But before they dwindled as a race, there were ofcourse still enough doughty (sp?) Dwarves to retake Moria, if they had wanted. I've never read anything about that, though. But I haven't read the whole of HoME either. Maybe they feared the other creatures of the roots of the mountains, like the Watcher in the Water? Gandalf told the Fellowship, there were still creatures living there, 'far older than Sauron'.
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