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The petty Dwarves were (it is said) descendants of the great Dwarves who had been left or driven out of the communities, being deformed or undersized or slouthful and rebellious
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Quendi and Eldar; HoME 11
They were problably from a variety of 'houses'-the Longbeards (Durin ,who here, in early Dwarven history, may have dwelt in Gundabad, as this was the first place where Durin awoke) the Firebeards (Nogrod) and Broadbeams. (Belegost.)