I'll try, okay? I just cannot resist
I think this could be
Flói, one of the Dwarves who was with Balin in Moria.
Cold be my bones, under turf, under sky,
Close to deep waters forever I lie,
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Originally Posted by Book of Mazarbul
Flói under grass near Mirror mere
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Here I came to think that this refers to someone buried near Mirrormere, for a short moment I thought of Balin - but then I remembered that Balin's tomb was inside. I also thought about maybe some other Dwarf from the Battle of Azanulbizar. But after I read the below, I remembered that quote.
From vic'try to vic'try I marched for to win,
From darkness of old the place of our kin,
This could have been many things, but in this image it fits well with the image of a fighting Dwarf - and Moria.
Counsel we heeded not,
Allies we needed not,
Wilfully they entered Moria, even though Dáin did not like it.
I slew their great leader in bright shining sun,
T'was darkness we came to turn light when we'd won,
This was actually what made me think of Flói. Because:
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Originally Posted by Book of Mazarbul
we slew many in the bright (...) sun in the dale. Flói was killed by an arrow. He slew the great
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The black shaft it took me to darkness from light,
The first one to fall in vainglorious fight.
Black shaft = Moria. It seemed sure to me at that moment that we're speaking of Moria here. Flói is mentined as the first Dwarf killed by the Orcs.
Great riddle!