Tag: dwarves

I’ve seen some debates about the height of the dwarves from the Hobbit. Here’s the official list, from the Hobbit Chronicles: Creatures and Characters.

lil-lycanthropy:

Bifur-4’5. 135 cm
Bofur-4’8. 145 cm
Bombur-4’5. 135 cm
Ori-4’5. 135 cm
Nori-4’5 ½. 136 cm
Dori-4’5 ½. 136 cm
Oin-4’9. 145 cm
Gloin-4’7 ½. 141 cm
Balin-4’6. 138 cm
Dwalin-4’11. 150 cm
Fili-4’5. 135 cm
Kili-4’8. 143 cm
Thorin Oakenshield-4’10. 149 cm

O.O I AM AMAZED at the amount of work you have done! Truly – your theory on Dwarven hierarchy is INCREDIBLE. Bravo bravo! You got my brain buzzing, and I’m puzzling about one thing: The Orocarni Dwarves are descended from four of the seven ‘Fathers of the Dwarves’ and therefore would not be subject to an Erebor-based High King descended from Durin? So would they then have, in accordance with this idea, their own High Kings rather than be vassal Lord-Kings? Just wondering how that would work!

texasdreamer01:

Thank you so much, I’m glad to hear that! ❤

With the Orocarni dwarves, there’s actually nothing that says that they aren’t subject to an Ereborean high king. There’s nothing for it, either, so all we can do is speculate.

From TolkienGateway:

We know that essentially all dwarves from Gundabad ended up in Erebor or the Iron Hills, wiggly history of their migration aside. There’s an interesting thing that crops up when you look at the individual articles for the latter four clans, because this following statement is on all of them:

Keep reading

This is an incredible amount of research, and I take my hat off to you!

I am, I’m afraid, very firmly of the opinion that the Seven Fathers/parents were equals, and therefore the other six clans would not be subject to just one. But it is a wonderful theory and all props to you!

fistymclovepants:

Because I love how my hairy little sex midgets gradually come unraveled over the course of the adventure.

Not meant to be any particular dwarf, I just drew a generic looking guy for this comic.

Also, I’m in a funny mood today to just doodle fat chibi-dwarves all over my notepad in meetings at work.

flamesburnonthemountainside:

slithertoes:

Valar week: 09/14 – Aulë

– Aulë with his sons his Maiar (Curumo left, Mairon right)

– Aulë giving tiny smith hammer to tiny dwarf (nearly sent me into cardiac arrest just sketching it, I can’t deal,,)

– Aulë having to/realizing he’s not able to destroy the dwarves

If Aulë ’s taught me anything, it’s that fatherhood must suck tremendously (what with not one, but two of his maiar going bad and never returning– at least it’s not at once)

If anything though, I consider him the “patron father” figure out of the Valar; someone who loved as a father does before the concept was fully hammered out. (Hah. ”Hammered”. I’m funny. . )

OMG!!!!! 

This is an awesome depiction of Mahal :O @determamfidd have you seen this?

Do Thorin and Frerin know their maternal grandparents at all? They’re very close to Thror and Hrera so I wondered.

They do! Folgar, a wealthy Guildmaster, and

Aís, a musician, were killed by the Dragon (bloody goddamned Dragon). So the kids were very young when 3 of their 4 grandparents were taken from them in one terrible day.

Folgar is pretty much a Santa-Claus grandpapa. He is white-bearded and chubby and humourous and jolly and forever smoking his pipe, his bright blue eyes twinkling. He is a sharp fellow underneath that, however. Though he does ramble on, and on, and on, and ON – particularly after he has had a cup or two of whiskey. 

Aís was a harpist and singer and lutist. She was quite a power in the Musician’s Guild. There is always that person in any musical or theatrical endeavour, lol! You know the one – they might not necessarily be the one in charge, but they are the one who does everything and drives everything and takes on more tasks than anybody should possibly be able to do? That’s totally Aís. She’s a bit of a social lioness type, too – though she’s never catty or spiteful – she just really, really likes having a good natter. They are a very chatty couple! 

In the Halls, they’re a little sidelined (though

Aís does a LOT of organising reports and things for her poor overworked daughter). They are well-acquainted again with Frerin… but it’s harder to connect with Thorin. 

Yet if you want to find the two Dwarves who are mostly responsible for all the rumours about Thorin’s self-appointed vigilance that float through the Halls? For the near-total admiration for his dedication and determination? 

Well, 

Aís does love to chat with her friends (gossips, every one of them)… and Folgar does have a little group of friends who play darts and drink with him each Friday…

😀

poesiariptide:

Fanart of Merilin and Laerophen (ft. Gimizh) from determamfidd’s incredible, astounding Sansûkh. I love this scene (just before Baris sings the Cradle-Song) so much in all its heartbreaking glory.

lsdjsgfsaljha!!!

Oh, how lovely are these colours!! I love their expressions, awwwww Laerophen comforting lil Gimizh – may I say that I absolutely LOVE Merilin’s hair here!!! AND GIMIZH’S BRAIDS EEEEE

I love it so so much! Ahhh, thank you thank you thank you!

So this is more of a headwonder – Do Dwarves have hairdressers? Like Dori (sob!), all his family is gone, so unless he’s hypermobile there’s no way to do those complex braids alone. Given the intimacy of braiding, can it be done for pay? Is it as shameful as hiring a prostitute, or just not spoken about in polite society? Or do solitary Dwarves resort to simple hair and beardstyles, and is that recognised as a sign of mourning? So much hair, so many questions!

dain-mothafocka:

determamfidd:

*stares helplessly at ask*

UH DUNNO. Whoa, I really don’t know, Nonnie! In Dori’s case, he may not have his brothers anymore (*sniffles forever*) but he does have dear friends and companions all around him. Gloin, Dwalin, Bofur, Dis, Orla, Dain – any of the Company or their families would certainly do his hair for him… and try to do it to his exacting standards, heheheh.

I don’t think that getting your hair done by someone who is paid for that purpose would be shameful, tbh. Just very sad. 

IDK. Thoughts?

I guess like another poster said, getting hair done might be like a special beauty treatment as opposed to a routine thing and I definitely think it would be taught in families. I think though as opposed to open hair salons, because the nature of hair is private you’d have a family hairdresser who you’re very familiar with and trust who does the hair of your fam and stuff (in my headcanon with Orocarni dwarves, hair covering/uncovering is different and there are some traditions where dwarves never reveal their hair and/or beard hair to anyone outside family BUT I DIGRESS)

But also I don’t think paying for sex would be automatically taboo in dwarven society like let’s remember we can have completely different social constructs because this is fantasy. Dwarves value work and believe in fair pay and the value of things – sex work is work – therefore it can be likely that views about paying for sex is different.

^ What the Queen said!