The Bridge of Khazad-dum

[The Barrow-Wight]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: The Bridge of Khazad-dum

A narrow bridge spanning a 'bottomless' pit is a great defense, but a ridiculous obstacle for even normal traffic, let alone 'mass exoduses'. I wonder how many accidental deaths resulted from the bridge over the years. And what about any eporting they may have done out of the Eastern Gate? It was wide enough to take a wagon load of ore out of, but the bridge would force the Dwarves to pack anything out item by item.

Again, I think the bridge was just used for defensive purposes and there must have been other routes, easily sealed or destroyed in case of invasion, used for the more mundane travel that needed to reach the East gates of the caverns.

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