User blog comment:LordDainTheAwsome/A brief history of the Lonely Mountain/@comment-25604636-20160322154937/@comment-26486187-20160323001929

@Speg: None of them had seen the Silmaril, and even if Gandalf had recognised it, it isn't like he had done much about it...

@Grievous: He was apparently still enduring the pain, and made it that far, but gave up.