#kigrid

Okay, but consider....

If Thorin is married to Bilbo...

And Kíli is married to Tauriel (or another Non-Dwarf spouse, or two)...

Then with Fíli married to Ori, the potential for shenanigans is further strengthened.

If we go with the headcanon that Ori grew up as childhood friends with the brothers, then he would know intimate details about Fíli, Kíli and Thorin's lives. He could tell the other consorts things they wouldn't know.

Also, Ori might be quiet, but he could be mischievous, too. Ori could teach the other consorts about certain Dwarven cultural things that maybe Bilbo, Tauriel, etc. wouldn't know? Which could be used for good, or pranking.

I just think that you can take this in A LOT of directions, but there's POTENTIAL.

(Also, platonic bonding moments? Family fluff? Friendship and fluff?)

Image by Thomas Baxa, © TSR Inc.

[I can kind of understand why, of the four illithidae introduced in Dragon 150, only three of them made it into Lords of Madness in D&D 3.5. The cessirid and the kigrid are somewhat redundant mechanically, both of them having a bite that inflicts pain poison as their primary unique ability. But from an ecological standpoint, they're quite distinct. Cessirids are pack hunters that cooperate readily with mind flayers, and kigrids are usually solitary and generally uncooperative. So I tried to give them different SLAs and other abilities to give the kigrid its own mechanical identity.]

Kigrid CR 8 NE Aberration This creature looks something like a reptilian bear, with dark skin and long curved claws on all four of its limbs. It has a broad beak like that of a parrot, around which four small tentacles dart and writhe.

A kigrid is a member of the illithidae, having an ecological niche similar to a bear or boar on the Sunset World. They are voracious omnivores, and among the most intelligent of the illithidae. Their intelligence is turned primarily towards devious ways to set ambushes and protect their lairs. They are gifted vocal mimics, and use a combination of mimicked speech and their inherent climbing ability to lure prey onto ledges and cliffs before attacking.

A kigrid will usually attempt to pin down a single opponent and rip them to shreds before moving onto the next target. In order to keep themselves properly paced, they use overwhelming grief to deny enemy actions. Few kigrid ambushes are launched without a blur spell to minimize successful attacks. Kigrids are stubborn foes, and once their blood is up will readily fight to the death.

Kigrids spend most of their lives alone, but associate in pairs in order to court. They prefer to lay their eggs in the corpses of large creatures, and lay a large number of eggs at once. The weakest of the larvae become part of the provisions for the stronger siblings. Once they reach maturity, the surviving siblings may travel together for a while in order to tackle larger prey, but these associations are rarely loyal ones. Their upbringing leads kigrids to view each other as food or rivals more than allies, and cannibalism is a fairly common outcome of kigrid interactions. Kigrids are valued as physical labor by mind flayers—they can carry incredible loads, and their tentacles are as prehensile as human hands. Due to their stubborn independence, however, most kigrids have to be controlled by charm magic, rather than joining a colony of their own free will.

Chapters: 9/10 Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Fíli/Ori (Tolkien), Kíli/Sigrid/Tauriel (Tolkien), Kíli (Tolkien)/Tauriel (Hobbit Movies), Kíli (Tolkien)/Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Sigrid/Tauriel (Hobbit Movies), Dís/Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Gimli/Legolas Greenleaf, Fíli & Kíli (Tolkien), Bilbo Baggins & Ori, Ori (Tolkien) & Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Frodo Baggins & Fíli & Kíli Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Frodo Baggins, Fíli (Tolkien), Ori (Tolkien), Kíli (Tolkien), Dís (Tolkien), Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Thranduil (Tolkien), Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Bain of Dale (Tolkien), Bain of Dale's Wife (Tolkien), Thorin's Company, Legolas Greenleaf, Gimli (Tolkien), Bard the Bowman (Tolkien) Additional Tags: POV Bilbo Baggins, POV Fíli (Tolkien), POV Thorin Oakenshield, POV Ori (Tolkien), Modern Middle Earth, Female Bilbo Baggins, Female Bilbo Baggins/Female Thorin Oakenshield, Trans Female Character, Trans Male Character, Trans Ori (Tolkien), Trans Mpreg | Trans Male Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Dwobbit Frodo Baggins, Child Frodo Baggins, Sweet Fíli (Tolkien), Fíli and Kíli Brotherly Love, Fíli and Kíli are Little Shits (Tolkien), Minor or Background Relationships not mentioned in the tags, Family Fluff, Family Feels, Family Drama, Winter, Snowed In, Legolas Greenleaf & Tauriel Friendship, Doctor!Legolas saves the day!, Married Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Female Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo Baggins & Thorin Oakenshield are Frodo Baggins's Parents, Polyamory, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Neurodivergency, Tenderness, Romantic Fluff, Durin Family Feels (Tolkien), Fíli in Love (Tolkien), Implied/Referenced Childbirth, Minor Bard the Bowman/Thranduil (Tolkien), Minor Bard the Bowman/Bofur (Tolkien) Series: Part 2 of Snowed In Across the Years Chapter 9 Summary:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kíli (Tolkien)/Sigrid (Hobbit Movies) Characters: Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Kíli (Tolkien) Additional Tags: POV Sigrid (Hobbit movies), POV Female Character, First Kiss, Second Kiss, Tenderness, Sweet Kíli (Tolkien), Relationship Discussions, Getting Together, Dancing, Dwarf/Human Relationship(s), Erebor | The Lonely Mountain (Tolkien), Prince Kíli (Tolkien), Crown Princess Sigrid of Dale (Hobbit Movies), Gentle Kissing, All Characters Are Adults Series: Part 1 of Happiness of Our Own Making Summary:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kíli (Tolkien)/Sigrid (Hobbit Movies) Characters: Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Kíli (Tolkien), Fíli (Tolkien), Ori (Tolkien) Additional Tags: POV Sigrid (Hobbit movies), POV Female Character, Past Relationship(s), Past Fíli/Sigrid - Freeform, Getting Together, Sweet Kíli (Tolkien), Light Angst, Tenderness, Mention of past internalized homophobia (On Fíli's part), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Era, Singing, Sigrid deserves to be happy and Kíli makes that happen by cooking her pasta and more., Making Out, Cunnilingus, Vaginal Sex, Penis in Vagina Sex, Condoms, Kíli Has ADHD (Tolkien), Protective Kíli (Tolkien), Minor Fíli/Ori (Tolkien), All Characters Are Adults, Eventually talking things out like the 30-year-olds that they are., Bisexual Kíli (Tolkien) Summary:

In which Sigrid and Kíli begin a dance for two, after finding each other many years later again by happenstance, following her break up with Fíli.

However, despite the past being what it is, they discover a way forward that is entirely their own.

This moodboard is based on Kígrid from my fic To Forge Hearth and Home.

Rating: Teen

Summary:

Sigrid knows next to nothing about Dwarves, except some saved her and her siblings' lives when they were children, fifteen years ago. Since then, she has had little contact with them unless it was necessary for diplomacy.

Kíli knows something of Men but isn't terribly impressed, and even a bit wary of them, given their poor treatment of Dwarves at large.

Chapters: 14/? Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kíli (Tolkien)/Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Fíli & Kíli (Tolkien), Bain of Dale & Bard the Bowman (Tolkien) & Sigrid & Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Dís & Fíli & Kíli & Thorin Oakenshield, Dís (Tolkien) & Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Fíli (Tolkien) & Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Ori (Tolkien) & Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Fíli/Ori (Tolkien) Characters: Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Bard the Bowman (Tolkien), Kíli (Tolkien), Fíli (Tolkien), Ori (Tolkien), Original Fíli-Ori Children (Tolkien), Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Bain of Dale (Tolkien), Hilda Bianca, Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Balin (Tolkien), Dís (Tolkien), Original Characters, Gimli (Tolkien), Nori (Tolkien), Thranduil (Tolkien), Bofur (Tolkien), Legolas Greenleaf Additional Tags: POV Sigrid (Hobbit movies), POV Kíli (Tolkien), POV Female Character, Fíli and Kíli Brotherly Love, Fíli & Kíli & Thorin Oakenshield Live, Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage, Political Marriages, BAMF Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Kíli is a Little Shit (Tolkien), Getting to Know Each Other, Wheelchair User Fíli (Tolkien), Post-Quest of Erebor (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Bilbo Baggins Remains in Erebor | The Lonely Mountain, Minor Fíli/Ori (Tolkien), Minor Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Implied Relationships, Dwarven Ones | Soulmates, Good Uncle Kíli (Tolkien), Sigrid & Ori Friendship, Prince Fíli (Tolkien), Prince Consort Ori (Tolkien), Consort Bilbo Baggins, King Thorin Oakenshield, Trans Ori (Tolkien), Trans Male Character, Consciously choosing to not have children., Family Fluff, Meet the Family, Romantic Fluff, Dwarven Politics, Parent Fíli (Tolkien), Parent Ori (Tolkien), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Bisexual Kíli (Tolkien), Tenderness, Suggestive Themes, Durin Family Feels (Tolkien), Kíli Has ADHD (Tolkien), Slow Burn, Fantasy and Fictional Setting Racism, Thranduil Being Thranduil (Tolkien), Character Development, Minor Gimli/Legolas Greenleaf Chapter 14 Summary:

In which Sigrid and Ori make further strides towards a proper friendship when he shows up with a guard detail to ensure she reaches Erebor safely.