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Old 03-02-2018, 05:10 AM   #28
Zigūr
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Originally Posted by Huinesoron View Post
The one downside is that it assumes the dwarves are willing to allow that much common sense in. Given that Thorin faced down a dragon to retake Erebor with 12 companions, and Balin took a stab at reclaiming Moria despite Dain (the king at the time) saying 'haha, if we do that we'll all die horribly'... would they really be deterred from populating Gundabad just by the threat of a few Orcs?
I'd say it's most likely in the utter exhaustion after Azanulbizar. The only person who seemed to have any remaining enthusiasm was Thrįin, and Dįin immediately shut him down. The lords of the other houses were in a similar frame of mind to Ironfoot. After that discussion I can't imagine the reoccupation of any sites in the Misty Mountains being on the agenda. The text even states that after the battle the Dwarves stripped their dead "so that Orcs should not come and win there a store of weapons and mail." Seemingly they knew (or at least believed) that, despite their Pyrrhic victory, Orcs were still at large in the region.

By contrast, in the other cases the Dwarves were living comfortably and becoming restless.
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