Middle-earth is the area where Gimli is from.
In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien , the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth , the central continent of Earth in an imagined mythological past . Gimli (Middle-earth) . A dwarf warrior , he is the son of Glóin ( a character from Tolkien 's earlier novel , The Hobbit ) . Middle-earth dwarf characters . Dwarves lived in the continent Middle-earth , mostly under its mountains . The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien . It takes place in the fictional universe of Middle-earth .