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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6319280" data-attributes="member: 6677017">I've been re-reading the Lord of the Rings, and just last night I was reading through the council of Elrond chapter. Apparently they created a thriving dwarven kingdom under the lonely mountain after they took it back from Smaug. Also, it seems there are a lot of dwarves travelling all the time. More than humans is the impression you get. So even in Tolkien there are thriving dwarven kingdoms in the current storyline.On a side note, I've decided that I think the movies are better. The book reads like a spruced up account of an RPG campaign. The protagonists are frequently experiencing delays that have nothing much to add to the plot, pittering around getting their stuff together before continuing their journeys, ending up having less interesting encounters when better ones are begging to be had (like fighting the ringwraiths in a little hollow at the base of Weathertop, rather than right on top like in the movie) and generally doing a lot of things that make for a better immersive world experience than actual story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6319280, member: 6677017"] I've been re-reading the Lord of the Rings, and just last night I was reading through the council of Elrond chapter. Apparently they created a thriving dwarven kingdom under the lonely mountain after they took it back from Smaug. Also, it seems there are [I]a lot[/I] of dwarves travelling all the time. More than humans is the impression you get. So even in Tolkien there are thriving dwarven kingdoms in the current storyline. On a side note, I've decided that I think the movies are better. The book reads like a spruced up account of an RPG campaign. The protagonists are frequently experiencing delays that have nothing much to add to the plot, pittering around getting their stuff together before continuing their journeys, ending up having less interesting encounters when better ones are begging to be had (like fighting the ringwraiths in a little hollow at the base of Weathertop, rather than right on top like in the movie) and generally doing a lot of things that make for a better immersive world experience than actual story. [/QUOTE]

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