Ooooooh, gosh Kailthia! Making me work today, hahaha.

Okay, Thror was immediately very impressed by the gentle, composed and loving Fris. He was thrilled to know his lad had found a lover so devoted (and such a match! Fris is well-educated and incredibly accomplished: an instrument maker as well as a musician, and the daughter of hard-working and successful mine-owners.) 

He was initially very worried for Dis when she dragged Vili back and announced that no matter what, she would marry this out-at-the-heels stonemason. He came around, though, when he heard her laugh again for the first time in years. 

(Thror has always adored his granddaughter. He calls her ‘our little sparrow’.)

He approves very firmly of Mizim for Gloin. She is a sensible Dwarrowdam, and between them they have enough financial and political savvy to keep their children from the wolf’s door.

He was GOBSMACKED over Tauriel. Still can’t quite wrap his head around it. 

He was furious over Legolas. Thranduil’s son, and a child of Durin! NO. NOOOOO. *angry Dwarf noises*

(he’s slowly coming around, ha. Most of that is for Thorin’s sake, too. He can’t actually deny his grandchildren very well!)

He was surprised when Dwalin decided to marry so late in his life. He was a trifle intimidated by Orla at first, but over the years he has learned that there is a great deal more to her than the impassive facade she wears.

Okay – well, I believe that young Fror’s soul, because he was so young, was one of those Dwarrows who was sent back into the world. I have not decided who he became yet (I am still deciding between Dain and Dwalin, argh.) Thror knows who he is, though. When that Dwarf dies, he will remember, and Thror will have his brother again.

Gror is there. There were many, many tears. 😦

Dain I and Forra have been hovering around both their lads. They are loath to step into the very tight knot that is Thror’s descendants (it’s a tangled tangled mess, and Dain is clever enough to know when to butt out) but they are there for him and for his brother, always. Much of Thror’s balance nowadays comes from not only the support of Hrera and Fris and Thrain, but also from Dain I and Forra, his quirky tinsmith wife. When his anger and shame and guilt start to overwhelm him, they are very good at stopping it in its tracks.