Microphones in Middle-earth...the BBC Lord of the Rings - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

ArathornJax · 06-20-2008, 07:10 PM

I did have one question that came to me today. At the council of Rivendell Gimli takes the role of his father Gloin at the council. However, he states that the messanger from Sauron came to his father and not to Dain. I found this interesting as I would thought that any messanger or ambassador from Sauron would come to Dain as he is the King Under the Mountain, not Gloin. Gloin, a member of the royal household and more than likely a member of the royal council would have been present, but why come to Gloin?

06-20-2008, 07:10 PM	#11
ArathornJax Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Out West near a Big Salty Lake Posts: 76	Council of Rivendell I did have one question that came to me today. At the council of Rivendell Gimli takes the role of his father Gloin at the council. However, he states that the messanger from Sauron came to his father and not to Dain. I found this interesting as I would thought that any messanger or ambassador from Sauron would come to Dain as he is the King Under the Mountain, not Gloin. Gloin, a member of the royal household and more than likely a member of the royal council would have been present, but why come to Gloin? __________________ "At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts." JRR Tolkien in 6 October 1940 letter to Michael Tolkien