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In ]'s ] of ], '''Mîm''' is the last of the ].

Mîm lives with his two sons at ] in middle ], where he keeps a secret treasury. During ]'s time with the Outlaws, Mîm and his sons are seen as they sneak past the outlaws carrying heavy sacks. Mîm is captured, and arrows are shot at his sons '''Ibûn''' and '''Khîm'''.

In exchange for his life, Mîm is forced to lead the outlaws to his secret halls in Amon Rûdh. There, it turns out Khîm has been killed by an arrow, and Túrin repenting offers a ransom to Mîm. For this reason Mîm tolerates the outlaws, and although he never loves Túrin, the dwarf at least comes to respect him.

When ] Cúthalion arrives at Amon Rûdh, Mîm is angry: he hates ], especially the ]. Nevertheless he has to tolerate the Elf in his halls. After Amon Rûdh is betrayed to ], Mîm somehow escapes, but it seems Ibûn is killed by ]s. Eventually Mîm makes his way to ruined ] after ] has killed ], and takes the treasure for his own.

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] Thalion, who has seen all that had happened to Túrin with Morgoth's eyes, comes across Mîm in Nargothrond, and kills him, deeming him partially responsible for Túrin's fate. With his dying words Mîm curses the treasure. Húrin's band brings the treasure of Nargothrond to ], where eventually the gold is a reason for the Sack of Doriath and the death of ].

==Other versions of the legendarium==
Note that in the published '']'' Mîm hardly appears. His role is much expanded in the "]" as published in '']'' and (in a fuller form) in '']''.

In earlier versions of ''The Silmarillion'' as detailed in '']'' series, Mîm was a much more evil character. But as ] gradually changed in Tolkien's writings from evil Orc-like beings to the Dwarves they later became, Mîm's character was changed, and in the final texts he is no longer a true villain, but almost a tragic character in his own right.

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