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Gorin Icearms · 03-12-2002, 01:57 PM

I was just wondering about Moria. Why was it so big? Remember that scene when Gandalf lights up the giant chamber? I mean, what's the point of that? They're dwarves. Short, round, dwarves. So why would they build something that massive? And when Gimli is telling the company about the old days, when there were chandeliers, how the heck were they supposed to add more oil/change candles?

Not being a real dwarf, (far from it, 6' 2" is hardly a dwarf [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) I can see over fences and up into cupboards/on shelves that the vertically challenged can't. Seeing them reaching for stuff helps me to imagine what it was like for dwarves. So why did they make incredibly large tunnels and such?

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03-12-2002, 01:57 PM	#1
Gorin Icearms Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 67	Khazad-dum I was just wondering about Moria. Why was it so big? Remember that scene when Gandalf lights up the giant chamber? I mean, what's the point of that? They're dwarves. Short, round, dwarves. So why would they build something that massive? And when Gimli is telling the company about the old days, when there were chandeliers, how the heck were they supposed to add more oil/change candles? Not being a real dwarf, (far from it, 6' 2" is hardly a dwarf [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) I can see over fences and up into cupboards/on shelves that the vertically challenged can't. Seeing them reaching for stuff helps me to imagine what it was like for dwarves. So why did they make incredibly large tunnels and such? [ March 12, 2002: Message edited by: Gorin Icearms ] __________________ The Moon is Rising! Oh hey, I'm a wight now. WORSHIP ME IN ALL MY WIGHTNESS!!! MUAHAHAHA!!