Okay, I’m gonna post the blurb so I can refresh people’s memories, hahaha!
Meet a Dwarrowdam – Zhori daughter of Yori
Zhori was a middle-class weaver, descended in direct line
through her mothers from the famously controversial concubine of the 25th
century of the Third Age, Ymrís. This was a matter of shame for the family, who
did their best to keep the matter hushed up. Zhori was very beautiful, with
soft brown hair that silvered early in her life, a full and luxurious beard, and
a stout and sturdy frame. She was reasonably well-to-do, comfortably set up,
and her beauty attracted many admirers. However, Zhori, a life-long romantic at
heart, was unfortunately terribly unlucky in love. She spent her whole life
searching. Her first husband, a handsome young miner, had married her dutifully
when she fell pregnant. But he then fell in love with another Dwarrowdam and
left Zhori soon after the birth of their son, Dori. They remained in touch, and
she held no ill-will towards him. Zhori remained alone for fifty years before
she tried her hand at love again. Her second husband was a dashing rogue and a
charmer, and he was killed in a game of chance while Zhori was pregnant with
her second son, Nori. Late in her life she was surprised by the advances of a
fellow weaver, and her third son, Ori, was conceived out of wedlock. Her sons
were fiercely protective of their mother, and they habitually referred
to themselves as the ‘sons of Zhori’. She was one of the few Dwarrows to die of
old age in the turmoil of the past two centuries, passing away peacefully in
her sleep in Ered Luin.
And now to your question, Nonnie! Actually – yes.
Ori was surprised to discover that he looks remarkably like his dad. They aren’t exactly close, but they are friends. Roi is a gentle, dreamy-eyed sort of Dwarf who likes his weaving and his sketching and his pipe, and is bemusedly proud of his rather famous son. He remains close to Zhori, too, and is still very much in love with her.
Nori immediately picked his father’s pocket, sad to say. They have a prickly biting sort of relationship. Nori isn’t quite ready to forgive the feckless, dashing Nevi for getting himself killed and leaving Zhori alone again… particularly because it appears that Nori is more like Nevi than he would care to admit. They routinely snark and aim little barbed remarks at each other. When that doesn’t quite satisfy, there’s always petty theft 🙂
Dori’s dad is there too. They don’t talk to him much, though they’ve noted that
Dánin has the same splendid ears as Dori. Zhori holds no ill-will to her first husband, though her sons aren’t nearly so charitable towards the Dwarf who left her when Dori was only a baby. Even Ori gets rather pugnacious.