(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 92, Issue 48

[Lee Berman]

>Craig Brewer: There's also a more immediate "King Under the Mountain": 
>Thorin Oakenshield (or whoever is king of Lonely Mountain.
 
Agreed. The lord of Moria (e.g. Durin) also. We get a somewhat positive
spin on dwarves from the troop in The Hobbit and from our exposure to Gimli 
in the trilogy but there are plenty of hints regarding the dark side of 
dwarves to be found in Tolkein's work. (FWIW, the Nome King of Oz is a 
good representation of a malevolent King Under the MOuntain)