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Dori was a Dwarf of Durin's Folk, who, along with his brother Nori and cousin Ori,^[1] travelled with Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield as a member of Thorin's Company on the Quest for Erebor, to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug.

Dori was among the Dwarves at Bag End who joined in singing about "blunting the knives" and "bending the forks"; as well as accompanying by playing the flute. He was described as “decent fellow despite his grumbling”. He often wore a red-violet coat while on the Quest for Erebor. He was noted by Thorin to be the strongest of the thirteen companions.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Before the Quest of Erebor, Dori lived in Thorin's Halls in the northern Blue Mountains with Nori and Ori. In TA 2941, the three became part of Thorin and Company, befriending Bilbo Baggins and traveling with him in search of Smaug's treasure at the Lonely Mountain.

Quest for Erebor

It fell to Dori to carry Bilbo Baggins in the tunnels of the Misty Mountains during the escape from the Goblins, but Dori dropped Bilbo, and the other Dwarves and Gandalf blamed him for "losing their burglar." Later, during their escape from the Wargs and Orcs, Dori helped Bilbo climb a tree to get away from the wargs. Bilbo shortly thereafter saved Dori by grabbing his legs as they were rescued by the Great Eagles and taken to their eyrie in the Misty Mountains.

Later life

Dori fought in and survived the Battle of Five Armies. He likely returned to the Lonely Mountain, where he survived up until the time of the Council of Elrond and the War of the Ring, most likely fighting in the Battle of Dale, though his exact death date is unknown.

Portrayal in adaptations

Peter Jackson's The Hobbit

Mark Hadlow as Dori — Dori as played by Mark Hadlow in Peter Jackson's *The Hobbit* trilogy

In the The Hobbit film trilogy by Peter Jackson, Dori is played by Mark Hadlow.

The studio gave this description of the character in the trilogy:

"A distant relative of Thorin Oakenshield, Dori is the eldest amongst his brothers Ori and Nori. He is the strongest in The Company of Dwarves, and spends much of his time watching out for Ori, making sure he hasn’t caught a chill or gotten himself killed by Wargs or Goblins. Eternally pessimistic, with a natural tendency to expect the worst, Dori is nonetheless quite prepared to risk life and limb in order to get the job done."

In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A Visual Companion, writer Jude Fisher describes Dori as fancying himself as something of a sophisticate, with a liking for good wine, beautiful jewelry, and fine clothes; the rest of the company see him as a dandy, as shown by the way he braids his beard into a silver case. Yet he is still one of the most formidable fighters in the company with both his Dwarven sword and flail. After being caught by the wood elves in The Desolation of Smaug, Dori and the rest of the company are stripped of their weapons and he later receives a human longsword from the Lake-town armory.

Dori is shown often mothering his younger brother Ori in the films. It was said by Mark Hadlow that Nori drives him (the character Ori) mad. In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, as the Company entered Beorn's house, Dori tells Ori to stay away from the door, and then says: "It's not natural. None of it." This is the exact same quote as Samwise Gamgee said to Frodo Baggins after climbing down their Elvish rope in the beginning of the film adaptation of The Two Towers.

Rankin/Bass

In Rankin/Bass' adaptation of The Hobbit, Dori is voiced by John Stephenson. In this version, Dori is one the few Dwarves to interact much with other characters and speak.

Radio

In The Hobbit (1968 radio series), Dori is voiced by Alexander John.

Video games

In 2003 video game, The Hobbit, Dori was shown as having a long brown beard without mustache.

In The Lord of the Rings Online, Dori was a non-playable character first met in the Blue Mountains. Sometime before the War of the Ring, he was one of the Dwarves who participated in Dwalin's expedition to the Dourhands' lands, south of Thorin's Halls. Two years later, he was overseeing a mining business in North Downs when he got caught up and had to be rescued.

In LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game, he is in the Fall of Erebor level as a young Dwarf, to make the level playable for two players.

Voice dubbing actors

Foreign Language	Voice dubbing artist
Spanish (Latin America)	Daniel Abundis
Spanish (Spain)	Carles Sales
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)	Reinaldo Pimenta
Italian (Italy)	Roberto Stocchi
German	Tobias Lelle
French (France)	Jean-Loup Horwitz
Czech Republic	Jiří Hromada
Slovak	Dušan Tarageľ
Hungarian	Károly Kassai
Polish	Andrzej Szopa

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዾሪ
Arabic	ضوري
Armenian	Դորի
Belarusian	Дорі
Bengali	ডরি
Bulgarian	Дори
Chinese (Hong Kong)	朵力
Dari	ضوری
Georgian	დორი
Greek	Δορι
Gujarati	ડ્ઓર્ઇ
Hebrew	דורי
Hindi	ड्ओर्इ
Japanese	ドリ
Kannada	ಡೋರಿ
Kazakh	Дорі
Korean	도리
Kurdish	دۆری
Kyrgyz	Дори
Macedonian	Дори
Marathi	ड्ओर्इ
Mongolian	Дори
Nepali	डोरि
Norwegian	Dori
Pashto	ضوری
Persian	ضوری
Punjabi	ਡੋਰੀ
Russian	Дори
Sanskrit	डोरि
Serbian	Дори (Cyrillic) Dori (Latinised)
Siamese (Thai)	โดริ
Sinhala	ඩොරි
Tajik	Дори
Tamil	டொரி ?
Telugu	డొరి
Tibetan	དོརི
Tigrinya	ዾሪ
Urdu	ڈوری
Ukrainian	Дорі
Uyghur	دورى
Uzbek	Дори (Cyrillic) Dori (Latinised)
Yiddish	דאָרי

Gallery

References

↑ The History of The Hobbit, "Addendum: The Seventh Phase", "iv. Personae"
↑ The Hobbit, Ch. VIII: "Flies and Spiders"

[1] The History of The Hobbit, "Addendum: The Seventh Phase", "iv. Personae"

[2] The Hobbit, Ch. VIII: "Flies and Spiders"

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-'''Dori''' was a [[Dwarf]] of [[Durin's Folk]], who, along with his brother [[Nori]] and [[Ori]], travelled with [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Thorin Oakenshield]] as a member of [[Thorin and Company|Thorin's Company]] on the[[The Quest of Erebor| Quest for Erebor]], to reclaim the [[Lonely Mountain]] from the [[dragon]] [[Smaug]].
+'''Dori''' was a [[Dwarf]] of [[Durin's Folk]], who, along with his brother [[Nori]] and cousin [[Ori]],<ref>''[[The History of The Hobbit]]'', "Addendum: The Seventh Phase", "iv. Personae"</ref> travelled with [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Thorin Oakenshield]] as a member of [[Thorin and Company|Thorin's Company]] on the[[The Quest of Erebor| Quest for Erebor]], to reclaim the [[Lonely Mountain]] from the [[dragon]] [[Smaug]].
 Dori was among the Dwarves at [[Bag End]] who joined in singing about "blunting the knives" and "bending the forks"; as well as accompanying by playing the flute. He was described as “decent fellow despite his grumbling”. He often wore a red-violet coat while on the [[The Quest of Erebor|Quest for Erebor]]. He was noted by Thorin to be the strongest of the thirteen companions.<ref>''[[The Hobbit]]'', Ch. VIII: "[[Flies and Spiders]]" </ref>
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