The Races Of The Mountain
The Mountain is a diverse and wonderful place, within its massive confines it shelters three races, and many secrets. Here are the three races:
The first and most outgoing of the races, the Hobbits, live on the gently sloping, verdant, lower slopes. They are a little people, about half our height, and have no beards. They have little or no magic about them, just the ordinary everyday sort which allows them to disappear quickly and quietly if they need to. They like to dress in bright colors (chiefly green and yellow), wear no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm hair like that on their heads (which is curly), have long clever brown fingers, good-natured faces, and deep friendly laughs (especially after dinner, which they have twice a day if they can get it)[1]. They came quite mysteriously to the mountain, ages ago and retain close ties (even through differences in their personalities) with their cousins who live in a mysterious place called the "Shire" in some place called "Middle Earth". They are different from their cousins in the fact that they are proud, bold, great bowmen and warriors, and adventuring. However, to look at them you would not realize this because they live as farmers and simple craftsmen.
The second race, and second most outgoing (in other words though secluded they at least talk to and are friendly to travelers and visitors), are the Moles. It is believed that they were created by an evil wizard who broke away from the Order of Elemental Wizards, and used his powers with creatures to create powerful servants. His one failure were the Moles. He tried to make intelligent, evil, engineers and warriors, but somehow they came out good and just. When they discovered what the wizard meant to have them do, they revolted and destroyed him and massacred his evil minions, since that day they have never lifted a hand in anger, because they were frightened by what they did to the wizard and his minions. Then with their building and tunneling skills they set out to search for a home. They discovered the Mountain, met the Hobbits, liked them, and decided to stay. They have the unique magic of changing size and the form/abilities of their hands, feet, eyes, and other things. This enables them to live beneath the ground and build things without the need of tools. So they make most of their livelihood as smiths and builders, they trade smithwork with the Hobbits and the other race of the Mountain for everything they need. They are impossible to describe because they can change their form (to a relatively limited degree) and size as easily as you or I would change clothes.
The third race is the Bors, their highly descriptive name (pronounced boors) is a good gauge of their outward personality. They are gruff, curt and short-spoken, they rarely come down from the high cliffs at the top of the Mountain, and get few visitors since only they and the Moles can traverse the cliffs. Very little is known about them since they are not forthcoming in the least and no one wants to befriend them, because though they are really kind and generous people, they act like, well boors. They also have abilities similar to those of the Moles so that they can get into tight spaces and navigate the cliffs. They have thick brown skin, wear very few clothes and have no hair since it would get stuck on rocks and crags. They are a surprisingly homely race for the mountain where all of the races who have ever lived there were as far from homely as it is possible to get. Their most noticeable feature is their claws and spikes. They can appear anywhere on the body, which aids in climbing, mining, and carving, and have partially retractable claws on their hands and feet. Due to their foot claws they have a very difficult time walking on level ground, or at least it is so surmised, since the Bors never absolutely never come off the cliffs. ----------------------- [1] These characters (the Hobbits) are borrowed from John Ronald Reul Tolkein, one of the greatest authors of all time, who wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Hobbit, and many other awesome books, many based in Middle Earth. I own no part of them and they are ©renewed 1994 by Christopher R. Tolkein, John F.R. Tolkein, and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkein. The description of them largely taken from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein.
The Mountain is a diverse and wonderful place, within its massive confines it shelters three races, and many secrets. Here are the three races:
The first and most outgoing of the races, the Hobbits, live on the gently sloping, verdant, lower slopes. They are a little people, about half our height, and have no beards. They have little or no magic about them, just the ordinary everyday sort which allows them to disappear quickly and quietly if they need to. They like to dress in bright colors (chiefly green and yellow), wear no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm hair like that on their heads (which is curly), have long clever brown fingers, good-natured faces, and deep friendly laughs (especially after dinner, which they have twice a day if they can get it)[1]. They came quite mysteriously to the mountain, ages ago and retain close ties (even through differences in their personalities) with their cousins who live in a mysterious place called the "Shire" in some place called "Middle Earth". They are different from their cousins in the fact that they are proud, bold, great bowmen and warriors, and adventuring. However, to look at them you would not realize this because they live as farmers and simple craftsmen.
The second race, and second most outgoing (in other words though secluded they at least talk to and are friendly to travelers and visitors), are the Moles. It is believed that they were created by an evil wizard who broke away from the Order of Elemental Wizards, and used his powers with creatures to create powerful servants. His one failure were the Moles. He tried to make intelligent, evil, engineers and warriors, but somehow they came out good and just. When they discovered what the wizard meant to have them do, they revolted and destroyed him and massacred his evil minions, since that day they have never lifted a hand in anger, because they were frightened by what they did to the wizard and his minions. Then with their building and tunneling skills they set out to search for a home. They discovered the Mountain, met the Hobbits, liked them, and decided to stay. They have the unique magic of changing size and the form/abilities of their hands, feet, eyes, and other things. This enables them to live beneath the ground and build things without the need of tools. So they make most of their livelihood as smiths and builders, they trade smithwork with the Hobbits and the other race of the Mountain for everything they need. They are impossible to describe because they can change their form (to a relatively limited degree) and size as easily as you or I would change clothes.
The third race is the Bors, their highly descriptive name (pronounced boors) is a good gauge of their outward personality. They are gruff, curt and short-spoken, they rarely come down from the high cliffs at the top of the Mountain, and get few visitors since only they and the Moles can traverse the cliffs. Very little is known about them since they are not forthcoming in the least and no one wants to befriend them, because though they are really kind and generous people, they act like, well boors. They also have abilities similar to those of the Moles so that they can get into tight spaces and navigate the cliffs. They have thick brown skin, wear very few clothes and have no hair since it would get stuck on rocks and crags. They are a surprisingly homely race for the mountain where all of the races who have ever lived there were as far from homely as it is possible to get. Their most noticeable feature is their claws and spikes. They can appear anywhere on the body, which aids in climbing, mining, and carving, and have partially retractable claws on their hands and feet. Due to their foot claws they have a very difficult time walking on level ground, or at least it is so surmised, since the Bors never absolutely never come off the cliffs. ----------------------- [1] These characters (the Hobbits) are borrowed from John Ronald Reul Tolkein, one of the greatest authors of all time, who wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Hobbit, and many other awesome books, many based in Middle Earth. I own no part of them and they are ©renewed 1994 by Christopher R. Tolkein, John F.R. Tolkein, and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkein. The description of them largely taken from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein.