[*Varda*]

***Blue Mountains***

"We do not wish to fight," Theron pointed out, trying to be calm. "We only wish to reclaim what is ours. We will wait and hear your reasoning at the Audience." With that, he, Mikhelm, and Serin turned away and went to explore the city.

"Theron, I think they have papers of some sort, giving them a claim to Moria..." Mikhelm said. Theron glanced back at the other dwarves behind them, who seemed to be in deep discussion.

"Mikhelm, you may have a point." Theron said. "Perhaps we should head down to the Learning Room, we may be able to find papers to help us argue our point."

The three dwarves eventually found their way to the Learning Room, where they were eventually swamped under heaps of paper, but to no avail.

"We'd be better off back in the Blue Mountains for this sort of thing," Serin grumbled. "What use is all this? We must just argue against whatever they have to throw at us, with all the strength we have. Perhaps Elessar will see our side, and we can negotiate. Balin was from the Blue Mountains after all, his ancestors lived there for years after Smaug settled on Erebor. Surely we have some claim? In any case, Balin is related to me, albeit distantly."

The dwarves sighed pensively, before heading back out into the sunlight, to absorb the beauty of the city before the Audience began.