Nieriel
Ossiriand
Jan 15 2016, 1:23am
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I think that Deathless was all to Thorin when he was still Thorin Oakenshield. Deathless represented what he was before he started his quest to become King Under The Mountain. After he started out on his quest, Deathless was lost to him (almost as if part of the man 'Oakenshield' was, was lost in the transition from a journeying dwarf lord to King). Orcrist came to him almost by accident and an act of Fate - perhaps he felt that Fate was all he could really rely on to make his dreams a reality. Fate or hope, at any rate. Perhaps he saw finding Orcrist as a sign that good things may come to a man who would be King. Orcist may have represented the closing of one book and the opening of another. None of us remain the same person throughout life, therefore perhaps it makes sense that what is dear to us changes too.
Just thinking out loud really .. 
(This post was edited by Nieriel on Jan 15 2016, 1:24am)
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