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This thought came to me recently during my current re-read of the Trilogy. It is mentioned by Gloin to Frodo during their time at the Hall of Fire in Rivendell that a messenger of Sauron came to Dain and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and attempted to barter with him for knowledge of Bilbo...