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durinsdaughterNote: Dís will look male to anyone who is not a dwarf (maybe even to dwarfs from other canons) as the binary between the sexes is very weak among Tolkien dwarves and females are canonically typically read as male by other races - they also aim for that, for safety's sake, so she will most likely roll with the mistake and even support it.
If you want your character to realize that she's female without her telling them, please talk to me first.
Player
Name: Kira
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her
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Character
Name: Dís, daughter of Thrain, son of Thror
Canon: Tolkien's Legendarium - The Hobbit // The Lord of the Rings, with the Peter Jackson movies as a supplement canon.
Pull-point: Late March, TA 3019 (aka after Brand and Dain's deaths but before the siege ends).
Power Opt-in post link: N/A
Content Opt-out post link: Everyone dies.
Age: 259 (roughly a human 60)
Gender/Sex: Female, but to any character that is not a Tolkien dwarf she will look male (the beard helps).
Appearance: Dís is a dwarf, which means that she relatively short and of very heavy build: Imagine a muscular 2m human compressed into a 145 tall person without losing any mass. This however also means that she's quite a lot more sturdy than a human. Her hair and beard is ginger and starting to turn white at this point. Like most of her family, she's actually tall for one of her kind.
Her hair is worn half in braids and half open, and her clothes usually include pants, heavy boots and a couple of layers of shirts. For non-dwarven, particularly human, eyes she'll be indistinguishable from a male dwarf.
History:
Dís was born the third of three children, Thorin, Frerin and her, into the primary line of the royal family of the great dwarf kingdom of the Lonely Mountain; her grandfather was at that time the king of the Longbeards of the line of Durin, the most renown of the seven dwarf clans. When she was young, the mountain was attacked by a dragon and the dwarves had to evacuate it. Years of poverty and homeless wanderings followed, only interrupted by the war between dwarves and orcs that followed her grandfather's, the king's, death and claimed Frerin's life. Eventually, they settled down in the Blue Mountains. Around the time that her father vanished without a trace on his way to reclaim their ancestral homeland, she married and had two sons, Fíli and Kíli.
Their economy recovered and the dwarves of her now-king brother's settlement became wealthy once again, Fíli being the new crown prince. When she was in her late 100s, her brother and her sons as well as a few other men went to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and succeeded, but the former three didn't return. The whole colony in the Blue Mountains as well as other dwarves of their kin who had been in exile elsewhere returned to the Lonely Mountain, as did Dís. It became her homebase for relatively frequent travelling. She saw the perils and the siege of the Lonely Mountain that came with the struggles against Sauron, and finally died half a life after having buried her sons.
A more in-depth history can be found here.
Personality:
Dís is proud, stubborn and as a rule cautious about trusting non-Dwarves, but for a Dwarf is fairly diplomatic (though still more straightforward and non-bs-y than that words would make one think). She is deeply loyal to those who manage to earn it, but can also keep a grudge or hatred for a long time. Dís is practical to a fault; while she is used to wielding authority, she's more the organizer and overseer than the charismatic leader. Her life has made her fairly restless and prone to travelling for a Dwarf. She has a sense of humour and can be a troll, but only if she perceives the situation to be safe.
Dís comes with a warning for family death, as her parents, siblings and children have died before her canon point. She also comes with a warning for fantasy racism (like all Tolkien people - this includes a firm idea about "evil races" and them being basically vermin) and various kind of war/refugee life trauma.
Abilities:
- A lot stronger and sturdier, more durable and blessed with more stamina than humans. She can withstand high temperatures and other dire conditions. She's a fast sprinter but not good on long distances.
- Dwarves are, as a rule, very skilled craftspeople. Their average abilities in any given craft are at the very upper end of any other race's skills, and there are very few that could rival their craftmanship when they specialize in something. Dís's speciality is smithing, and while she has fluctuated between high-end weapons and silver and gold since returning to the Lonely Mountain she used, for practical reasons, to specialize in mundane metalwork and simple weaponry.
- She speaks Khuzdul, Westron and the dwarven sign language fluently and is reasonably able to understand Sindarin (because it's useful to know what those bastards are talking behind your back). She can write and read the languages that she speaks.
- Like most dwarves she is a fearsome fighter, able to fight with all the weapons that she carries. She has a lot of experience, too.
- Again like all dwarves she sings, and has a fairly nice voice. She also plays a type of flute.
- She can cook and while she isn't a medic she has taken care of the wounded and everyday accidents and sicknesses enough to have a profound basic medical knowledge.
Inventory:
- A battle axe, a longknife, a dagger, bow and arrows, and a normal knife for mundane tasks.
- Her clothes, including chainmail, heavy boots, a helmet, a cloak with hood, pants and shirts, gloves and belts.
- Personal jewelry that her family made for her. A locket with their pictures.
- Her flute.
- A repair and tool kit.
- A medical kit.
- Some food.
If you want your character to realize that she's female without her telling them, please talk to me first.
Player
Name: Kira
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her
Contact:
Character
Name: Dís, daughter of Thrain, son of Thror
Canon: Tolkien's Legendarium - The Hobbit // The Lord of the Rings, with the Peter Jackson movies as a supplement canon.
Pull-point: Late March, TA 3019 (aka after Brand and Dain's deaths but before the siege ends).
Power Opt-in post link: N/A
Content Opt-out post link: Everyone dies.
Age: 259 (roughly a human 60)
Gender/Sex: Female, but to any character that is not a Tolkien dwarf she will look male (the beard helps).
Appearance: Dís is a dwarf, which means that she relatively short and of very heavy build: Imagine a muscular 2m human compressed into a 145 tall person without losing any mass. This however also means that she's quite a lot more sturdy than a human. Her hair and beard is ginger and starting to turn white at this point. Like most of her family, she's actually tall for one of her kind.
Her hair is worn half in braids and half open, and her clothes usually include pants, heavy boots and a couple of layers of shirts. For non-dwarven, particularly human, eyes she'll be indistinguishable from a male dwarf.
History:
Dís was born the third of three children, Thorin, Frerin and her, into the primary line of the royal family of the great dwarf kingdom of the Lonely Mountain; her grandfather was at that time the king of the Longbeards of the line of Durin, the most renown of the seven dwarf clans. When she was young, the mountain was attacked by a dragon and the dwarves had to evacuate it. Years of poverty and homeless wanderings followed, only interrupted by the war between dwarves and orcs that followed her grandfather's, the king's, death and claimed Frerin's life. Eventually, they settled down in the Blue Mountains. Around the time that her father vanished without a trace on his way to reclaim their ancestral homeland, she married and had two sons, Fíli and Kíli.
Their economy recovered and the dwarves of her now-king brother's settlement became wealthy once again, Fíli being the new crown prince. When she was in her late 100s, her brother and her sons as well as a few other men went to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and succeeded, but the former three didn't return. The whole colony in the Blue Mountains as well as other dwarves of their kin who had been in exile elsewhere returned to the Lonely Mountain, as did Dís. It became her homebase for relatively frequent travelling. She saw the perils and the siege of the Lonely Mountain that came with the struggles against Sauron, and finally died half a life after having buried her sons.
A more in-depth history can be found here.
Personality:
Dís is proud, stubborn and as a rule cautious about trusting non-Dwarves, but for a Dwarf is fairly diplomatic (though still more straightforward and non-bs-y than that words would make one think). She is deeply loyal to those who manage to earn it, but can also keep a grudge or hatred for a long time. Dís is practical to a fault; while she is used to wielding authority, she's more the organizer and overseer than the charismatic leader. Her life has made her fairly restless and prone to travelling for a Dwarf. She has a sense of humour and can be a troll, but only if she perceives the situation to be safe.
Dís comes with a warning for family death, as her parents, siblings and children have died before her canon point. She also comes with a warning for fantasy racism (like all Tolkien people - this includes a firm idea about "evil races" and them being basically vermin) and various kind of war/refugee life trauma.
Abilities:
- A lot stronger and sturdier, more durable and blessed with more stamina than humans. She can withstand high temperatures and other dire conditions. She's a fast sprinter but not good on long distances.
- Dwarves are, as a rule, very skilled craftspeople. Their average abilities in any given craft are at the very upper end of any other race's skills, and there are very few that could rival their craftmanship when they specialize in something. Dís's speciality is smithing, and while she has fluctuated between high-end weapons and silver and gold since returning to the Lonely Mountain she used, for practical reasons, to specialize in mundane metalwork and simple weaponry.
- She speaks Khuzdul, Westron and the dwarven sign language fluently and is reasonably able to understand Sindarin (because it's useful to know what those bastards are talking behind your back). She can write and read the languages that she speaks.
- Like most dwarves she is a fearsome fighter, able to fight with all the weapons that she carries. She has a lot of experience, too.
- Again like all dwarves she sings, and has a fairly nice voice. She also plays a type of flute.
- She can cook and while she isn't a medic she has taken care of the wounded and everyday accidents and sicknesses enough to have a profound basic medical knowledge.
Inventory:
- A battle axe, a longknife, a dagger, bow and arrows, and a normal knife for mundane tasks.
- Her clothes, including chainmail, heavy boots, a helmet, a cloak with hood, pants and shirts, gloves and belts.
- Personal jewelry that her family made for her. A locket with their pictures.
- Her flute.
- A repair and tool kit.
- A medical kit.
- Some food.
