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  Posted by Wibstap on April 01, 2000 at 20:44:35
In Reply to: Re: Dwarves gone bad.... posted by Aelmer on April 01, 2000 at 20:17:15:



: : : Somewhere ealrier, someone had asked about dwarves being turned to evil or something like that, and I just now came across a passage in the Hobbit where it says that in the past Dwarves had made alliances with Orcs! (Well, goblins anyway) Just thought I would share that...

: : Dwarfs has also been told to fight for Sauron in the war of the alliance. These were probably some of the eastern kindred. (Blacklocks, Stonefeets, Ironfists, Stiffbeards) Any thoughts on how they were recruted?

: : Maglor

: Sauron, from what we can tell, spent a lot of time in the East. No doubt he also had emmissaries actively spreading the word, if you will, in East. Sauron did give some rings to the dwarf kings. Promises of riches untold may have been an initial inducement. It's possible that one or more ring had more effect than just increasing the dwarven lust for riches. Pehaps a king or several dwarf lords had been corrupted as Ar-Pharozan was.

I don't think that any of the eastern houses were corrupted; if they were I think it would probably have been a small part, like the Nogrodians who slew Thingol.



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