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DanielLB
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Sep 3 2012, 8:21pm
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Where did you get your copy from? I've looked in WHSmith but haven't been able to get my hands on one.
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Silverlode
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Sep 3 2012, 8:24pm
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Check out those toecaps on his boots!
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You definitely do not want to be within kicking distance in a fight!
I love all the detail they put into the costumes. 
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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DanielLB
Elvenhome
Sep 3 2012, 8:29pm
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And the cost of gathering everyone together?
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And paying for places to stay (The Prancing Pony!  )?
As for why he has so much money - not a clue. Perhaps his side of the family escaped with some of the treasure from Erebor?
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Patty
Elvenhome
Sep 3 2012, 8:31pm
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Thanks Daniel. My new desktop wallpaper is the one of Bilbo alone./
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Permanent address: Into the West
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Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
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Sep 3 2012, 8:41pm
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The more Thorin we get the more I like him
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His design has been growing on me, so I hope Thranduil´s to do the same
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little mouse
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Sep 3 2012, 8:48pm
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And he didn`t share? How rude of him
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Reading the Appendices I assumed they were all holding together (except Dain`s family)
He didn`t have to pay for anything after Bilbo`s party
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DanielLB
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Sep 3 2012, 8:51pm
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Thorin: Orcrist, Dwarven-sword, axe, bow/arrows, oakenshield/with blades.
Fíli: Dual swords, dual knives, spade, hammer.
Kíli: sword, knife, bow/arrow.
Dwalin: Big warhammer, 2 axes, knuckledusters, knife, some kind of long mace.
Balin: Sword/mace looking-thing.
Bifur: spear/halberd, large knife, sword.
Bofur: mattock, axe, walking stick.
Bombur: ladle, meat-cleaver.
Óin: mining drill, knife.
Glóin: Axe, throwing axe.
Dori: sword, axe, bolas-chain-mace thing.
Nori: Mace-staff, axe, scimitar, twin crooked knives.
Ori: Slingshot, knife, hammer.
Oin was probably bankrupt after leaving Bag End! 
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little mouse
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Sep 3 2012, 9:01pm
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Thorin probably made him an offer he couldn`t refuse
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DarkJackal
Nargothrond
Sep 3 2012, 9:20pm
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Thorin did have a more impressive beard at one point, the longest and most luxurious beard ever, in fact, but he sold it to help fund the quest
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Ali
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Sep 3 2012, 9:27pm
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You can get them from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com
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TomthePilgrim
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Sep 3 2012, 9:28pm
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my desktop background is now the shot of Dwalin and Balin, with Bilbo coming through the doorway
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began
Now far ahead the Road has gone
And I must follow, if I can
"Thorin sat up with a start. 'Something is not right,' he muttered to himself as he stood up and
looked towards the mirror . . . . . . . . . 'Durin's bones', he gasped, 'what's happened to my beard?'"
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Macfeast
Nargothrond
Sep 3 2012, 9:30pm
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Perhaps there's a market for dwarf-beards, the bling-bling of dwarven fashion? After all, it doesn't explicitly say that the beard has to be attached to the chin for a dwarf to be considered impressive; Maybe just owning a detached beard is enough. 
Perhaps Nori's reputation comes from dealing with the black market of beard-distrubution? My, this answers so many questions!
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DanielLB
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Sep 3 2012, 9:37pm
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Ahh, I see. Too impatient for delivery ;-) /
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TomthePilgrim
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Sep 3 2012, 9:37pm
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Mine is coming from Amazon, too . . .
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. . . funny story . . . I ordered it from a US Amazon provider . . . and a few days later got a e-mail from him, saying he'd received the copy from the UK and was shipping to me . . .
still waiting for it . . . . . . . . .
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began
Now far ahead the Road has gone
And I must follow, if I can
"Thorin sat up with a start. 'Something is not right,' he muttered to himself as he stood up and
looked towards the mirror . . . . . . . . . 'Durin's bones', he gasped, 'what's happened to my beard?'"
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DarkJackal
Nargothrond
Sep 3 2012, 9:44pm
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There is so a market for this!
Thorin will make that sacrifice for the good of his people, and Nori is the middleman(dwarf).
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DarkJackal
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Sep 3 2012, 10:04pm
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Thanks for that! 
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painjoiker
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Sep 4 2012, 12:44am
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I still think (or hope) that he cut it in shame...
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To remind himself that his kingdom is lost :)
Still hoping for a long bearded Thorin in a flashback or something! :D
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Sep 4 2012, 12:50am
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Thorin is thus far my favorite dwarf
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In terms of his design - costume, hair, beard, all of it. He's not exactly the Thorin described in the books, but he's a right dwarven lord, that's for sure!
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AinurOlorin
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Sep 4 2012, 6:07am
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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA!
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*clapping and laughing* Aww,. that was hilarious. I was thinking along those lines. I thought "wow, they are really going to put that quote in the books, when half of the Dwarves have minimal whiskers?!" On the other hand, since Gandalf's beard is only half its novel length, I think it makes me feel better that the Dwarves beards are in the medium range. If every dwarf had a beard longer than Gandalf's, I would be displeased.
To the OP, great links. I really enjoyed the full layout from the book. I hope some of the other character pages are soon forthcoming. Its September, so, with the exception of key scenes and the like, the time for secrecy is pretty much over. "Did you know: Dwarves are very proud of their beards. The bigger the beard, the more impressive the dwarf!" Thorin must be a nobody then 
"Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!"
"Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
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DanielLB
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Sep 4 2012, 7:25am
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What are the other Dwarves excuses though? /
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Ali
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Sep 4 2012, 7:42am
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Those pictures on the 'Could this be Barry Humphries' thread are from the annual too. Sorry - I skipped past those and didn't read properly. Assumed they were orcs *goes to sit in a corner*
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DanielLB
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Sep 4 2012, 7:45am
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Does the annual say they are the Great Goblin? :-) /
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Ali
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Sep 4 2012, 7:49am
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No they are just referred to as Goblins
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I'll scan in the full pages so you can see the context. Give me a little while to fire up the scanner
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