Discussion Main / LovesOnlyGold

• Alfrid himself, despite his situational Pragmatic Villainy described above where he wanted to throw the gold out of the Master's boat to escape Smaug, soon succumbs to greed himself when he absconds with a goodly amount of gold coins he finds hidden in a smashed vase in Dale. This ends up causing his Karmic Death, as a coin falling out of his, eh, let's say "outfit" lands on the triggering mechanism for the catapult he's hiding in, sending him flying to his death. However, it's conceivable that he saw the coins as merely money he'd need to pay for things while on the lam after his big Screw This, I'm Outta Here moment, so he may not completely apply.

This reads as more general-purpose greed, or maybe greedy pragmatism, than loving a particular item like gold, jewels, or silver, as specified in the description.

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