[+] The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - SPOILERS ALLOWED

[Paul Farquhar]

Let's not forget that the Dwarves are said to have woken the Balrog because they got too greedy mining explicitly for mithril.

Which now looks like elven propaganda. They are motivated by trying to save the elves, not greed.

 

[Ryujin]

Which now looks like elven propaganda. They are motivated by trying to save the elves, not greed.

And if the Elves push the Dwarves to mine massive amounts of mithril for their "cure", awakening the Balrog, then it gives reason for thousands of years of hatred between the two.

 

[RuinousPowers]

Compressed timeline.

I bet a million internets they Balrog gets woken up on Friday.

I hope not! It would kind of stink if the Balrog was released and the dwarves were written off for the next 4 seasons.

 

[Ryujin]

I hope not! It would kind of stink if the Balrog was released and the dwarves were written off for the next 4 seasons.

They wouldn't be. They would become refugees.

 

[RuinousPowers]

They wouldn't be. They would become refugees.

And do what? Show up for the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Now With Dwarves?

 

[Ryujin]

And do what? Show up for the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Now With Dwarves?

Be made to carve out a new homeland, after having been ousted from theirs.

 

[Morrus]

... and that Durin dies by Balrog.

Not this Durin, though, right? It's a Durin a couple thousand years later?

 

[RuinousPowers]

Not this Durin, though, right? It's a Durin a couple thousand years later?

Pretty sure it will be this Durin. Collapsed timelines, don't ya know?

 

[Ryujin]

Pretty sure it will be this Durin. Collapsed timelines, don't ya know?

Just what I was going to say.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And if the Elves push the Dwarves to mine massive amounts of mithril for their "cure", awakening the Balrog, then it gives reason for thousands of years of hatred between the two.

Honestly, the elves are pretty tiresome, in the books, movies and show. I'm not sure how much of a push anyone needs to be over them.