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Very good point, Maciliel and arithmancer

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Dec 27 2013, 2:13pm

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Very good point, Maciliel and arithmancer [In reply to]	Can't Post

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an entire generation wiped out, just as he had seen, first-hand, in world war i.

Though the reason behind that theory makes me very sad indeed. Frown

"Our perennial spiritual and psychological task is to look at things familiar until they become unfamiliar again." --G. K. Chesterton

(This post was edited by Riven Delve on Dec 27 2013, 2:14pm)

Subject	User	Time
Dwarf Genealogy	Elizabeth	Dec 27 2013, 2:07am
I disagree.	marillaraina	Dec 27 2013, 2:38am
"Sister-sons" don't necessarily have standing for inheritance.	Elizabeth	Dec 27 2013, 4:27am
Very Good Arguments	Fili	Dec 27 2013, 5:04am
The genealogy is written to support the story.	Elizabeth	Dec 27 2013, 5:12am
That's Possible	Fili	Dec 27 2013, 5:27am
Like the hobbit family trees.	N.E. Brigand	Dec 27 2013, 5:49am
stupid subject lines.	marillaraina	Dec 27 2013, 5:26am
yet	Cirashala	Dec 27 2013, 6:33am
"the first dwarf king EVER in the line of Durin to have died without a son"	N.E. Brigand	Dec 27 2013, 6:43am
I stand corrected	Cirashala	Dec 27 2013, 6:47am
It might, indeed, have been an interesting discussion.	Elizabeth	Dec 27 2013, 8:05am
true	Cirashala	Dec 27 2013, 8:22am
We can't actually see those "thousand years or so"	Elizabeth	Dec 27 2013, 8:46am
thanks!	Cirashala	Dec 27 2013, 7:03pm
I suppose they were far older than Thr�r and Thrain I at their crowning.	Plurmo	Dec 28 2013, 2:47am
sister-sons ... cirashala beat me to it	Maciliel	Dec 27 2013, 1:50pm
a	shivanwurm	Dec 27 2013, 7:01am
"In The Hobbit book, they had Thorin introduce Fili and Kili as his sister sons."	N.E. Brigand	Dec 27 2013, 6:33am
As far as the movies are concerned, Fili IS the heir	Riven Delve	Dec 27 2013, 12:15pm
Tolkien book spoiler	arithmancer	Dec 27 2013, 1:38pm
plot-reasons for the deaths of fili and kili	Maciliel	Dec 27 2013, 1:53pm
Very good point, Maciliel and arithmancer	Riven Delve	Dec 27 2013, 2:13pm
I Agree	Fili	Dec 27 2013, 2:58pm
322 sets of brothers died in WWI	Elizabeth	Dec 27 2013, 9:19pm
I agree, Riven Delve, that in the movie Fili is Thorin's heir	Noria	Dec 27 2013, 2:42pm
Re	Retro315	Dec 27 2013, 9:34pm
Valandil went to live with Meneldil?	N.E. Brigand	Dec 27 2013, 10:15pm
These issues are very culture-specific.	Elizabeth	Dec 27 2013, 11:42pm

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