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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 444804" data-attributes="member: 2020">I wish to agree with Celebrim that Samwise Gamgee, from LOTR, is lawful good.  A fine example of a lawful good character, Samwise Gamgee.  I could not say the same of any of the other characters in the Fellowship, except for Frodo who is definitely lawful good as well.  Dwarves, in Dungeons and Dragons, are supposed to be lawful good, but they are rarely portrayed that way in books.  I envision dwarven society as being very close, very deeply interwoven, very stable and strong.  Family is sacred to the dwarves, children are cherished and loved, parents and elders are respected and listened to, patience and restraint are universal, kindliness and gentle manners are ways of life, and understanding, mercy, and tolerance are the bywords of the laws and customs of the land.  A dwarven thief does not have his hand cut off, in a dwarven society, as commonly imagined.  Instead, there is horror and sadness, among the dwarves, that one of their own would so turn on them.  The thief is in for a lot of psychiatric counciling, and reforming by gentle voiced clerics (the guy may run screaming off into the night from this), and careful explainations given over and over as to why what he did was wrong, how he hurt people, how he hurt the community, how he hurt himself, and how much in need of help he is.  Dwarves blend in easily among all the other races, tolerating even kender (from Dragonlance) without too much fuss.  They appear to be lighthearted and merry people to others, and their company can be a blessing to those who are lonely, who simply want to talk, or who wish a good story by a warm fire.  For those who can see more deeply, the dwarves have much angst in them, and deep philosophy that spans from the wisdom of millennia, and they are a veritable river of lore and knowledge to those they trust their secrets with.  A dwarven friend, is a friend for life.  His axe will be at your back when you need it, when it really matters, and you will know this friend may well lay down his life for you.  Of course, this applies only to dwarven societies (such as the Hylar) that are, indeed, actually lawful good.  When dealing with dwarves that are not lawful good (such as the Theiwar) all of the above goes out the window, or - in the case of dwarves - back into the forge.</blockquote>

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