Anti-Dwarves

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Originally Posted by Snorri Swifthammer

I would actually say that the true anti-dwarves are...

Dwarves.

So it goes to show that since Dwarves are so impressive the only respectable enemy is another Dwarf.

Sounds a lot like Star Trek's Klingons...

And though I understand your point, I'm not sure that the 'internal struggle' qualifies. It's known that Sauron used the Seven Rings to 'tip the scale' in the bearer's internal struggle, but these same did not turn them into wraiths, uber-orcs, dragons, etc - just greedier dwarves.

And there's a line in the books that says something like, "surely to other dwarves a greedy dwarf may appear different, but..."