King Durin rejects Elrond's offer
S1E7
00:11:16—00:15:14
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| 00:11:23 | 00:11:26 | Elrond | We ask for something sacred from this mountain. |
| 00:11:28 | 00:11:31 | Elrond | And so we offer something sacred in return. |
| 00:11:32 | 00:11:36 | Elrond | In exchange for access to your mithril mines, |
| 00:11:36 | 00:11:38 | Elrond | the Elves are prepared to furnish this city |
| 00:11:38 | 00:11:42 | Elrond | with game, grain, |
| 00:11:42 | 00:11:47 | Elrond | and timber from the elder forests of Eriador for the next five centuries. |
| 00:11:47 | 00:11:49 | unnamed | Five centuries? |
| 00:11:49 | 00:11:51 | unnamed | Quite a promise, if they can keep it... |
| 00:11:52 | 00:11:54 | Elrond | I never made a promise I didn't. |
| 00:11:56 | 00:11:59 | King Durin | I see you've learned a few words of stone-tongue. |
| 00:12:00 | 00:12:01 | King Durin | Impressive. |
| 00:12:03 | 00:12:06 | King Durin | Tell me, why should we trust any Elf? |
| 00:12:08 | 00:12:10 | Elrond | You should not. |
| 00:12:12 | 00:12:13 | Elrond | But you can trust me. |
| 00:12:14 | 00:12:18 | Elrond | For I am no common Elf, but Elrond Half-elven. |
| 00:12:19 | 00:12:23 | Elrond | And I see in Elves that which they cannot see in themselves. |
| 00:12:23 | 00:12:26 | Elrond | That is why I stand before you now, alone... |
| 00:12:30 | 00:12:31 | Elrond | Pleading. |
| 00:12:33 | 00:12:35 | Elrond | For you to save my people. |
| 00:12:37 | 00:12:41 | Elrond | Please, noble King. Help us. |
| 00:12:52 | 00:12:54 | King Durin | I will speak to my son now. |
| 00:13:17 | 00:13:19 | Durin | What is to be your answer, Father? |
| 00:13:27 | 00:13:32 | King Durin | It is said that when Aulë created our people, |
| 00:13:33 | 00:13:35 | King Durin | he crafted us of two elements. |
| 00:13:37 | 00:13:38 | King Durin | Fire and rock. |
| 00:13:40 | 00:13:44 | King Durin | The rock that lives within us hungers for the eternal, |
| 00:13:44 | 00:13:46 | King Durin | resisting the pull of time. |
| 00:13:47 | 00:13:51 | King Durin | But the fire embraces truth. |
| 00:13:53 | 00:13:55 | King Durin | That all things must one day be consumed... |
| 00:13:57 | 00:13:59 | King Durin | ...and fade away to ash... |
| 00:13:57 | 00:13:59 | Durin | Father... |
| 00:13:59 | 00:14:01 | King Durin | We do not dig in earth that cannot support it. |
| 00:14:01 | 00:14:04 | King Durin | Delving into depths beyond the darkness. |
| 00:14:04 | 00:14:09 | King Durin | Tempting shadow, rock, and mine to bury us all beneath the mountain. |
| 00:14:09 | 00:14:12 | King Durin | I will not risk Dwarven lives |
| 00:14:13 | 00:14:15 | King Durin | to help the Elves cheat death. |
| 00:14:15 | 00:14:17 | Durin | Cheat death? |
| 00:14:18 | 00:14:19 | Durin | Father! |
| 00:14:23 | 00:14:26 | Durin | My friend is drowning, |
| 00:14:27 | 00:14:30 | Durin | reaching for me to pull him to shore. |
| 00:14:30 | 00:14:32 | Durin | You expect me to swat his hand away |
| 00:14:32 | 00:14:35 | Durin | because you're afraid of a bloody rock fall? |
| 00:14:35 | 00:14:38 | King Durin | The fate of the Elves was decided many Ages ago. |
| 00:14:39 | 00:14:42 | King Durin | By minds much wiser, |
| 00:14:43 | 00:14:45 | King Durin | much farther-seeing than our own. |
| 00:14:46 | 00:14:51 | King Durin | Defy their will, and this entire kingdom might fall. |
| 00:14:53 | 00:14:55 | King Durin | Perhaps the entire Middle-earth. |
| 00:15:07 | 00:15:09 | King Durin | I am sorry, my son. |
| 00:15:12 | 00:15:14 | King Durin | But their time has come. |