Quest Talk:Chapter 1.1: The Legacy of Durin and the Trials of the Dwarves

If someone is going through this quest on a Stout-axe dwarf, could you please check if they get any special dialogue especially from Kóvo. I don't have a char to check this with. Feuerhaar (talk) 12:21, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Here's the dialogue for Stout-axes. There are minor, but significant changes/additions. How should this get inserted into the text?

Kóvo: 'Durin wants to know what is to be done? Ha! This Stout-axe has a recommendation or two, but I do not think he is prepared to hear them!

'We are Stout-axes, <name>. Of all the dwarves in this Middle-earth, you know we have endured the greatest trials. Many were the torments Sauron devised for our great king when Drása did not submit, and our people were enslaved. But we kept our honour, though we toiled without end in Mordor, and now that the Dark Lord is gone the Stout-axes have emerged to take what we will, and what we deserve. So I say again to this dwarf-princeling: ha! What authority has he to command any Stout-axe? He fought against the Frost-horde? So did all of us at Skarháld. I count his deeds there no better than any of ours.

'He will need a dozen such victories before he has matched even the least of our own. You know it is true, my <brother/sister>, as sure as my regrown beard. No pampered Longbeard prince can compare with such as us.'

Bórnek: 'Durin sent you to ask what should be done? He is no Zhélruka, that much is clear. If Bótuz Frostblood were still alive, he would not ask such a thing. He would simply tell us, and in no uncertain terms; woe be to the dwarf who did not comply with his command!

'The Longbeard prince is still as green as Spring in the low-lands. He would do well to keep to himself, and leave the Zhélruka alone. We are not his to command, though we must inhabit Skarháld together for now. That will be for a short time only. Durin will soon tire of adventure and return to his father's halls. Beneath the Lonely Mountain he will live well, while we Zhélruka remain here, sleeping on the cold stone and dreaming of Gundabad, the home that has been kept from us.

'He knows little of the Zhélruka, and cares for us less. I find it distasteful for him to pretend otherwise.'

Glóin: 'It seems we share the same affliction, my questing friend! Most of my companions have gone home, satisfied with their adventures, but you and I belong here in the mountains, courting danger and unafraid! I know there is a place of honour set for me beneath the Lonely Mountain, but no matter how great the feast I would still feel the emptiness in my belly. Only adventure can sate my appetite now. My son Gimli will discover this hunger runs in his blood, if he has not already! But from your recent tales I know he has!'

You tell Glóin that Durin is seeking advice from the dwarves at Skarháld.

'I know your people are strong and true, but there were few Stout-axes in the Grey Mountains to begin with. No, I would tell him to treat carefully with the Zhélruka who have come here; they are not his people and care little for either Longbeards or Stout-axes. They defended Skarháld when the Frost-horde attacked, and suffered losses. But there are fewer Longbeards here than Zhélruka. Durin must be aware of this. Let him keep the Red Axe near at hand.'

Durin (objective 2): 'What have you heard, my friend? Are your tidings as grim as I fear they will be?'

Durin listens to your report of growing unrest among the Zhélruka, and of Glóin's concerns, and his face falls. He hefts the Red Axe thoughtfully.

'I came here too hastily, <name>. Each of our peoples suffered losses when the Frost-horde attacked, but there were never that many loyal Longbeards at Skarháld to begin with, and your people have always been few. I only assumed command because there was no one else! Without a strong leader to unify each of the dwarf-clans here, I feared the Grey Mountains would prove a grave-cairn for all of us. They might still, but now it is not drakes of the Frost-horde I fear. I fear the disloyalty of the Zhélruka. Is there not betrayal in the history of their clan? Your people know this better than any, do they not?

'I need more loyal warriors to reinforce me! I ask you to return to my father at the Lonely Mountain and request that he send as many Longbeard warriors as he can spare. Too many were lost when the Frost-horde attacked, and I would not have us outnumbered by... by foes.'

Dadwhereismom (talk) 17:20, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

In the past we have written seperate paragraphes for the races if the difference was more significant than <race>. One example is Quest:Chapter 11.8: Tûka's Wisdom with differences for Hobbits and non Hobbits Feuerhaar (talk) 20:42, 8 May 2020 (UTC)