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Originally Posted by ArathornJax
I did have one question that came to me today. At the council of Rivendell Gimli takes the role of his father Gloin at the council. However, he states that the messanger from Sauron came to his father and not to Dain. I found this interesting as I would thought that any messanger or ambassador from Sauron would come to Dain as he is the King Under the Mountain, not Gloin. Gloin, a member of the royal household and more than likely a member of the royal council would have been present, but why come to Gloin?
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Not sure I know the answer to this... Michael Bakewell wrote that episode and I can't recall any discussions other than that Gloin should
be Gimli. My guess - but that's all it is - would be that Michael a) wanted to, at least, mention Gloin and b) thought it simpler than setting up the concept of the King Under the Mountain in a 30-minute episode already
stuffed with new names and facts. Sorry to be so vague, but over a quarter of a century later, it's hard to be anything else!!
Good luck with the procedure...
06-21-2008, 01:03 AM
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