Character: Balin

It means that my sword did not participate in the battle?
- I'm not sure that is a sword. Rather, a knife for envelopes.

About the deeds are judged not by the clothes.

- When the dragon took the Lonely Mountain, king Thror tried and tried to win from the orcs ancient Kingdom of the dwarves, Morey.. But our enemies have beat us to it, Moria had been taken by legions of orcs, and they were led by the most cruel of all their race, Azog the Defiler. This giant Orc from mount Gundabad Orc had sworn to destroy the descendants of Durin. And the first thing they beheaded the king. Thrain, Thorin's father, lost his mind, he was gone. We don't know, killed him or captured... We lost the leader, defeat and death were upon us. And then there he was. The young heir kind of defied the pale Orc. He fought alone with this monstrous enemy. He lost his weapons and defended the oak branch like a shield. Azog the Defiler learned that day that the descendants of Durin he is not so easy to break. Thorin called us to rally. We rallied and drove the orcs back. Our enemy was defeated, but there was no feast nor songs of joy that night. The dead were so many that they did not have time to mourn. Not many of us survived. And then I thought, this is the one for whom I followed, whom I am willing to call the king.