A dwarf as ringbearer? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ancalime · 04-12-2002, 10:51 AM

Sure, a dwarf would've made a pretty good ring-bearer. But would the elves have let that happen? Considering the usual animosity between elves and dwarves, I doubt that the elves would permit a dwarf to have possession of the One Ring, partially out of fear of what they might do with it. In that regard, a hobbit HAD to be the ring-bearer because the hobbits were totally neutral. They had been pretty much ignored, so they hadn't taken sides in any disagreements between the elves and the dwarves. Or at least that's how I understood it. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

04-12-2002, 10:51 AM	#4
Ancalime Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Numenor (I wish. . . Milwaukee, WI) Posts: 15	Sure, a dwarf would've made a pretty good ring-bearer. But would the elves have let that happen? Considering the usual animosity between elves and dwarves, I doubt that the elves would permit a dwarf to have possession of the One Ring, partially out of fear of what they might do with it. In that regard, a hobbit HAD to be the ring-bearer because the hobbits were totally neutral. They had been pretty much ignored, so they hadn't taken sides in any disagreements between the elves and the dwarves. Or at least that's how I understood it. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Giorraíonn beirt bóthar (Two shorten the road)