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Old 10-05-2009, 10:32 AM   #16
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4) How do you think the third visit of the nazgul went? I can just picture good ol' Dain on the battlements giving that nasty old black rider the dwarven equivalent of "go tell your master he can kiss my...
Let's say that the Dwarves were able to trick the messenger into 'paying up.' Now, I know that the Dwarves would not have provided information to the Enemy regarding Bilbo, and the chances of the Messenger of the Base Master of Treachery aka Sauron giving them a Ring even if they did was zero, but what if...

Knowing what they knew then, that the Rings were tricksy, and though they bred gold, bred ill much more, would they have taken a Ring, and if so, would they have made use of it?
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