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Kuruharan · 09-12-2004, 09:53 PM

Those who survived the war went on a lived out their lives, whatever they happened to be.

The dwarves probably did not bury their dead in the marsh (or what eventually became the marsh). Since nothing is said about it one must assume that they found some way of interring the deceased in stone as was the usual custom.

NightKnight · 09-13-2004, 12:12 AM

I agree with Kuruharan. They must have been dragged away by the surviving dwarves. And if they were buried on the battlefield, later Dead Marshes, they probably decayed just as everyone else. The "bodies" that lay there weren't real, remember?

As for the other creatures, they were probably eaten by birds or wolves or whatever hungry animals were nearby.

Findegil · 09-13-2004, 03:07 PM

Dwarves do lay their dead in stone or rock and not in earth. That would mean that Dwarves would be found in the dead marshes since they clearly were of muddy earth.
If to many dwrves were killed in a battle, so that they could not bury them in proper maner or take them away from the battle-field dwarves would bunr their dead. Thus I think after the war of the last aliance the Dwrves made a burning of their dead companions.

Respectfully
Findegil

09-12-2004, 09:53 PM	#1
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	Those who survived the war went on a lived out their lives, whatever they happened to be. The dwarves probably did not bury their dead in the marsh (or what eventually became the marsh). Since nothing is said about it one must assume that they found some way of interring the deceased in stone as was the usual custom. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

09-13-2004, 12:12 AM	#2
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	I agree with Kuruharan. They must have been dragged away by the surviving dwarves. And if they were buried on the battlefield, later Dead Marshes, they probably decayed just as everyone else. The "bodies" that lay there weren't real, remember? As for the other creatures, they were probably eaten by birds or wolves or whatever hungry animals were nearby. __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

09-13-2004, 03:07 PM	#3
Findegil King's Writer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,721	Dwarves do lay their dead in stone or rock and not in earth. That would mean that Dwarves would be found in the dead marshes since they clearly were of muddy earth. If to many dwrves were killed in a battle, so that they could not bury them in proper maner or take them away from the battle-field dwarves would bunr their dead. Thus I think after the war of the last aliance the Dwrves made a burning of their dead companions. Respectfully Findegil