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Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
Tol Eressea
Aug 12 2015, 7:57am
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the glittering caves on the fourth age
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If you were Eomer, would you let the dwarves to visit, even to work on those caves? Knowing how things turned in the past with dwarves I can inagine after Gimli and Eimers demises that further generations of dwarves and rohirrim that are not so aware of the brave deeds of their people in the war of the ring would enter in conflict for those caves. I imagine the dwarves growing in power there and over crowding the place and fighting in greed against the rohans for the rule of the caves...
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noWizardme
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Aug 12 2015, 9:41am
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That's a possibility, if one thinks in terms of realpolitik
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To begin with, everything ought to be OK, based on personal friendships between Gimli, Eomer and Aragorn. Maybe nobody worried about events further ahead, or assumes that the Aglarond dwarves will remain loyal (I'm imagining complicated oaths and/or written contracts)? I have a feeling (so it may be just my personal reading) that the dwarves are dying out in any case, and so aren't too likely to set up a colony that would become large and land-grabbing.
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noWizardme
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Aug 12 2015, 10:03am
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I missed the 'edit window' so now need a new post to say
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I didn't mean to sound dismissive of the idea (so my apologies if I did!) It sounds like a perfectly good scenario for fan fiction, war games etc. if that is what you had in mind.
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CamdenMcAndrews
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Sep 17 2015, 6:08pm
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Tolkien seemed to think they would
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In the book, Tolkien included quite a bit of discussion between Gimli and Legolas about going to tour those caves, so we might assume that dwarves would be welcome.
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Meneldor
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Sep 18 2015, 12:12am
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The Rohirrim didn't seem very interested in the caves.
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I got the impression they only saw them as fairly convenient natural storage cellars, not prime real estate. And the dwarves generally don't seem all that interested in the open grasslands that the Rohirrim prize for breeding their horses. So I'd guess the opportunities for friction wouldn't amount to much.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107
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