The Two Towers Book III Chapter 5: "The White Rider" Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.
They were not made by Durin's folk, Gimli son of Glóin. Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him, till at last he fled into dark tunnels. 'We fought far under the living earth, where time is not counted. 'Deep is the abyss that is spanned by Durin's Bridge, and none has measured it,' said Gimli. It's worth remembering that Dwarves are preternaturally skilled miners, carvers, and stone-workers techniques that seem impossible to us are not necessarily beyond their abilities.ġ It's doubtful, though not impossible, that they carved the whole thing, since Gimli says that none know how deep it goes, and Gandalf discusses tunnels at that depth not made by Dwarvish hands: No sign was there of post or lintel or threshold, nor any sign of bar or bolt or key-hole yet they did not doubt that they had found the door at last. It was not a cave and was open to the sky above but at its inner end a flat wall rose up that in the lower part, close to the ground, was as smooth and upright as mason's work, but without a joint or crevice to be seen.
#Khazad dûm crack
Ilently a great doorway was outlined, though not a crack or joint had been visible before.įellowship of the Ring Book II Chapter 4: "A Journey in the Dark" `They are invisible, and their own masters cannot find them or open them, if their secret is forgotten.' 'Dwarf-doors are not made to be seen when shut,' said Gimli. Here are the Doors? I can't see any sign of them.' Such a technique is used to hide their doors, including the West-gate of Moria itself: However, I would question the claim that the Dwarves couldn't have constructed a bridge that looked like (and was as strong as) a single, unbroken piece of stone. As proposed in the question itself, it could have been a natural "bridge", merely shaped by the Dwarves into the shape they wanted.
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