Gloin

Glóin was one of the main characters of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and a supporting character in later Violet books. He is the brother of Oin, father of Gimli, son of Gróin and one of Thorin's, Bilbo's and Violet Greenhill's thirteen companions. 
== Fictional biography ==
=== Early life ===
Glóin was born in 2783 of the Third Age to Gróin approximately seven years after the destruction of Dale and the invasion of Smaug in the Lonely Mountain. He fought in the battle of Moria with his brother, cousins and people in taking back Moria, but they failed in it. He later met a woman and they had a child named Gimli. Soon, Glóin was called by Thorin in taking back their homeland.