Here’s a contribution to today’s Khazad October challenge: Dáin Ironfoot in my daemon AU. Dáin’s daemon is a Bernese mountain dog. They’re good-natured, confident dogs, with a patient and affectionate nature. They’re very hardy and tough (one once fell from a cliff and then survived three days on an ice shelf before being rescued, and another survived alone in one of the most dangerous passes of Mount Seymour. They’re hardcore). They have also been used as herders or guard dogs.

oh how perfect! ❤

Hi I’m a big fan of your The Shops fic! I was wondering, how did you and chess-ka decide to work on it togethr?

kailthia:

Hey! Sorry to take so long to get to this.

Deciding to do The Shops was really a bunch of things.

Firstly, I read some really good Nwalin collabs a while ago. One was War Dogs, by thorinsmut and nowitsaparty, and the other was The Protector by thorinsmut and syntheticcathedral. These fics are great, and planted the idea of doing a collab in my mind.

Then determamfidd started putting Bifori in Sansukh, and chess-ka and I, among others, became shipper trash for this wonderful little rarepair.

Chess-ka was doing some really cool hobbit art, some of it Sansukh related, and some Bifori (her art tag). I really liked it, and ended up writing a short about one of the Bifori ones (find it here) when Chess-ka won my follower forever contest.

So then chess and I were talking about Bifori on and off, and we bounced around the idea of maybe doing some writing/drawing collab. Then we started bouncing around ideas and stuff over skype and google docs and inbox, and The shops was born.

And the world is so much richer now ❤

kailthia:

chess-ka:

Guess who managed to get back on the art train? Here’s the chapter 4 illustrations for kailthia‘s fic The Shops. Introducing modern!Tauriel and modern!Dori (Dori is super fashionable).

Find chapter 4 here.

chess-ka:

“Why aren’t you joining in?” Mr. Baggins asked.

Dáin chewed on the stem of his pipe, and looked down at the Halfling. Mr. Baggins fidgeted under his gaze, like he assumed Dáin was about to offer him a wry jab or the like. Give him yet another reason not to trust them.

An illustration from poplitealqueen‘s magnificent Of Iron, an AU where Dáin Ironfoot joins the Company. Read it! Her Dáin is brilliant, and every dwarf is given space to be their own character.

kailthia:

Chapter 2 is up!!

This fic is a collaboration between myself (text) and chess-ka (art). An especial shout-out to determamfidd for getting us both into Bifori.

hurrrrgleburgleAHHHH

kailthia:

kailthia:

Chapter 1 is up!

The Shops (Khuzdil ib-bakkam) is a slowburn Bifori fic written by me with art by chess-ka. We hope you enjoy!!

determamfidd, you might want to take a look?

AHHHHH KAILTHIA THANK YOU FOR TAGGING M BC I AM ON PHONE (bc visitors: I am being very rude rn I DON’T CARRRREEEEEE)

yesssssssss BIFORIII ❤ ❤ ❤

I can’t wait! I am gonna read THIS tomorrow too, YOU PAIR OF MARVELLOUS MARVELS YOU

kailthia:

Announcing my latest fic, a collaborative piece written by myself and with art by chess-ka. A modern Erebor AU, The Shops (Khuzdul ib-bakkam) is a Bifori fic. Coming soon to a dashboard near you. A 200-word excerpt from chapter 1 below the cut.

Keep reading

chess-ka:

The drawing I was meant to work on was frustrating so I sketched Bomris and Kifur from Sansukh. IDK man they’ve been in like one chapter but I have lots and lots of feelings about them. WIP because I might tidy it up and colour it.

saldfsaljdgalsjsdlfah OH MY GOOOODNESSS CHESS

THESE SWEETHEARTS

THANK YOU SO MUCCCCH

chess-ka:

He’s flying!

I didn’t have much time, but here’s a second offering for Dáin Appreciation Week, this time featuring Dad!Dáin and baby Thorin Stonehelm 🙂

CUTIE PIES

chess-ka:

I don’t know how much I’ll be able to do for Dáin appreciation week, but I wanted to do smething, so here’s a bit of a speed paint of Dáin chilling in the Iron Hills.

Chessssssssss!!!! That is SO HOW I PICTURE THE IRON HILLS, that background is INCREDIBLE! this is gorgeous