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the lord of the rings - Why didnt Gimli know Moria had fallen . . . The references in The Hobbit are from a different "fall of Moria" After the events in The Hobbit, a dwarf named Balin, from the company that traveled with Bilbo, attempted to reclaim Moria once more In the movie, Balin is the old-looking dwarf with white hair His success was short-lived, though, as we find in The Lord of the Rings Hence the tombstone which reads "Balin, son of Fundin, Lord
How did they have time to build Balin a tomb? Who built the tomb for Balin, buried him in it, and inscribed "Here lies Balin, son of Fundin " on it? Wasn't he, and every other dwarf with him, killed by orcs?
How did the Fellowship walk through Moria from Balins tomb? Balin's tomb lies in the centre under the light There are many recesses in the walls containing plundered wooden chests, near which they find a book describing the fate of the dwarven colonists who tried to retake Moria Bones and weapons lie scattered around both doors where the dwarves made their last stand
movie - Why does Tolkien make Thorin to be older than Balin, only to . . . Balin, while technically being younger than Thorin, was portrayed in the movie with shock white hair because he was described as being " very old-looking" and had a "white beard" Balin was born in TA 2763 Thorin was born in TA 2746, making him only 17 years older than Balin (a miniscule difference in terms of Dwarf-years)
Is Gimli really 60+ years old in Lord of the Rings? Fellowship of the Ring (2001) It's clear that Gimli hasn't been in contact with Balin recently (the dwarf-corpses are all old, decayed, and cobwebby), but the fact that he expects Balin to be alive and capable of ruling a city after well more than 120 years (Balin clearly wasn't young, even in the prologue to An Unexpected Journey) is telling
tolkiens legendarium - Why did Dale have anti-dragon defences . . . Balin: Girion, the lord of the city, rallied his bowmen to fire upon the beast But a dragon's hide is tough, tougher than the strongest armor Only a Black Arrow fired from a wind-lance could have pierced the dragon's hide And few of those arrows were ever made The store was running low when Girion made his last stand