Maora was a female dwarf who had extraordinary talents. When she was a child, she had been blessed by the Lady Galadriel herself. The Elf Queen gave her four distinct abilities; abilities that none in Middle-Earth possessed. Lady Galadriel had warned Maora that in the coming of Darkness, she would join a Company of dwarves and would play a key role in the success of their quest. What she did not tell the young dwarf, was the cost that it would take.