True. LOTR was like the Missing Link, between the elf- and dwarf-filled world of The Silmarillion, and our own world. The Weird Races needed to be shown, but not very much, and as being in decline. Ents, Woses, Elves, Dwarves (but funnily enough, not Hobbits!) are shown as being in decline.
Although Gimli and Legolas later start up new realms, this is nothing compared to the number of elves leaving Middle-Earth, or to the fact that Moria and Gundabad are still not occupied. Even Erebor must be a pale comparison to Khazad-Dûm or to the original home of Dúrin.
Besides, Dwarves are the whole reason that Fanfics were invented!
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But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.
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