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All I remember him saying is that there were hardly any dwarven women & so, as Finwe just said, their population was dwindeling.
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Not necessarily so. Since Dwarves had an extended lifespan, it makes sense that their rate of reproduction was lower than we would consider average.
Mind you, given the extended lifespan of Hobbits and their rate of reproduction (*coughSamcough*), it makes me wonder how they became so scarce. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]