#athenir

A chance to talk about my oc? ABSOLUTELY! (all the links are for character overviews i’ve written)

Okay, Clara is a half-breed, daughter of Dwalin son of Fundin and Mirabelle Took. She was an accident. Not intended at all. A result of a summer fling. Dwalin had left back to the blue mountains long before Mirabelle figured out she was pregnant. Mirabelle was incredibly independent and stubborn about the whole thing, and refused to write to Dwalin and tell him. She died giving birth, so little Clara lived in Tuckborough until she was 33, because Belladonna (who had been helping out the most) had a family of her own now and knew Clara needed a more stable home. 

So imagine Dwalin’s shock when he gets a letter from his ex-lovers sister that he has had a child for over three decades and that the child now needed a home. 

Of course, Dwalin is honorable (he would’ve taken charge of Clara ages ago if he had known), and came to the Shire to take Clara back to the Blue Mountains.

Clara made a home there, with Fili and Kili as her best friends, and Dwalin (he ends up having the biggest soft spot for her, and she uses that to her advantage), Balin, and Dís all acting as her parents. Life was good.

Until she was kidnapped and sold into child labor in Bree.

There, she made unusual friends with a half-elf from Rhûn named Athenir, who was in the same predicament she was in. He outgrew her in maturity quickly, though not in age, so they have a weird sometimes-im-the-older-sibling-sometimes-youre-the-older-sibling relationship. They were eventually rescued by a ranger named Rantin, who took them to Fornost to train them. He did try bringing Clara back to the Blue Mountains, but she found her old village abandoned, with no sign of what happened. So she returned to Fornost and trained as a Ranger for many years, until she happened to be foraging for mushrooms outside of Bree at the same time Kili and Fili were hunting for the company...

I have so so so much written for Clara and my other ocs, i just need to organize it and post it lol. She goes through so much shit, the quest for erebor and bofta aren’t even close to the climax of her story, they’re only a plot point to get her reunited with her old friends and family. 

She’s been evolving over the years (originally, she was the daughter of Beorn and best friends with Legolas lol), but now i have her into a form that i feel best writing her in. 

Overview: Nerd. Really big Nerd. Half-breed, half-elf half-man. Never knew his parents, and honestly isn’t that hung up about it. He had one weapon that he has managed to hide and keep safe with him through the years, a Katara (lol avatar ik, but it’s basically a push-dagger that was used in India, by members of the Mughal Empire) that he values more than anything. In Fornost he mastered the longsword and polearm, but when he ventured back to Rhûn, he learned and preferred using a Talwar sword (Mughal Empire once again) for battle. Tall and muscular, but not buff. Stands at 6 feet 4 inches.

Backstory: Before he was even at an age to remember anything he was stolen away from his family by members of a rhunic gang, and sold into labor. He was three and couldn't even work till he was seven. At age ten, he was taken into the western lands, ‘ore the Misty Mountains, and sold to a man in Bree. He could barely speak the western tongue until Clara joined him, and she taught him the common tongue while he taught her Rhûnic. He quickly outgrew Clara in maturity and came to view her as an odd combination of both his younger and older sister. When they were brought to Fornost, Clara knew a great deal more about fighting than he did, and helped his training improve greatly. Which proves especially useful, since now Athenir knows exactly how to get dwarves knocked off their feet. When he reached the age of 27, he left the Rangers for a time to go to Rhûn with Clara. When they returned, he rejoined the Rangers and spent years roaming the wilderness.

Personality: INTJ-A. He’s pretty pessimistic when it comes to other people. He likes to see the logic behind decisions and such, and sometimes it takes prompting from his friends to understand that emotions are very much a thing with other people. Very sarcastic. Very funny. Gets annoyed when everyone’s being stupid. Can get his point across very easily, and will not hesitate to pepper in some insults along the way. But he cares deeply about his close friends, and will stop at nothing to think of a way to help them out of trouble when they need it.

Fun Facts:

-A really good cook. Like, really good. Gordon Ramsey good. Also, he was incredibly harsh on Clara when he was teaching her about spices.

-When he and Clara traveled to Rhûn, they stayed with the Blue Wizards for some time and Athenir, being the nerd that he is, learned as much as he could from them. Began to practice some wizard magic.

-His favorite color is teal.

-Favorite prank to pull is putting cayenne pepper inside of cinnamon rolls.

-Has a weird obsession with flowers. Any interesting flower he sees, he will put it in a book and press it. His collection is astonishing.

Did some OC drawings/sketches... I’m pretty happy with them, but i need to work on my faces (specifically the eyes and mouth).

Clara Took

Thank you so much! i love all your questions, they are so much fun to answer!

Truth be told, i haven’t figured the entire magic system out myself yet. The blue wizards gifted Athenir a staff, but since he’s not a true wizard himself, he can only do a few simple spells, such as lighting fires, illuminating his staff, and some small self-defense moves. Nothing big or truly spectacular, but enough for a few fun party tricks :).

I like to think that Athenir can only learn magic since he’s half-elf. He can preform some elvish magic, but wizard magic is different from that. For some reason, Eru enabled Athenir with the ability to learn a bit of both. Only a bit though. He does fine tune his skills over the years, and picks up a few more things from Gandalf, but that’s about all he’ll ever learn.

oooh, i like this one

Clara: She has a hairpiece Dwalin made for her during a Durin’s Day Feast one year, when She Fili and Kili were of the age to partake in the adult celebrations (bascially like moving up from the kids’ table at Christmas lol). She always kept it in her pocket, at first just because she thought it was neat, but after she was kidnapped, it became her only link to home. 

Athenir: He has his push-dagger (a Katara from the Mughal Empire), that he has had with him forever. He somehow never lost it, and will keep it with him until his death. It doesn’t really remind him of memories, and he doesn’t have a strong belief in luck, he’s just emotionally attached to it, and he can’t explain why.

Brenior: Brenior doesn’t really have an object. Perhaps his Flute, which is easy to carry during travels, but it doesn’t have any huge emotional value to him. His animals however, those are what he keeps close.

Adana: She has golden-hoop earrings, given to her by her mother. She has never not worn them, and hardly ever takes them off, for fear of loosing them. She’s very particular about who hangs onto them while she has them off. They remind her of her family and her homeland, so she keeps them safe always.

Nika: She has her axe, which has a mithril edge, and she never, EVER lets it out of her sight. The only person she has ever let hold it and clean it besides herself was Clara. Nika does consider her axe lucky, and always goes into battle with it. It only let her down once.

So picrew, amiright?

Top to bottom, left to right, we have my Ocs Adana (unfortunatel, the picrew didn’t have a facial hair feature, just imagine her with a glorious braided beard), Athenir, Brenior, and Clara. For context at the beat up state of their appearances, im explaning some OC lore below the cut.

Thank you for this! It was so much fun to answer!

(Ordered from most sensical to most dumbass)

Rantin: 8/10. He has rare moments where he does something stupid, but it's only ever little things. Like maybe pushing a door that says pull or something like that. Overall, he's a pretty level headed person, which is good for being a Dad.

Athenir: 8/10. He's still a half-elven teenager of course, so he's bound to have a couple moments where he just completely blanks, but mostly, Athenir is the most logical and steady OC that i have.

Brenior: 7/10. Likes logical routine to things. Only time he becomes a dumbass is when he's around Lindir and starts saying things without thinking...

Nika: 6.5/10. She has a lot of common sense, which she uses fairly well in combat, and not a whole lot of dumb remarks come from her alone. Her dumbass usually only makes and appearance when she's surrounded by friends, especially if the Ale is flowing.

Adana: 6/10. Keeps Clara grounded, but at the same time, whenever Adana's with Clara, it's like there is no intelligent conversation. Adana's very smart and resourceful, but when she and Clara start talking, the pair create an aura of dumbassery.