One example of a fictional character is Gimli.
Gimli (Middle-earth) . A dwarf warrior , he is the son of Glóin ( a character from Tolkien 's earlier novel , The Hobbit ) . As such , he is one of the primary characters of the novel . Many of the fictional characters in J.R.R. Tolkien 's legendarium are dwarves , a short stocky race inhabiting the world of Arda ( the Earth in an imagined mythological past ) .