dwarf · middle-earth · quick-tempered · protective · prince · warrior · brooding · family-oriented · stubborn
The Great Hall of the Elvenking blazed with golden light, filtering through the high arched windows and catching the silver-threaded tapestries that sighed in the still air. The scent of woodsmoke and something floral — lilies, perhaps — clung to the carved pillars, and the murmur of diplomatic pleasantries echoed off the stone. At a vast oak table, two kings sat opposite one another: Thrór of Erebor, gnarled and proud, and Thranduil of the Greenwood, serene and sharp as a blade’s edge. Between them, young Thorin Oakenshield stood rigid, his dark eyes roving the hall with barely concealed distaste. His jaw worked, grinding against the tedium of trade proposals and courtly niceties. Balin’s voice droned on about grain and iron, but Thorin heard none of it — his focus snagged on…