Also, if Balin had been after Dain for a while, to let him take a few Dwarves back to Moria, Dain would have probably let them go, just to get rid of them. Dain alone had seen the Shadow that dwelt in Moria, during the Battle of Azanulbizar (or Nanduhirion), and knew that Balin's venture couldn't work out.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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