moria

Sorry if this has ever been posted before, I've briefly looked and can't find anything relating to it. I have been pondering this for a long while now and I can't come to a definite conclusion, but how would the story have been different if Gandalf had not fallen in Moria. Say for example he...

Okay, so I'm reading TLOR again, must be about the 30th time..... I'm seeing a couple fairly reasonable problems in the storyline as The Fellowship reaches Moria & enters the long trip through the mines: 1. At the end of the first march, the company enters the guardroom where the old well...

Every-time I go back to it, I'm kind surprised how much of the Grander mythology is hinted at it was was originally just a half-baked children's tale.

Gandalf was surprised. He seemed very surprised to find out that a Balrog had confronted him. How is this possible? Shouldn't he have known what terror dwelt in Moria? Let us examine the facts. Gandalf knows that the dwarves were driven out. He also states that they delved to greedily and deep...

So, the inscription on the doors of Khazad-dum say, " The doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend, and enter. I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs." Right? But, in the time that they made the doors was before the balrog showed up, and before Khazad-dum got its name, "...

I have some discontinuities in my mind about Moria. Perhaps someone can set me clear. I understand that during the time of Beleriand, Moria was an amazing place for dwarves. I'm confused on the fall of Moria. Gimli tries to persuade Gandalf to leading the party into Moria, and goes on to say...

After having a little talk with Aulë in The Decline of TTF thread I once again made a comparison of TTF with Moria. Aulë then posed the poignant question of who would be TTF's Durin VII once TTF (hopefully) is revitalized by the introduction of The Hobbit movie. Ultimately, (for those unaware of...

Hello everyone, this is my first post even though I've browsed this server for years, I just got a chance to register an all. This is just something I kind of wonder about and theres probably no real answer but..... If Gollum was following the fellowship and the Bridge of Kazadum was...

Right, well it seems we might need a OOc thread, as Maggot wants to play a eagle, and with more of us it seems our little group of people might want to sort things out. I want us to go north, and see what we can do to the northmen using the dwarves, or I would not mind sauron (who is in...

I've always assumed that the name Moria("Black Pit") came about after the Balrog appeared in 1980 of the Third Age... and the Dwarves abandoned their home. However... two things have come to my attention pointing to Moria being used already in the Second Age. 1. The West Gate, made by Narvi...

Gorm stood in the darkness of the mine. Khazad-dum, now moria, was theres. At tonights victory feast they would come, the forces of darkness would come. The light of a torch lit the hallway and a troll lumbured in. They were coming.

Okay. I just saw the cartoon "The Lord of The Rings" (produced by Saul Zaentz in 1978 and published by Warner Brothers, and on DVD in 2001 :)), which was not very good in my opinion. They made the Hobbits look dumb and kind of gave them a childish mind. I didn't like that at all. Well.. The...

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From The Lord of the Rings, "A Journey in the Dark" When did Aragorn enter Moria the first time, and why would he have done so?

Gandalf was supposed to have gone through moria before the events of LoTR . How did he get through withought knowing the password?

right, people who have read the hobbit know that trolls turn into stone, when in contact with day light. right the know to the battle with the troll atr moria. it says that the sunlight it shining on the grave of the dwarf (balin is it) so why did the cave troll turn to stone, or did he...

I may just be ignorant, but... Why is it that a dwarven-made gate has an elvish word for a password?

I wasn't sure if I should put this in this forum, or in The History of Middle-Earth forum, or the Hall of Fire, or wherever, so I decided just to put it here.:rolleyes: Anyway, I was just curious as to how the Balrong that fell with Gandalf actually reached Moria.......1. Without being seen...

:confused: This might be a stupid question but then I want to know... After the Balrog was killed by gandalf and sauron defeated did the dwarves ever enter Moria and reestablish the empire there? Could someone help me out????

When gandalf id fighting the Balrog, He uses some power when the balrog makes his faming sword. Gandalfs says, wielder of the flame of ........ what? What is that last word??? it sounds like Anor