Tolkien describes dwarves as not being traditional heroes because they are motivated more by a desire for material wealth and a strong sense of duty to their home and kin, rather than selfless acts for the greater good. Their focus on reclaiming lost treasures and their stubborn nature are traits that set them apart from the more noble and heroic characters in his stories.
Tolkien preferred the hobbits, claiming to be himself a hobbit, "in all but size."
The dwarves were drawn together with the elves and the men of Esgaroth during the Battle of the Five Armies, which took place in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit."
The Dwarves never use their own language (Khuzdul) when writing down something. They always use the Common Speech or some Elven language.
I suspect you are alluding to Dwarfs as opposed to Dwarves. Tolkien expanded at some length on his choice of spelling in the appendices to Lord of the Rings, but intrinsically - and certainly linguistically - he was in the right.
Floating in barrels downriver.
Dwarves, although JRR Tolkien who helped edit the Oxford English Dictionary, maintained that Dwarfs is also correct.
The creature would be hobbit. They were shorter than dwarves and lived in the Shire.
They were created by Aulë, one of the Valar (unlike men and elves who were made by Ilúvatar). The Valar weren't supposed to create beings so when Ilúvatar found out, Aulë offered them to Ilúvatar to do with what he wanted, even have them destroyed. But Ilúvatar was merciful and permitted them life of their own, as long as they slept underground until the elves awakened. This may be confusing, I suggest you read the book "The Silmarillion" for more information about Tolkien's world and the history of Middle-Earth. Fascinating stuff.
The plural of dwarf is dwarfs or dwarves. JRR Tolkien even suggested that, historically speaking, the archaic version is dwarrows.
Dwarves, or dwarfs.Both are acceptable.When speaking of people of short stature or astronomical objects (like relatively small stars or planets), dwarfs is more common. When referring to the mythological/fairy tale/fantasy creatures, dwarves is the norm since the publication of Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Bilbo snuck out of the Dwarves camp and delivered the Arkenstone to Bard.
Yes, in 'days of yore' dwarves made magical things. In "The Hobbit", the dwarves worked what magic they could to protect the treasure they recovered and buried from the trolls. Also, the famed dwarf smith Telchar forged the Sword of Elendil, Narsil, which was magical. He also created the Palantiri, or the Seeing Stones.