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Aragalen the Green
Gondor
Jan 18 2013, 5:17pm
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'Caves! The Caverns of Helm's Deep! Happy was the chance that drove me there! It makes me weep to leave them.'
'But do not tell all your kindred...one family of busy Dwarves with hammer and chisel might mar more than they made.'
'No, you do not understand...no Dwarf could be unmoved by such loveliness...do you cut down groves of blossoming trees in the springtime for firewood? We would tend these glades of living stone, not quarry them.'(The Two Towers, The Road to Isengard).
The conversation between Gimli and Legolas after the battle of Helm's Deep, to me, is a perfect description of the love of the Dwarves for the stone and earth they came from, as was given to them by Aule, their Creator. I also love the comparison Gimli makes between mining and gardening, tending both living stone and growing trees.
There it is: dwarves are not heroes, but calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not, but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don’t expect too much.
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Niggled by rocks
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Al Carondas
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Jan 17 2013, 12:43am
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Not sure, but
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CuriousG
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Jan 17 2013, 2:04am
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Thanks
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Al Carondas
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Jan 17 2013, 2:53am
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Possible double meaning
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CuriousG
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Jan 17 2013, 12:53pm
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Perhaps
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Gwenhwyfar
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Jan 17 2013, 2:19am
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Sentient stone
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Mim
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Jan 17 2013, 11:41am
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One of Tolkien's most haunting sentences
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sador
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Jan 17 2013, 1:18pm
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The Land of Hollin
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 17 2013, 3:20pm
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The trees of Aulë. The heart of the mountain.//
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Plurmo
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Jan 17 2013, 3:26pm
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Trees indeed...
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Morthoron
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Jan 27 2013, 8:35pm
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Yes, mountains have roots and trees have hearts.
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Plurmo
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Jan 28 2013, 5:57am
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Sweet!
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Al Carondas
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Jan 18 2013, 12:28am
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I love that line, too
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squire
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Jan 17 2013, 7:53pm
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Caradhras in particular seems sentient. And possibly Mount Doom.//
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CuriousG
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Jan 17 2013, 8:27pm
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the Lonely Mountain as well
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telain
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Jan 17 2013, 10:43pm
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"“the knees of Caradhras" and trees
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Entwife Wandlimb
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Jan 18 2013, 1:48am
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stone-giants?
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telain
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Jan 17 2013, 10:55pm
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That is reaching a bit...
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 18 2013, 4:07pm
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...or reaching just far enough?
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telain
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Jan 18 2013, 4:51pm
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To answer your question...
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 18 2013, 5:11pm
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Thank you!//
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telain
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Jan 20 2013, 1:37pm
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Another viewpoint...
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 21 2013, 5:23am
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...which makes sense given what I was reading yesterday!
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telain
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Jan 21 2013, 2:01pm
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The Caverns of Helm's Deep
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 18 2013, 5:17pm
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brilliant reference!
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telain
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Jan 20 2013, 1:40pm
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Please do!
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 20 2013, 4:46pm
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Gwenhwyfar has it right, but...
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Atlas
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Jan 26 2013, 4:38am
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