But they did, at least for a while, to send messages from Moria to Erebor. So why didn't they send a party to check on them in the twenty years of silence? Or maybe they did and never heard from them again... In the book, did Gimli really expect to see Balin alive?
The films have me so messed up! I was sure Gandalf didn't want to go in, and I hadn't realized Aragorn had been there before, either. I'll have to read it again. And I just finished RotK! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: Dain ]
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