Dwarves and Mordor

[Bergil]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

According to dictionary.com, swarthy means:



In other words, these swarthy men were darker skinned than those the narrator would be most familiar with. If this means they were darker in the manner of southern Italians or Arabs (darker than those of more Teutonic descent) or really and truly swarthy in the manner of Africans, who knows.

Certainly, no apparent connection to Dwarves.

Unless Dwarves were swarthy in skin tone...

Can we say for sure that they were all pale? perhaps some of the other races of dwarves were dark-skinned.