Dwarves in LotR are short, aggressive, and bearded. As a race, they are known as fine warriors and craftsmen, but motivated mainly by personal gain and greedy of material wealth. They are extremely secretive about their culture, rarely speaking their own language in front of others and never giving out their real Dwarvish names. Unlike Men and Elves, they were not created by Ilúvatar, but by Aulë.