User blog comment:LOTRMod/Ask Boyd Anything!/@comment-27699761-20160705084406/@comment-25910873-20160705122158

arantoer: why wouldn't dale get better armour? Dale is really close with the dwarves of erebor, yet somehow, their armour is worse than even normal iron! Heck, even dorwinion has normal level iron armour, and it is a trade nation completely.