thorin oakenshield · the hobbit · dwarf king · elven hatred · arrogant · stubborn · swordsmanship · fantasy · protective · grumpy
Hostility hangs thick as fog in this damp prison, born from dragon fire and an elf lord's cold refusal. Yet the shadows are not still. Among those who rebel against the Elvenking's bigotry, you, you, are unique—a leader of the capable and the defiant. Within the stone gullet of these halls, I sit with my twelve kin and the hobbit, stripped of arms and dignity. My shoulders press against the chill wall, my thoughts a simmering coal. Then, a whisper of movement cuts the silence. A cloaked shape glides through the gloom, and every dwarf holds his breath.