Actually, you're not quite correct here. Note that the line connecting Thorin III to Durin VII is not a solid line indicating immediate descent, but a dotted line indicating a more complicated descent or several generations skipped over. You can see the same thing in other geneology charts Tolkien did (such as the inclusion of Merry and Pippin in the "Baggins of Hobbiton" table later in the appendicies, or the one in the Silmarillion showing the descendents of Beor, and including both Aragorn and Arwen; many dots are included to skip over the Kings of Numenor, Lords or Anadune, Kings of Arnor, Arthedain, and Chieftains of the Dunedain and thus fit Aragorn on the same page. ;) )Quote:
Originally posted by Brandir
In the Appendicies of LOTR, the Line of Dwarves lists Thorin III Stonehelm (born 2866, assumed Kingship 3019 following death in battle of his father Dain II ironfoot) as having a son called:
'Durin VII & Last'
So Durin VII would not be the son of Thorin III, but will eventually rise among his descendants.
No, I doubt that is what it means. What it means is that Durin VII will be the last heir "born in his House so like to his Forefather that he received the name of Durin," and held by the Dwarves to be the the Deathless that returned. It does not indicate that he was the last king of the Dwarves. Although I have no doubt that, since he was the last "return" of Durin, the final decline of the Dwarves began after his death.Quote:
Which suggests to me that Durin VII was the last Dwarf king before the Dwarves disapeared from view?? Durin VII would have been born approx 3000, living to FA 220??
-Chris Landmark