We Dwarves do not follow just any wanderer into war, #.
Earn your name in the stone before asking for our trust.
These halls have seen too much betrayal. Prove yourself first, #.
Our axes do not rise at every plea. Show you're worth the steel.
You would lead the sons of Durin? Then you must earn that honour.
We follow deeds, not words. Show us your worth in action, not talk.
It takes more than good will to win the hearts of the Khazâd.
You stand tall, but your name holds little weight under this mountain.
Come back when your reputation rings like hammer on anvil.
Khazad-dûm remembers its friends — but you're still a stranger.
I do not know your story, #. And until I do, I cannot follow you.
Earn the right to stand shoulder to shoulder with the dwarves of Khazad-dûm.
Even the bravest must prove themselves in our eyes.