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Re: The Bridge of Khazad-dum
I am prepared to concede that the Dwarves traded to the east, but I still haven't heard a hint of why the bridge is insufficient for their trading needs. It's faulty logic to assume that because they built a "great paved way" it was thronged with constant in and out traffic. Why build it, you've asked? I've already mentioned several reasons for having the road that don't suggest huge amounts of travel on it. Add to those reasons the obvious fact that for purely aesthetic reasons, the dwarves wouldn't build some wimpy little rock-strewn footpath leading up to their underground kingdom/city. You come up that (no doubt) wonderfully crafted and impressive road and you know you are coming into the realm of the Dwarves, you dig?
And anyway, your own contention re: the road seems to argue against a more convenient and spacious auxiliary entrance. If they have a big loading dock of some kind with less restricted access, why doesn't the paved trade road lead to that? Even if you postulate an alternate gate, you still have the main road leading to the East Gate, so what gives? Your argument isn't answered by having an additional gate. You still have the great paved way leading to a bottleneck. In fact, I suggest that the presence of a great paved way leading to the East Gate implies that it was their primary (and therefore, likely only) real entrance on the East Side.
</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000005>Mister Underhill</A> at: 10/26/00 10:14:26 am
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