Poseidon

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Not attacking, just discussing. This is a disccion board, right?

Most certainly.

As far as the motivation, looking at the movies alone without bringing the books into it (though it was been well over 20 years since I read them and wouldn't remember anyway and a few years since I watched the first), it seems to me that they were at the original meeting where the fellowship was established as representatives of their particular...race? It was an issue of pride to Gimli to not be left out of the quest, and an issue of duty and loyalty to Aragorn for Legolas.