The door of durin.

[Galadriel55]

"Mor" does mean "dark", and not necessarily in a bad way. There are names like Mordor, and like Morwen...

Originally Posted by Rumil

how about 'Pleasantly shady grotto' ?

Heehee. Black Hole? They say there's a lot of light stored inside of them.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Alfirin

If you want to be really, really cynical You could also argue that doing the doors that way could have been part of a plan for future invasion (should the feud ever get that far). This revolves on four questions, 1. Do the doors ONLY respond to elvish (i.e. had Gandalf said the dwarvish word for fried, would the doors have opened?) 2. Did the doors automatically seal when closed, of did they have to be "locked" 3. Was the password the ONLY way to get the doors open, or simply a shortcut (i.e. could a large number of dwarves open and close the doors manually, like normal doors). and 4. Did the dwarves know the world to open the doors and what it meant?.

I'm sorry, Alfirin, but you're a question short.
5. Were the "real" motivations of Celebrimbor completely different from the ones he's actually described as having? (And how does that work, exactly?)

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

"Mor" does mean "dark", and not necessarily in a bad way. There are names like Mordor, and like Morwen...



Heehee. Black Hole? They say there's a lot of light stored inside of them.

And it cannot get out.

[Galadriel55]

Why exactly are we out of the blue suspecting Celebrimbor of double-dealing?

Originally Posted by Nerwen

And it cannot get out.

Well, that's the whole point, isn't it? We might as well find out that the Endless Stairs were "really" made by Dwarves. And all these abysses were made in order to keep their Elf prisoners from escaping. And Mr. Balrog was of course their secret weapon.

Absurd? I rather thought so.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Why exactly are we out of the blue suspecting Celebrimbor of double-dealing?

Heredity?