Balin, Moria and the King Under the Mountain - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 01-17-2003, 11:34 PM

I have been wondering for a while whether Balin was all or partially motivated to retake Moria [and become it's Lord] because of a feeling of having been snubbed to be King Under the Mountain, he was after all, a direct descendant of the Line of Durin as was Dain, and after all already had his own lordship in the Iron Hills.

Perhaps he felt that as Thorin's companion since youth and most particularly as sharer in the adventure of restoring the House of Durin to Erebor he was the natural choice.

So by becoming Lord of Moria, would Balin have thus 'one-upped' Dain? And been the real heir of Durin? Ruling in Durin's own anscestral mansion.

01-17-2003, 11:34 PM	#1
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Balin, Moria and the King Under the Mountain I have been wondering for a while whether Balin was all or partially motivated to retake Moria [and become it's Lord] because of a feeling of having been snubbed to be King Under the Mountain, he was after all, a direct descendant of the Line of Durin as was Dain, and after all already had his own lordship in the Iron Hills. Perhaps he felt that as Thorin's companion since youth and most particularly as sharer in the adventure of restoring the House of Durin to Erebor he was the natural choice. So by becoming Lord of Moria, would Balin have thus 'one-upped' Dain? And been the real heir of Durin? Ruling in Durin's own anscestral mansion. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.