Dwarven Poetry:
Dwarven poetry is among the most interesting in all of Middle Earth. Mostly it is a good selection of random mining songs that give dwarves the spirit to work on in their odd attempts to find riches. So it may be startling to discover that many of the dwarves who have written poetry that has been successful have ended up dieing in almost the exact same way.
Many dwarven bards write for enjoyment until their work is recognised by others. This can take several decades and most works will not be considered for reading without a request being filed and stamped. Stamped again and sent to the head office, lost, found, eaten by a Fell beast, re written and sent to the manager of the dwarodelf. Lost a second time, found again, stamped with shoes, lost AGAIN, and finally found at the bottom of a well some where in Khand.
Thus it is unsurprising that after several attempts at getting their work polished that Dwarves soon give up the will to exist and so stop. The freak and sudden inexistence of dwarven poets has lead to many followers of some work to complain about the way things are worked. This however is hardly successful as they are told to "Shhh!" by almost every one who meets them. And so as a result, they resort to, yes, none existence.
No one is quite sure why they do this, as it has absolutely no effect on the ecosystem of the Dwarves. Many of the wise agree that if we knew exactly why the dwarves did this, then we would know an awful lot more about Ea than we do now. But for now, you may wish to read our study of Elven rituals such as; Tease the Dwarven poet".
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