, calling him a goblin mutant. Glóin responds that boy is his son, Gimli, with Legolas giving him a skeptical look.

Personality
Gimli is a fierce and loyal warrior, willing to go to the fires of Mount Doom to save all of Middle-earth. He is also a very good friend, as he is very loyal to Aragorn and Legolas. However, with Legolas, Gimli had a tough history since both of their parents had a long-heated rivalry. However, they gradually become very good friends.

He is a caring and protective warrior. Just don't touch Gimli'sbeard or toss him, because he does not like that. He enjoys smoking, drinking and often competing with Legolas, which first surfaced in The Two Towers and re-surfaced again in The Return of the King. Gimli was also protective of the younger Hobbits, as he was unwilling to abandon Merry and Pippin when they were taken by Orcs and leaving them in the forest of Fangorn, even ignoring the fact from Gandalf that Merry and Pippin were safer than he was about to be.