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Your Name: Alyssa
OOC Journal: pohmelyatsya
Under 18? If yes, what is your age?: Over
Email + IM: andalltheworlds @ gmail, pohmelyatsya @ aim and screeches @ plurk
Characters Played at Ataraxion: n/a
C H A R A C T E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Name: Kili
Canon: The Hobbit
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: Post death
Number: if he could have his previous number ( 114 ) that would be great, if not, a random one is fine.
Setting: Here
History:
In the beginning, there was a single, lonely mountain that stood proud above it’s surroundings. It was a rich mountain you see, with rivers of gold and jewels strewn through it’s body, and richer still because it was the home of the children of Aulë--the dwarves. I wish I could start out by saying this was a happy story, and these dwarves with their riches and their home could go on indefinitely, but that wouldn’t make much of a tale now would it?
No, it certainly wouldn’t, and fear not it grows better soon! For you see, the King of this lonely mountain (called Erebor by it’s inhabitants) was becoming more and more addicted to the shine and gleam of gold and the power that came with it. As the kingdom grew and the gold and precious jewels multiplied, there seemed to be no end to the King’s goldlust.
Which is, of course, where the story turns from troubling to worse.
The first hint of their fate came like a noise similar to that of a hurricane coming down from the north, a wind that set the trees a groaning and creaking as the dragon Smaug settled upon the mountain in a burst of flame. For you see, there is nothing dragons love more than hoarding gold, and Erebor was perfect in that sense. It is here that the dwarves fall and are vanquished from their home, forced into a nomadic lifestyle with little to their name and no home to return to at night. And the throne under the mountain that had been previously guaranteed with the succession of the King’s son and grandson, no longer was theirs.
This is where the story starts, and eventually, this is where it ends.
But I’m getting ahead of myself, here. For you see those clever dwarves were not without a leader in the end. Thorin, grandson to the King who lusted for gold, did well by his people and led them to a new home they created for themselves in Ered Luin. The once mighty, proud race was forced into menial tasks and poverty, taking up labor for men and working away at their crafts to take care of their kin.
But still the people survive, and it is in Ered Luin that Thorin is given sister-sons, heirs to the throne that is his after the death of his grandfather and father before him. Fili and Kili, boys born five years apart but as close as twins.
There’s not much knowledge on the boy’s early lives, but it’s easy to interr things from how they act and appear. When the boys show up at Bilbo Baggins’ door stoop at the eve of their adventure they carry tools of their trade, which means they perhaps became blacksmiths or leather workers (perhaps both!) in attempts to provide for their families despite their young ages. Given their status, it’s also likely that they were raised with lessons on dwarven culture and the knowledge needed to run and care for the kingdom that would eventually be theirs. Kili had less of an immediate pressure towards this, because he was secure behind the life of his brother and uncle and didn’t need to worry over the throne. He’s also young and as reckless as a child, less likely to concern himself with bookish things or learning when he’d rather be out climbing trees and practicing his archery and swordsmanship.
But in the end Kili joins the company and it’s likely that his whimsical nature and lightheartedness helps with morale, even though he also manages to fumble a couple of times along the way. Going by movie logic, the first time would simply be getting bilbo’s name wrong, but in the book he and Fili as well, to be honest, also manage to lose the ponies in the river and nearly drown themselves trying to get them back. Though the book focuses mainly on Bilbo, Kili is one of the few dwarves that are singled out enough to have a few single strong points in canon. Of these, the most apparent are little things, like the fact that Kili is unaffected by the gold lust the rest of the company sans Fili fall into, or the fact that he’s one of three that don’t blindly agree with Thorin’s want to war with the men of Dale and the Elves over the gold of the mountain or even the fact that he and his brother are the only two that have misgivings about letting Bilbo go into the mountain and sneak around Smaug on his own.
Kili is a bit headstrong, but in the end he does not go against the grain that the rest of the dwarves set. He might not be affected by gold lust but he’s still just as stubborn when it comes to it, he might not agree with Thorin’s decision but he doesn’t speak up against it, and he might not want to let Bilbo go out alone on a mission that’s rather suicidal but he doesn’t sacrifice himself either.
So in the end, the dwarves find themselves successful in their quest, and they've all they wished for in the reclaiming of Erebor. None have died battled the great dragon, there are riches unimaginable and the home the sung so longingly for has returned to them. But things are not all well, the dragon destroyed the village of Laketown with it's death, and the human who shot it down as well as the elves seek reparations. Thorin and the dwarves are locked within gold lust, war seems high upon the air and it is apparent that thirteen dwarves will fight to the death against two armies with little hope but that of their cousins from over the mountains coming to their aid.
The battle is averted, of course, by the arrival of an army of goblins and orcs, foul beasts who seek to raid Erebor and destroy all in their path. United under a common enemy the Elves, Dwarves and Men all gather together and fight to save themselves and destroy an enemy. There's a thought that there might have been a second battle immediately after anyway, with dwarf pitted against elf and man, but it never comes to that and Thorin's goldlust that seemed so powerful falls with him.
Reperations might have wound up different if Kili and Fili hadn’t fallen in the Battle of Five Armies, but the truth of the matter is that Kili dies defending his family, instead of the gold or homeland that other dwarves do, and that is perhaps his boldest appearance thus far even if it’s worthy of a mere couple lines.
Personality:
“Loyalty, honour, a willing heart, I can ask no more than that.”
Kili is the second son of Dis, sister-son to Thorin, and is third in line to inherit the throne under the mountain. This is important, as though he seems at times quite foolish and reckless, there is rather obviously a large influence this has left upon the young dwarf. There is a lot of responsibility that comes with being of a royal line, and more so with being rather close in the line of succession. To this degree, it’s rather apparent how Kili’s part in the Company came about, but even then there are complexities to every cut of this gem. On one hand, Kili came out of loyalty to his Uncle and King, on another it could have been out of a need to prove himself worthy, but more than likely he came because he was following the footsteps of his brother who he was nearly inseparable from.
All are equally likely, and all speak well of Kili himself. However, though the Kili and his family are singled out a bit in The Hobbit and individualized more so than the rest of the Company, there is still not much in terms of in depth looks into the character himself. As such, I’m supplementing characterization interred from the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as well as from the book. Here then, is where we’ll start.
The base glimpse of Kili would be a young, cheerful sort of dwarf. Most of the time he shows up it’s with his brother in tow and they are often in a good mood and often sent scouting because they’ve the sharpest eyes out of the fourteen. Neither have been in a serious fight, as far as I can tell, and they are very much eager to go on this journey. In them, I hold a sort of sense of soldiers off to the Great War, still bearing romanticized ideals and thoughts of honor, neither quite realizing the terrible battles in store for them and the utter devastation they will land in. These young heirs were born into a nomadic lifestyle, and they have never laid eyes upon Erebor nor did they see the devastation leveled upon it by Smaug. In a sense then, it’s easy to see how the brother’s are overtly enthusiastic about this quest of theirs, but it also shows the difference in reasoning behind Kili and Fili going on the quest, and that of Thorin who was there for all the tragedy that befell the dwarves.
Kili does not go on the quest simply for some sense of a long forgone gold, or a home that is not his. He goes, because that is where his brother and uncle go. He goes for the notion of family and loyalty to his kin, and because he was a child born without a home, family is more than just important to him. It’s all he has.
So there is a serious side to Kili, somewhere in there, and it shines through in times like these where one realizes he followed on a dangerous quest out of loyalty to his family (even if there was something of adventure playing to that as well), or perhaps more so when he falls in battle not protecting the gold and homestead of Erebor, but the fallen form of Thorin. He might be young--dreadfully, childishly, young--but Kili was raised to be a royal even without a kingdom and though he seldom seeks to show more than the foolish naive kind of person he is, it is still there.
Speaking on that foolish side, Kili is the more rash of the two brothers. He’s the youngest in the company, and he often acts rather heedlessly and without caution when it comes to things, mouth always running before his brain can catch up. But there’s a lot of fool’s luck to him, Kili tends to come out of things unscathed and with a grin on his face. Like all dwarves he’s stubborn as can be, a bit reckless and jeering. He’s always looking for the next laugh and the next joke, even at the expense of someone else. He’s a bit petty, then, but in the end he’s not greedy as dwarves are said to be. Kili does not fall prey to the gold-lust the rest of the company’s dwarves save Fili does, the brothers simply pluck golden harps from the walls and play music instead of picking through the treasure for things they want.
Kili lives life as if he has to savor every little moment of it, but he’s also rather carefree in a way his brother is not. Perhaps it’s the fact that he’s not Thorin’s heir, because certainly Fili who is a mere five years older is far more aware of the responsibility upon his shoulders. Kili still manages to look up to Fili and Thorin then, especially when needing advice or insecure over some minute detail (He does tend to worry, after all.) but in the end, things are a bit whimsical and fickle to Kili. He takes things at face value and doesn’t let things bother him.
There’s strength of will behind this naive son of Dis, and I don’t think anything shows that better than the fact that Kili so valiantly is willing to stand strong amongst an innumerable enemy with his brother at his side and protect a wounded Thorin. He’s cut down, in the end, but he tries his hardest and fights as fiercely as he can before then.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
Dwarves are hardy folk, and they are built to survive (though perhaps their stubbornness is the true factor here). Likewise, because Kili is young, he and his brother are the best scouts of the Company, and they are of fleet foot and keen eye. Physically, Kili is in good shape and is able with a sword and dagger, though his weapon of choice is a bow. He’s especially skilled at it, and thus enhances his scouting abilities.
As for Weaknesses there is, once more, the fact that Kili is very young. At only 77 years of age he’s naive and untraveled, and he is rather cocky and full of himself at times. He’s also not the sharpest tool in the box and he knows it.
Oh there’s also the fact that he’s kind of dead.
Inventory:
Appearance: Just a bit of scruff, really.
Age: 77
AU Clarification: n/a
S A M P L E S
Log Sample:
Kili was a dwarf of Ered Luin, familiar with the feel of stone under boot and the safety it provided. That was where he was born and raised, with stone-sense singing in his veins as the fletching of an arrow did upon the wind.
That is familiar, that is home, and though his last memories of before lay upon the great bloodied battlefield before their homeland scarcely recovered, Kili still closes his eyes and breathes in. There’s a pause as he imagines it is the familiar chill of stone hewn carefully beneath his hands instead of a metal so foreign.
He’d felt the sick sense of loss curling behind ribs as the Company had traveled for so many months, missed the hearth of his home with such fierce longing he wasn’t quite sure he could handle it. But here, without the familiarity of forge and metalwork and stone, Kili was quite certain loss had never felt so tangible. It shivers at the base of his spine, has his shoulders a tense line as Kili walks the metal hallways and maps the path.
But in the end, he’s never been one to dwell so deeply on something and though the surroundings were foreign and vaguely threatening, it was something of a thrill to see all the strange things. He’s lost count of how many items he’s accidentally broken, how many things he’s tripped over in his perusal of the too high ceiling and doors.
And really, adventure had always called to him, so why would a strange metal place far flung from Arda’s grasp be much different?
Comms Sample:
[For a brief, startling moment there is nothing but blurs on the feed. Then comes the refocusing, two hands pulling the strange device found nestled among his clothes in his locker away to better view it. It’s a rather odd person, with large rounded ears and dark hair that tumbles about his shoulders unchecked.
There’s a grin, fast as quicksilver and just as bright as the being leans back against the row of lockers behind him as if it’s the most comfortable thing in the world.]
I’ve heard talk that the people here come from worlds beyond Arda, not sure I believe it but I do so like a tale. [Kili leans in, shoulders curving.] So tell me, strangers, would you know how to kill a dragon?
[There's something in his expression that says he already knows this answer, the smile on his face teasing as Kili continues.]
I must admit I'm not the most capable of story tellers, but I've a couple or two to share if anybody would mind sharing where the ale's located. I'd be much obliged, truly. [And here he pauses, dips his head in a little bow as he remembers his manners.] Kili, at your service.
Your Name: Alyssa
OOC Journal: pohmelyatsya
Under 18? If yes, what is your age?: Over
Email + IM: andalltheworlds @ gmail, pohmelyatsya @ aim and screeches @ plurk
Characters Played at Ataraxion: n/a
C H A R A C T E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Name: Kili
Canon: The Hobbit
Original or Alternate Universe: Original
Canon Point: Post death
Number: if he could have his previous number ( 114 ) that would be great, if not, a random one is fine.
Setting: Here
History:
In the beginning, there was a single, lonely mountain that stood proud above it’s surroundings. It was a rich mountain you see, with rivers of gold and jewels strewn through it’s body, and richer still because it was the home of the children of Aulë--the dwarves. I wish I could start out by saying this was a happy story, and these dwarves with their riches and their home could go on indefinitely, but that wouldn’t make much of a tale now would it?
No, it certainly wouldn’t, and fear not it grows better soon! For you see, the King of this lonely mountain (called Erebor by it’s inhabitants) was becoming more and more addicted to the shine and gleam of gold and the power that came with it. As the kingdom grew and the gold and precious jewels multiplied, there seemed to be no end to the King’s goldlust.
Which is, of course, where the story turns from troubling to worse.
The first hint of their fate came like a noise similar to that of a hurricane coming down from the north, a wind that set the trees a groaning and creaking as the dragon Smaug settled upon the mountain in a burst of flame. For you see, there is nothing dragons love more than hoarding gold, and Erebor was perfect in that sense. It is here that the dwarves fall and are vanquished from their home, forced into a nomadic lifestyle with little to their name and no home to return to at night. And the throne under the mountain that had been previously guaranteed with the succession of the King’s son and grandson, no longer was theirs.
This is where the story starts, and eventually, this is where it ends.
But I’m getting ahead of myself, here. For you see those clever dwarves were not without a leader in the end. Thorin, grandson to the King who lusted for gold, did well by his people and led them to a new home they created for themselves in Ered Luin. The once mighty, proud race was forced into menial tasks and poverty, taking up labor for men and working away at their crafts to take care of their kin.
But still the people survive, and it is in Ered Luin that Thorin is given sister-sons, heirs to the throne that is his after the death of his grandfather and father before him. Fili and Kili, boys born five years apart but as close as twins.
There’s not much knowledge on the boy’s early lives, but it’s easy to interr things from how they act and appear. When the boys show up at Bilbo Baggins’ door stoop at the eve of their adventure they carry tools of their trade, which means they perhaps became blacksmiths or leather workers (perhaps both!) in attempts to provide for their families despite their young ages. Given their status, it’s also likely that they were raised with lessons on dwarven culture and the knowledge needed to run and care for the kingdom that would eventually be theirs. Kili had less of an immediate pressure towards this, because he was secure behind the life of his brother and uncle and didn’t need to worry over the throne. He’s also young and as reckless as a child, less likely to concern himself with bookish things or learning when he’d rather be out climbing trees and practicing his archery and swordsmanship.
But in the end Kili joins the company and it’s likely that his whimsical nature and lightheartedness helps with morale, even though he also manages to fumble a couple of times along the way. Going by movie logic, the first time would simply be getting bilbo’s name wrong, but in the book he and Fili as well, to be honest, also manage to lose the ponies in the river and nearly drown themselves trying to get them back. Though the book focuses mainly on Bilbo, Kili is one of the few dwarves that are singled out enough to have a few single strong points in canon. Of these, the most apparent are little things, like the fact that Kili is unaffected by the gold lust the rest of the company sans Fili fall into, or the fact that he’s one of three that don’t blindly agree with Thorin’s want to war with the men of Dale and the Elves over the gold of the mountain or even the fact that he and his brother are the only two that have misgivings about letting Bilbo go into the mountain and sneak around Smaug on his own.
Kili is a bit headstrong, but in the end he does not go against the grain that the rest of the dwarves set. He might not be affected by gold lust but he’s still just as stubborn when it comes to it, he might not agree with Thorin’s decision but he doesn’t speak up against it, and he might not want to let Bilbo go out alone on a mission that’s rather suicidal but he doesn’t sacrifice himself either.
So in the end, the dwarves find themselves successful in their quest, and they've all they wished for in the reclaiming of Erebor. None have died battled the great dragon, there are riches unimaginable and the home the sung so longingly for has returned to them. But things are not all well, the dragon destroyed the village of Laketown with it's death, and the human who shot it down as well as the elves seek reparations. Thorin and the dwarves are locked within gold lust, war seems high upon the air and it is apparent that thirteen dwarves will fight to the death against two armies with little hope but that of their cousins from over the mountains coming to their aid.
The battle is averted, of course, by the arrival of an army of goblins and orcs, foul beasts who seek to raid Erebor and destroy all in their path. United under a common enemy the Elves, Dwarves and Men all gather together and fight to save themselves and destroy an enemy. There's a thought that there might have been a second battle immediately after anyway, with dwarf pitted against elf and man, but it never comes to that and Thorin's goldlust that seemed so powerful falls with him.
Reperations might have wound up different if Kili and Fili hadn’t fallen in the Battle of Five Armies, but the truth of the matter is that Kili dies defending his family, instead of the gold or homeland that other dwarves do, and that is perhaps his boldest appearance thus far even if it’s worthy of a mere couple lines.
Personality:
“Loyalty, honour, a willing heart, I can ask no more than that.”
Kili is the second son of Dis, sister-son to Thorin, and is third in line to inherit the throne under the mountain. This is important, as though he seems at times quite foolish and reckless, there is rather obviously a large influence this has left upon the young dwarf. There is a lot of responsibility that comes with being of a royal line, and more so with being rather close in the line of succession. To this degree, it’s rather apparent how Kili’s part in the Company came about, but even then there are complexities to every cut of this gem. On one hand, Kili came out of loyalty to his Uncle and King, on another it could have been out of a need to prove himself worthy, but more than likely he came because he was following the footsteps of his brother who he was nearly inseparable from.
All are equally likely, and all speak well of Kili himself. However, though the Kili and his family are singled out a bit in The Hobbit and individualized more so than the rest of the Company, there is still not much in terms of in depth looks into the character himself. As such, I’m supplementing characterization interred from the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as well as from the book. Here then, is where we’ll start.
The base glimpse of Kili would be a young, cheerful sort of dwarf. Most of the time he shows up it’s with his brother in tow and they are often in a good mood and often sent scouting because they’ve the sharpest eyes out of the fourteen. Neither have been in a serious fight, as far as I can tell, and they are very much eager to go on this journey. In them, I hold a sort of sense of soldiers off to the Great War, still bearing romanticized ideals and thoughts of honor, neither quite realizing the terrible battles in store for them and the utter devastation they will land in. These young heirs were born into a nomadic lifestyle, and they have never laid eyes upon Erebor nor did they see the devastation leveled upon it by Smaug. In a sense then, it’s easy to see how the brother’s are overtly enthusiastic about this quest of theirs, but it also shows the difference in reasoning behind Kili and Fili going on the quest, and that of Thorin who was there for all the tragedy that befell the dwarves.
Kili does not go on the quest simply for some sense of a long forgone gold, or a home that is not his. He goes, because that is where his brother and uncle go. He goes for the notion of family and loyalty to his kin, and because he was a child born without a home, family is more than just important to him. It’s all he has.
So there is a serious side to Kili, somewhere in there, and it shines through in times like these where one realizes he followed on a dangerous quest out of loyalty to his family (even if there was something of adventure playing to that as well), or perhaps more so when he falls in battle not protecting the gold and homestead of Erebor, but the fallen form of Thorin. He might be young--dreadfully, childishly, young--but Kili was raised to be a royal even without a kingdom and though he seldom seeks to show more than the foolish naive kind of person he is, it is still there.
Speaking on that foolish side, Kili is the more rash of the two brothers. He’s the youngest in the company, and he often acts rather heedlessly and without caution when it comes to things, mouth always running before his brain can catch up. But there’s a lot of fool’s luck to him, Kili tends to come out of things unscathed and with a grin on his face. Like all dwarves he’s stubborn as can be, a bit reckless and jeering. He’s always looking for the next laugh and the next joke, even at the expense of someone else. He’s a bit petty, then, but in the end he’s not greedy as dwarves are said to be. Kili does not fall prey to the gold-lust the rest of the company’s dwarves save Fili does, the brothers simply pluck golden harps from the walls and play music instead of picking through the treasure for things they want.
Kili lives life as if he has to savor every little moment of it, but he’s also rather carefree in a way his brother is not. Perhaps it’s the fact that he’s not Thorin’s heir, because certainly Fili who is a mere five years older is far more aware of the responsibility upon his shoulders. Kili still manages to look up to Fili and Thorin then, especially when needing advice or insecure over some minute detail (He does tend to worry, after all.) but in the end, things are a bit whimsical and fickle to Kili. He takes things at face value and doesn’t let things bother him.
There’s strength of will behind this naive son of Dis, and I don’t think anything shows that better than the fact that Kili so valiantly is willing to stand strong amongst an innumerable enemy with his brother at his side and protect a wounded Thorin. He’s cut down, in the end, but he tries his hardest and fights as fiercely as he can before then.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
Dwarves are hardy folk, and they are built to survive (though perhaps their stubbornness is the true factor here). Likewise, because Kili is young, he and his brother are the best scouts of the Company, and they are of fleet foot and keen eye. Physically, Kili is in good shape and is able with a sword and dagger, though his weapon of choice is a bow. He’s especially skilled at it, and thus enhances his scouting abilities.
As for Weaknesses there is, once more, the fact that Kili is very young. At only 77 years of age he’s naive and untraveled, and he is rather cocky and full of himself at times. He’s also not the sharpest tool in the box and he knows it.
Oh there’s also the fact that he’s kind of dead.
Inventory:
♔ The outfit he’s wearing in the image below; normal dwarven clothing/boots/belts/ect.
♔ One (1) blue hood
♔ One (1) silver hair clasp
♔ One (1) Bow and quiver filled with arrows
♔ One (1) sword
♔ One (1) pocket knife
♔ One (1) eyeball with brown iris, freshly ripped from the socket.
♔ Two (2) black arrows, bloodied and splintered
♔ Two (2) hair beads
♔ One (1) rune stone
Appearance: Just a bit of scruff, really.
Age: 77
AU Clarification: n/a
S A M P L E S
Log Sample:
Kili was a dwarf of Ered Luin, familiar with the feel of stone under boot and the safety it provided. That was where he was born and raised, with stone-sense singing in his veins as the fletching of an arrow did upon the wind.
That is familiar, that is home, and though his last memories of before lay upon the great bloodied battlefield before their homeland scarcely recovered, Kili still closes his eyes and breathes in. There’s a pause as he imagines it is the familiar chill of stone hewn carefully beneath his hands instead of a metal so foreign.
He’d felt the sick sense of loss curling behind ribs as the Company had traveled for so many months, missed the hearth of his home with such fierce longing he wasn’t quite sure he could handle it. But here, without the familiarity of forge and metalwork and stone, Kili was quite certain loss had never felt so tangible. It shivers at the base of his spine, has his shoulders a tense line as Kili walks the metal hallways and maps the path.
But in the end, he’s never been one to dwell so deeply on something and though the surroundings were foreign and vaguely threatening, it was something of a thrill to see all the strange things. He’s lost count of how many items he’s accidentally broken, how many things he’s tripped over in his perusal of the too high ceiling and doors.
And really, adventure had always called to him, so why would a strange metal place far flung from Arda’s grasp be much different?
Comms Sample:
[For a brief, startling moment there is nothing but blurs on the feed. Then comes the refocusing, two hands pulling the strange device found nestled among his clothes in his locker away to better view it. It’s a rather odd person, with large rounded ears and dark hair that tumbles about his shoulders unchecked.
There’s a grin, fast as quicksilver and just as bright as the being leans back against the row of lockers behind him as if it’s the most comfortable thing in the world.]
I’ve heard talk that the people here come from worlds beyond Arda, not sure I believe it but I do so like a tale. [Kili leans in, shoulders curving.] So tell me, strangers, would you know how to kill a dragon?
[There's something in his expression that says he already knows this answer, the smile on his face teasing as Kili continues.]
I must admit I'm not the most capable of story tellers, but I've a couple or two to share if anybody would mind sharing where the ale's located. I'd be much obliged, truly. [And here he pauses, dips his head in a little bow as he remembers his manners.] Kili, at your service.