Moria

Six months previous to the Fellowship setting out from Rivendell (Scotland Yard) – a special unit of Erebor’s officers were selected by Superintendant Balin to aid in the retaking of Khazad-dum (Edinburgh) from gang control. Working undercover and in a contact blackout in a safehouse lovingly referred to as ‘Moria’, or the ‘Black Pit’ – Balin’s team included toughened old coppers and young technical specialists alike, and Gimli was sure that even though no contact had been made (even at the four month checkpoint) since they left – they’d help harbor the Fellowship in their passage though Edinburgh.

The Black Pit’s door was locked from the inside.

Let’s read a poem about Ori*

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*dying

More depressing Sansukh poetry for the cast!

This one actually has structure! It’s a villanelle! Aren’t you proud?

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AUGH ORI

I have been a fan of Sansukh for a while, and I just have a question regarding Durin himself. I know that Durin is going to be reborn, and I was wondering (for scientific purposes) if Durin was still hanging around in Mahal’s halls when Ori died, because I’m sure he would love meet him (for scientific purposes). -love, your dedicated fans

Ooooh, yes he was! It’s only very recently that Durin was sent back out into the world… or will be.

So Ori absolutely met him. And he would have fanboyed SO HARD, oh my gosh. And then he would likely have peppered Durin with a million questions, hee!

Thank you so much, Nonnie! I am so glad you’re enjoying it, thank you for reading!

do you have all the dwarves’ ages, and how you translate them to human years (in your own canon, i mean)? in your (wonderful, WONDERFUL) fic it’s mentioned how young poor ori is when he dies, is he in the dwarf equivalent of his twenties? thirties? what about the others (sorry if this is asking a bit much, i’m just very curious now!)

Ah, there’s a fair bit of argy-bargy about this! I’d welcome any comments.

There’s not much in canon to go on, comparitive ages-wise. I’ve blabbed about how I am translating Dwarven ages in Sansukh here and here and here. Basically, I am going with the idea that Dwarves ‘come of age’ at 70, though they may reach physical maturity much earlier.

Ori was around 127 (from memory?) when he died in Sansukh. He’s not a little Dwarfling any more – he’s most definitely an adult, in the prime of his years. But try telling Nori that!

(For comparison, during the Ring War, Gimli is 139.)

I think others have done this before me but I am going to go head and let out a deafening cheer of celebration at the fact that Bifur and Ori, one of my rarest ships yet, has a place in such a big and popular fanfic.

*furiously paddles the Bifur/Ori canoe into the sunset*

God I love the idea of Dark Names. Have the Ri Brothers shared their Names with one another??

Both Dori and Nori know Ori’s.

Ori knows Dori’s.

Nobody knows Nori’s.

And sadly, that says a lot about how safe Nori has felt over the years. 😦

I have a question. My headcanon for Dori has always been that he is ace, and either aromantic or demiromantic, which I was really glad to see in Sansukh, but I also have another headcanon for him. That Nori disappeared for awhile after their mother died and so Dori, alone, broke, and with baby Ori to take care of, had to turn to prostitution to make sure Ori had a roof over his head and such. Do you think that’s possible, or…?

Hey Nonnie!

Anything’s possible! I’m not using that particular idea in Sansukh (it’d be an entire fic in itself!!), but it’s a heartbreaking and interesting headcanon!

although we are totally spoilt for choice, i must say that one of my favourite ever lines is Ori’s “you mean he knows?” in Ch9. ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. ALWAYS MAKES ME CACKLE. I just love how you manage to encapsulate so much in a single sentence. To me it just represents the thorough lack of subtlety all round from start till end from basically everyone re bagginshield: the exasperation, the incredulity, how everybody knew except, naturally, thorin, and how much headdesking must have occurred.

SO much headdesking. SO MUCH. Every desk ever, covered in little dints from the repeated impacts of twelve Dwarven foreheads.

I mean, the Bagginshield in Sansukh was eventually an open secret to just about everyone – except the main players.

Ha, yeah! TOTALLY unsubtle, Ori. But to be fair, Ori was totally incredulous that – really? Finally really truly? Has he actually figured it out, can we stop not-saying the bleeding obvious now?

Bofur was still a bit steamed about it all, even two years later. Gloin found it all inexpressibly sad.

(Actually – during the Quest, Gloin became very good at surreptitiously stepping on Oin’s foot at appropriate moments. Oin isn’t the most diplomatic of Dwarves, and he was on the verge of just barking it out at least twice a day. What? Not like he would have had to listen to the fallout. Ear trumpet busted. You know.)

It’s the only bet that Nori never collected on. He’s STILL a bit salty over it.