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Dain · 02-15-2003, 06:28 PM

I wish we had seen more dwarves in LotR, too, but when you think about it, they do go through Moria and meet a lot of dead dwarves...

No, it makes sense the way it was written (though PJ chose to have elves show up at helm's deep, why not dwarves, too?) Both Elves and Dwarves have their own battles--in Lorien and at the Lonely Mountain. In the appendix Tolkien has Gandalf say basically that without the victory at Dale the north could have been laid waste: "night in Rivendale" and "no Queen in Gondor" is how he puts it.

Thing about The Hobbit is, even though there is lots about Dwarves in it, the Hobbit has such a different tone to the LotR books that you wonder how much you could really take seriously--like their colourful outfits and all the instruments they bring with them. I mean, from this I guess we could assume that Dwarves are never far from their viols or flutes, yet Gimli never plays...

[ February 15, 2003: Message edited by: Dain ]

02-15-2003, 06:28 PM	#12
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	I wish we had seen more dwarves in LotR, too, but when you think about it, they do go through Moria and meet a lot of dead dwarves... No, it makes sense the way it was written (though PJ chose to have elves show up at helm's deep, why not dwarves, too?) Both Elves and Dwarves have their own battles--in Lorien and at the Lonely Mountain. In the appendix Tolkien has Gandalf say basically that without the victory at Dale the north could have been laid waste: "night in Rivendale" and "no Queen in Gondor" is how he puts it. Thing about The Hobbit is, even though there is lots about Dwarves in it, the Hobbit has such a different tone to the LotR books that you wonder how much you could really take seriously--like their colourful outfits and all the instruments they bring with them. I mean, from this I guess we could assume that Dwarves are never far from their viols or flutes, yet Gimli never plays... [ February 15, 2003: Message edited by: Dain ] __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.