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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne
I think that last bit is rather weak!
Surely Balin would not discart the words of Gandalf as nonsense so easily. I know dwarves can be stubborn, but if Gandalf had told Balin that he knew for a fact that the ring was lost and he could present a reasonable case, then surely Balin would belive him. After all Balin seemed rather resonable. (Atleast to me)
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He seemed so to me too (though his decision to go to Moria was one of the weaker ones). But I wasn't referring to Gandalf then (that was in the brackets - I said that he would likely follow Gandalf had Gandalf told him, though "who knows") - I was referring to perhaps other Dwarves, like Dáin or somebody, who would be wise and telling Balin that it's unlikely to find the Ring in Moria.
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