Soledad's Journal

Yep, I've actually brought up the strength to do some typing.
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Today, as the Germans would say, der Knoten ist endlich geplatzt - I'm sorry, I can't translate that into English. But the fact is, a many-years-old plotbunny finally decided that it wanted to be tended to, and I wrote 3 pages for the first chapter of a story temporarily titled Elf-Root Revisited.

It started off as a missing scene to Elf-Root, which refused to work, no matter how much I tried. Due to my general inability to write anything short - save for a few exceptions - as soon as I've worked out a plot that consists 6 chapters so far, things seemed to work at once. I've put what's written beyond the tag in its entirety, in the unlikely case somebody is interested. Should that happen, questions and comments will be welcome. If not, at least the fact that the bold fonts and italics are already put into it will spare me the hand-coding when I post it to AO3. ;))

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Posting The Book of Mazarbul to AO3 has brought me back to my Dwarves. And while I despise many of the choices PJ made in the Hobbit films, some of the original concepts were really spectacular and I chose those images when I wrote.

So, meet a film!Thorin I could have accepted a lot easier:



Still Richard Armitage, but aged a bit so that it would fit Thorin's actual age much better, don't you think?

And then a truly venerable Baling whom I would have bought the Lord of Moria act in a moment:



And this is my female Bifur, disguised as a male toymaker prior to the Quest of Erebor:

http://tsunoh.tumblr.com/post/72325637535/art-of-the-dwarves-dwarven-women-concepts-by

Sorry I couldn't insert that picture. It isn't a very good one, I might make a cut-out myself one day, but I do find her exotic and beautiful and that's why I made Óin fall in undying love with her. *g* She's the first one in the second row, btw, with the black hair and beard and the black tattoos in her face.

And, of course, the Lady Dís at her most impressive:

I've finalized the list of Dwarves who would go to Moria with Balin, adding all the personal details I have figured out so far. With a list of 57, it took me several years, to be honest, and some of them still don't have anything beyond their name, gender and Clan. But I'm getting there.

So, go to edhellondawards, take a look and have fun!

No, really! It only took me two years or so, but Chapter 12 - Dark Legacy has finally been posted to FF.Net.

In which Balin summons the BlackLocks of Erebor to an important Clan meeting, Dori's wife wields her due power as Clan matriarch and Ori reveals his young spouse Flói some dark events in Clan history.

Enjoy!
Soledad