Board Thread:Lore Texts/@comment-27340559-20170528115838/@comment-27340559-20170531051611

108.46.197.102 wrote: These are very good, but the first one is uncannon to a degree, as Tolkien never specified that dwarves inhabited mount gundabad. It was merely a revered holy location as it was where Durin awoke. As he was alone, Durin did not stay at Gundabad but traveled south till he reached Mirromere and the Dimrill Dale. "In the early ages Mount Gundabad did serve as a place of assembly for delegations of Dwarves, yet there is no mention of any making permanent residence there." I indeed know that there were no Dwarves truly 'living' there. The best I could do to avert this and still have something to talk about is present Gundabad as a fortified outpost of Dwarves. My interpretation is that while no dwarves were born there or stayed there for more than a few years, much mining and honing of craft was done, while wealth was gained during the mining.