Dreams of Erebor

imagine your favourite character with the most agonizingly pained expression on their face as they watch the love of their life die and there’s nothing they can do about it

Thorin’s duties as King under the Mountain require him to read hundreds of boring inventory ledgers regarding iron ore, stone shipments, and grain taxes. To help him get through the exhausting work, Bilbo starts leaving tiny, hidden doodles and notes in the margins of the official books before they reach the King’s desk. Bilbo draws little fat Hobbits, pipes with smoke rings, or leaves of ivy, accompanied by short phrases in his neat handwriting. Thorin’s ministers are often baffled as to why the gruff, stern King suddenly smiles and grows incredibly soft-spoken while reviewing a dry report on plumbing logistics

Faces

Well, this brings Azog’s hatred for dwarves to another level of… I can’t even. “To further display his hatred of Dwarves, the lower loincloth Azog wears about his waist is made with the skinned faces of dead Dwarf foes. Over time, the skin has aged, becoming dark brown and stretched, giving an eerie impression of the faces screaming in horror and pain.” (x)

SO was that the reason that Azog was so keen to have Thorin’s head? So he could have a new loincloth? That’s sick!