Imagine Thorin Stonehelm bequeathing his Thorin 2 toy to Wee Thorin.

(imagine Dwalin stopping one day, his eyes widening.

“What’s that you’ve got there, lad?”

Wee Thorin holds it up. It’s very worn: one of the wooden carved braids has broken off, and there is chipped paint everywhere. Though there is evidence that a little boy, long ago, tried painstakingly to mend the damage. The blue coat has been meticulously detailed, with only one or two childish slips of the brush. 

The face is stern and proud.

“The King gave it to me,” says his son, his own Thorin, and Dwalin has to pick up the doll in trembling hands.

“That was… kind of him,” he says, and his voice sounds a bit thick. He smiles at the doll, and then he hands it back to his eldest boy and ruffles his shock of hair. 

“Well, he said that I was gonna need him more,” Wee Thorin says seriously, and he straightens the tiny wooden painted boots. “Cos he can’t go on any more adventures now.”

Dwalin hesitates, and then he has to nod slowly. “Aye, well. This one is a good one to follow into an adventure, lad. Just don’t expect him to know the way.”)

ursubs:

more sansûkh fanart! wee thorin and laerophen during battle. and then another scetch (or sketch? can someone tell me the correct spelling this is driving me nuts) of wee thorin. hes so adorable and i love all the little dwarrows so much

i really like mandel21′s laerophen design so thats what i went with.  

sorry about the sloppy elf armor i got lazy. the axe was also pretty much a spur of the moment scribble haha

OH MY GODHJLSDHFKSHGDFLSJGFDLSJGDFK!!!

This is WONDERFUL! Wee Thorin’s expressive little faaace! You can feel how scared, and how determined he is. Laerophen’s expression! Their poses! YES FOR POC DWARFLINGS. I am totally in love with their poses here, you can feel the urgency of it, and Laerophen keeping an eye on the tense little fellow, and AUGH, just so awesome!

(psst – it’s ‘sketch’ 😉

Thank you so so SO much! I love it! You are amazing!

Can you give me a cheerful random fact from the universe of Sansukh? I’ve had a rather bad day and could use a pick-me-up in the form of hillarity… (you don’t have to though if you don’t want to…)

Gloin is the most unmusical dwarf to ever live. Oin has often remarked that it is a blessing he is deaf, because that way he needn’t hear his brother butchering his way through a song. 

Thankfully, you don’t need to sing to be an accountant. (Thankfully, his children were taught by others!)

Fili once entered Gimlin-zaram only to be faced with Sam Gamgee… on the throne, as it were. *clears throat*

He left rather hurriedly.

Thrain sticks his tongue between his teeth when he works, especially when crafting the fiddly stuff. He’s in constant danger of biting it off, particularly when hammering. Every master he ever worked under tried to train it out of him. Thrain is a true son of the Durin line, though. He could not be daunted! DU BEKAR. 

Gimli still owns his childhood Azaghal toy.

Bomfris went through a period in her fifties of sewing raven feathers to her clothes. Then she remembered that she hates sewing. 

Jeri is the undisputed darts champion of Erebor. 

Hrera refuses – flat out refuses – to wear the same piece of jewellery two days in a row. She has to change it around each day. She has a system now – a rota of earrings and bracelets and brooches and ear-cuffs and hair-beads, all arranged neatly on her jewellery trees. She has been known to modify pieces so that they appear slightly different!

And Dwalin is the one who kisses both the child AND their doll goodnight. (and woe betide Wee Thorin when he lets that slip!)