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Originally Posted by To_be_Quite_Honest
and Balin, in FOTR the first battle that took place in the mines of moria, was in Balin's tomb room.
Was it just me or did it seem weird that Gimli was expecting Moria to still be a dwarf city when they headed there? So in the 60 years that these stories took place, Balin took a dwarf army, re-took Moria, then got slaughtered in what looks to be not long after they moved in. It wasn't too clear if the Balrog just cleaned house or if that goblin army was working with or just moved in after the dwarves were gone?
I know there isn't long distance communication in this world, but with the amount of talking insects you would think word would of gotten out?
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I think I answered this earlier in the thread.
Short version: following the events of The Hobbit, Balin led an expedition to recapture Moria. They were able to take a small settlement, but orcs still controlled most of the once-great dwarf city/mine. Eventually Balin's settlement was overrun and everyone from his expedition were killed (as we saw in FotR).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moria_(...rth)#Third_Age
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Towards the close of the Third Age a few generations later, the dwarf Balin led a company to reopen the city, including Flói, Óin, Ori, Frár, Lóni, and Náli, although Balin's mission was against King Dáin's wishes. At first all went well, but after five years the colony was destroyed by Orcs.
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