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I believe some Dwarves who fought for Sauron could also have seen themselves as primarily siding against the Elves. They might have put their little quarrels with the Orcs aside for that because the Thingol incident was much more personal.
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While to some extent that is plausible, I don't know that I am in complete agreement with it because the eastern dwarves probably had very few to almost no dealings with elves. They certainly had no dealings with the more advanced elves. I am not sure they would have had enough dealings with elves to make having a grudge against them a primary motivating force.
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They didn't work with the Elves because Sauron didn't forge them, so we can probably leave them out here.
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That is a good point.
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How about them messenger ravens, or was that a privilege reserved exclusively to the House of Durin?
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Yes, those too. I still believe there would have been some kind of continuing continental commerce between the Houses.