Author's Note:
Finally finished! Yes, I know there are tons of gaping plotholes in this, and maybe someday I'll go back and really do a fixer-upper on the entire thing. But for now I'm just thankful. This is the first story I've ever managed to finish! So if you would, I'd love to hear what everyone thinks. Please review! Anything and everything would be great, whether you liked it or not. Just remember that none of it was beta read, so be kind, perhaps?
And I'd just like to say a special thanks to Finrod Felagund, who reviewed every single chapter as it was done. Thank you so much! I appreciate it big time! Also, thanks to you other guys who reviewed. It means a lot to me.
Disclaimer:
Well, if this isn't obvious enough, I don't own any of Tolkien's stuff. Namely Middle-earth, since I don't really mention much of his characters. The folks in this story are mine, although I'm pretty sure you all could figure that out. And I'm also pretty sure no one cares, but hey. Better safe than sorry. That's all.
Note:
(Okay, since I did a quick edit on the entire story, I decided to put this note up here, instead of in the chapters.)
I poured over as much as I could find about Dwarves before I started this. Lemme tell ya, there ain't much. But from what I got, we understand that dwarf women look a lot like the men. So much so, that most folks couldn't tell the difference. And a lot of people assume that this means they have beards, just like the men. Okay, well, here's the way I look at it. (And I'm probably way off from how Tolkien imagined it, but just bear with me, please?)
The men, fully grown and all, have your usual beards, right? Right. Okay, but you're not just born with a beard. So, I'm going to say that (and I got this from The Hobbit) the longer a dwarf's beard is, the older and therefore wiser they are. It'd be a complement.
Young dwarves, like Oror, would have small, just beginning beards. Much like us, it'd start as peachfuzz, grow to stubble and just keep on going as they got older. No real cutting happened, because long beards are good. A trim or two, just to keep it neat, but the longer the better here.
As for the women, I just couldn't picture them with beards. I know, I know. But I couldn't. The way I see it, female dwarves look EXACTLY like young male dwarves. They're short, stocky, muscular and have the same wild, tangly, wiry hair. They do tend to be slightly smaller, but only by a little bit. And only when younger. As they age they would, obviously, gain weight. Some, like (hee hee) old ladies, would start to grow more facial hair and even beards. But that would be as they hit their later years. In dress, though, the females would appear exactly like the males. If you saw a train of dwarves going by, you more than likely wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Even if they didn't have faces covered, the females would simply look like younger male dwarves to most observers.
I hope this isn't far-fetched and too far-off. I've sorta have to improvise, since people don't really seem to like the dwarves and not much has been written about them. Especially the females.
A/N:
Anyway, that's all the blabber I've got. Don't let this scare you off! On with the story!
Finally finished! Yes, I know there are tons of gaping plotholes in this, and maybe someday I'll go back and really do a fixer-upper on the entire thing. But for now I'm just thankful. This is the first story I've ever managed to finish! So if you would, I'd love to hear what everyone thinks. Please review! Anything and everything would be great, whether you liked it or not. Just remember that none of it was beta read, so be kind, perhaps?
And I'd just like to say a special thanks to Finrod Felagund, who reviewed every single chapter as it was done. Thank you so much! I appreciate it big time! Also, thanks to you other guys who reviewed. It means a lot to me.
Disclaimer:
Well, if this isn't obvious enough, I don't own any of Tolkien's stuff. Namely Middle-earth, since I don't really mention much of his characters. The folks in this story are mine, although I'm pretty sure you all could figure that out. And I'm also pretty sure no one cares, but hey. Better safe than sorry. That's all.
Note:
(Okay, since I did a quick edit on the entire story, I decided to put this note up here, instead of in the chapters.)
I poured over as much as I could find about Dwarves before I started this. Lemme tell ya, there ain't much. But from what I got, we understand that dwarf women look a lot like the men. So much so, that most folks couldn't tell the difference. And a lot of people assume that this means they have beards, just like the men. Okay, well, here's the way I look at it. (And I'm probably way off from how Tolkien imagined it, but just bear with me, please?)
The men, fully grown and all, have your usual beards, right? Right. Okay, but you're not just born with a beard. So, I'm going to say that (and I got this from The Hobbit) the longer a dwarf's beard is, the older and therefore wiser they are. It'd be a complement.
Young dwarves, like Oror, would have small, just beginning beards. Much like us, it'd start as peachfuzz, grow to stubble and just keep on going as they got older. No real cutting happened, because long beards are good. A trim or two, just to keep it neat, but the longer the better here.
As for the women, I just couldn't picture them with beards. I know, I know. But I couldn't. The way I see it, female dwarves look EXACTLY like young male dwarves. They're short, stocky, muscular and have the same wild, tangly, wiry hair. They do tend to be slightly smaller, but only by a little bit. And only when younger. As they age they would, obviously, gain weight. Some, like (hee hee) old ladies, would start to grow more facial hair and even beards. But that would be as they hit their later years. In dress, though, the females would appear exactly like the males. If you saw a train of dwarves going by, you more than likely wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Even if they didn't have faces covered, the females would simply look like younger male dwarves to most observers.
I hope this isn't far-fetched and too far-off. I've sorta have to improvise, since people don't really seem to like the dwarves and not much has been written about them. Especially the females.
A/N:
Anyway, that's all the blabber I've got. Don't let this scare you off! On with the story!