Glimar is a Dourhand. Or was one, is perhaps more accurate. He was born in the Blue Mountains during the rule of Thorin Oakenshield. He idolized his king as his rule was fair, for both Longbeard and Dourhand. When Thorin and his company of dwarfs left, things started to go sour. The steward appointed, Gorm Doursmith, and his mismanagement soon led to widespread poverty. Poor mining methods led to a radical drop in mining yield. Not to mention abundant toxic waste that poisoned the water. Rumours festered. Some say Thorin took with him all the gold and gems when he left. An increasingly hostile environment led to the exodus of the remaining Longbeards.

Glimar's father Glúmir was appointed Lord of the Sarnur keep. All sorts of foul things gathered in the depth of Sarnur during his reign. Orcs, goblins, trolls and worse. Glimar could simply not believe the vicious rumours about Thorin Oakenshield. He could not abide an alliance with orcs. After a fallout with his father he fled to the mountains to escape his fathers wrath.

There he endured and matured until the day Lord Dwalin came to Thorin's hall. Fearing the threat of open war, Glimar returned to Sarnur to reason with his father. There he learned that Gorm Doursmith had been slain, and the hostilities had already begun. After a lengthy and fierce argument with his father, he openly refused to fight. In Glimar's mind, the Longbeards and Lord Dwalin are the rightful rulers of Thorin's hall. His refusal to fight led to his exile.

Stripped of his armour, disowned and ridiculed, he was thrown out of Sarnur by the guards. With goblins snickering and poking him with spears, he was forced down the Orodost stairs. Thus began his years as an outcast.

(( Banner image from Lotro, edited by me))