Pitfalls of the Palantir

Froi's business was more successful than he had ever imagined it could be. To be fair, when he had first taken the palantir he had not had a definite plan. As he traveled eastward, he had thought to use the palantir to guide the reconstruction of Khazad-dûm. But the best of intentions often go awry and Froi had stumbled upon a different use for the palantir. Within weeks of his arrival in Khazad-dûm, the palantir, despite being wrought by an elf, was by far the best known and the most utilized artifacts in the Dwarrowdelf.

It fact, it was a bit too popular. The work schedule was beginning to suffer because of it.

Frar, the foreman, began to make discrete enquiries. It had taken some time, but he had eventually discovered the source of the problem.

He chastised Froi in private, confiscated the palantir and then wondered what to do with it. The thing most certainly belonged to the new King of Gondor, but Frar had grave doubts over sending the legacy of the West it to Aragorn Telecontar without changing the images it displayed. Before the lads could become restless, he packaged the palantir and sent it, under heavily armed escort, to Thorin Son of Nain, King under Mountain.