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TIL while Tolkien’s dwarves were often seen as greedy, they had special resistance to outside influence. Men gifted nine Rings from Sauron were corrupted into the Nazgûl, but Dwarves were unaffected, save by an increase in their goldlust and hatred for anything that stood between them and treasure.

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