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Chapter 18 - The trial pt 2

Tauriel makes it through the trial and goes home, and Kili gets his sentence.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/236782291

Summary:After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

I haven't really talked about the important places in the story Dreamer so I figured it was about time I did. While most of the story takes place in Alduir, Belegost is where it all started.

I revived Belegost because it's so conveniently placed in Ered Luin, really close to where Thorin established himself in the Hobbit.

Nogrod is in south Ered Luin by the way.

Since I made mining a big thing in Belegost I decided to use Kiruna/Giron as the blueprint for Belegost. I also chose Kiruna because I'm basing the bombing in the first chapter on a similar event in Alta in Norway, a bomb attack on a bridge made by Sámi activists (that went to shit just like the one in Dreamer), and the ongoing Sámi fight against the exploitation in Gallok. The dwarves in this story is a blend between the Sámi and Tolkien dwarves. I modelled what happened to the Lonely Mountain dwarves after several events in Sweden and Russia, among them the forced migration of the reindeer herding Sámi in Sweden and the kolkhoz Lovozero on the Kola Peninsula. I mention that dwarves were conscripted to mining at the start of the exploitation of Ered Luin and I borrowed that from when silver was discovered in Nasafjäll (Nasa Mountain) in the 1630s and the Swedish state did just that to the local Sámi. It's also why I decided that the Erebor dwarves were driven out in 1630.

Anyway. Giron. That's the Sámi name on the town by the way.

The remnants of the mountain in the background is Kiirunavaara/Gironvárri which means The Grouse Mountain.

This picture was taken from about the same angle as the picture above this one, just further down, where the houses are today. You can see that the mining has started so this might be in 1903 or thereabouts.

While I have basically just renamed Kiruna Belegost, I haven't let the town suffer the same fate as Kiruna where the mining has made large parts of the town centre unsafe - yet. It's coming to Belegost too, as mentioned in chapter 17. Last year came news on that a much larger part of Kiruna will have to be vacated than previously thought so there won't be a lot left of the original town in a few decades.

Above is one of the streets north of the old town centre where you can see the Grouse Mountain right ahead in the background. The house Kili grew up in doesn't actually exist but it has the same yellow panelling as you can see in the picture above for instance.

Everything in this story has a basis in reality and fact, aside from the fact that there are dwarves, orcs, elves, hobbits and such. But the events, the reality the dwarves are facing, the effects mining has on landscape, the regions, and the economic unfairness, political opinions, the activism and the racism - all that comes straight out of reality. Perhaps that's why it was so easy to write this story.

Chapter 17 - The trial pt 1

Tauriel is suddenly at the centre of attention in a way she hadn’t expected.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/236181191

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Number one - He Is

No matter what genre you like, this is an amazing song.

Number two - Zenith

I have four songs from Ghost's third album on this list and this is one of them. Meliora is such a strong album where their weird 70s inspired hard rock/metal crossed with ABBA really shines.

Number 3 - Body and Blood

It has Blue Öyster Cult vibes. It's such a good song! This was my first encounter with Ghost back in... uh (I had to check) 2013 when Infestissumam was released. I remember coming across a video from a concert in broad daylight when Papa Emeritus II (yeah yeah, Tobias Forge) strides out on stage and owns it. Did I mention it was broad daylight? You just have to love that confidence.

Number 4 - I believe

Is it a clavicord? I think it is.

Number 5 - Square Hammer

What an earworm! Yet another song from Meliora.

Number 6 - Dance macabre

The ABBA vibe is strong with this one. When the guys knock on the door and the Mayhem-inspired bloke opens the door you hear the end of one of Ghost's instrumental songs, Miasma.

Number 7 - Peacefield

I'm getting faint whiffs of Nightwish and I can't put my finger on why. Not that I care. It's a good Ghost song.

Number 8 - Life eternal

I get 80s vibes - the power ballad - the Ghost version. The video is also a sweet tribute to their fans.

Number 9 - Hunter's moon

The ABBA vibes are really strong with this one.

Number 10 - Monstrous clock

Chapter 16 - Go west

Summer is almost over and Tauriel is travelling to Belegost for Kili's trial.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/235635326

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Were people behaving like shitheads?

​More like being disturbing. Like really disturbing.

Chapter 15 - Cruel summer

Everyone has to deal with the aftermath of the arrest of Kili.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/234941796

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Chapter 14 - Graduation

Everything must come to an end.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/234133931

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Chapter 13 - Fool's paradise

Tauriel and Kili are planning for the future - and there's a breakthrough.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/233597086

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Chapter 12 - The mouse trap

Ori finally gets the break he's been waiting for and Fili learn things about his brother that he didn't know.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/232855126

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Chapter 11 - Coffee

Kili reaches out to Balin. Thorin gets wind of what's going on.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/232332561

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Chapter 10 - Resonance

Someone is keeping an eye on both Kili and Tauriel and Kili discovers something personally important.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/231583071

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called

Chapter 9 - Erebor

An heir to Azsâlul'abad comes home.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85398296/chapters/231117346

Summary: After a railway bombing that goes south, Kili is on the run and ends up on the other side of Middle Earth, in the capital of Rhovanion. Back in Belegost in Ered Luin, Ori, a crime investigator, is trying to piece together what happened, suspecting his cousin's involvement. Kili meets Tauriel and embarks on a very different life than the one he had in Ered Luin. But Kili is on the run and the past might catch up at any moment. What happens if it does?

Rating: M

Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types

Categories: F/M, M/M

Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel, Kili/Ori (past), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (mention)

Characters: Kíli, Tauriel, Ori, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas Greenleaf, Thorin III Stonehelm, Original Elf Character(s), Original Dwarf Character(s), Original Orc Character(s), Balin, Dwalin

Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Middle Earth Politics (Tolkien), Dwarf Culture & Customs, Middle Earth biology, Indigenous struggle, Hurt No Comfort, Breaking the Law, Starting Over, two love stories for the price of one, kiliel - Freeform, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, inspired by real life, Modern Middle-earth (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Berlin's Kreutzberg + Copenhagen's Nørrebro + Malmö's Möllan wrapped into one place, That's Dol Lant, I was thinking about Kiruna when I wrote Belegost, Or Giron as it's also called