Torvin's height

[the dark wizard]

This has surely been asked before, but why the heck is he (a dwarrf) so tall?

[Crimsomrider]

It's like saying why some people are taller than the average height. He's simply taller than average dwarves.

If you watched or read the Hobbit, Thorin is considered very tall among dwarves, almost as tall as a human.

[the dark wizard]

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

It's like saying why some people are taller than the average height. He's simply taller than average dwarves.

If you watched or read the Hobbit, Thorin is considered very tall among dwarves, almost as tall as a human.

Which is also BS... A dwarf is supposed to be between 4 or 5ft tall, it just annoys me to a great big deal.

[BlakLite]

I actually thought Torvin was oddly tall at first, but then I noticed him and Talion walking alongside each other. Assuming that Talion is about six feet tall, then that would put Torvin's height in the range of four to five feet, maybe a few inches over at most. I think that the camera angles in the cutscenes don't give Torvin's size an accurate point of reference, making him look taller than he actually is. In addition, his apparent height may be slightly exaggerated by his muscular proportions and lack of a long beard. If he had a stockier middle and a long beard covering his torso like many typical Dwarves, it might have made him look shorter.

[the dark wizard]

Originally posted by BlakLite:

I actually thought Torvin was oddly tall at first, but then I noticed him and Talion walking alongside each other. Assuming that Talion is about six feet tall, then that would put Torvin's height in the range of four to five feet, maybe a few inches over at most. I think that the camera angles in the cutscenes don't give Torvin's size an accurate point of reference, making him look taller than he actually is. In addition, his apparent height may be slightly exaggerated by his muscular proportions and lack of a long beard. If he had a stockier middle and a long beard covering his torso like many typical Dwarves, it might have made him look shorter.

I thought this when I bagan thinking about it yesterday, so on one of the last hunting missions, I think it was the one where you learn how to hunt the Graug ( or what ever the big things name is), I positioned them next to each other, which clearly shows that he is only half a head smaller then Talion, it also showed med that they both had the magical power of fusion as they kept merging (they are not meant to be next to each other...)

I like Torvin but I don't understand the need to enlarge dwarfs (as they did with Thorin) just because they are main or supporting characters. Look at Gimli he is only a little taller then the hobbits. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/Fellowship.JPG