Soulmark Au with LOTR and Hobbit characters. Part 2
Who’s ready for some character headcannon’s? Anyone?
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Thorin: Thorin is not proud of his soul-mark. In fact, he hated it for the longest time. His mark is a delicate bouquet of Belladonna blossoms wrapped in a burgundy red ribbon with a dagger nestled in-between the petals. The flowers seemed to sway and grow on their own accorded. Hiding the mark was especially difficult during his exiled years. Often laughed at for have such a strange mark; at one point he debated slashing the mark off of his left arm. An old human beggar stopped him. She warned him that if he harmed the mark in any way, that his beloved would be harmed in the same the fashion. Thorin is many things, but he drew the line at harming his “one” in such a petty act of anger. Years later a certain hobbit would explain the meaning of his mark and point out the hidden dagger. Alluding to his “one” being of both natures; delicate and fierce. He gains a new apparition of his mark afterwards.
Bilbo: Bilbo has a shield for their mark. A rather strange shield with twin swords forming a X at its back. From one sword hangs a crown and from the other hangs a blue coat. At the shield’s center their lies a rune that Bilbo has never been able to properly read. The ruin seemed to come and go as it pleased. The crown and coat seemly wonder off from time to time as well. While traveling with the company, Bilbo picked up some runic signs and finally was able to translate the ruin. What they found out was less then illuminating. The ruin was simple a sign of loyalty or maybe royalty. Bilbo still doesn’t fully know.
Dwalin: Dwalin’s soul mark is a closely guarded secret, only four people have every seen his mark. The list is limited to his father, his brother, Thorin and Nori; although Nori will NEVER admit to seeing it. It’s located on the small of his back. Dwalin’s mark is a five-pointed star made of knives. He hates it because he knows exactly what it means and he is very grumpy about it.
Nori: Nori has a soul mark similar to Vili (Dis’s husband) and Biblo. It’s a wooden shield with twin war hammers behind it that form a X. Along the rim on the shields are runes for strength, bravery and loyalty. Several people have seen it and he honestly doesn’t care if people do. This pesters Dwalin to no end. He also knowns exactly what it means and who it’s for. Nori is very salty about it.
Dis: Dis soul mark is an axe and chisel wrapped with a golden cloth. Dis was confused by her mark for the longest time. Its simplicity made it hard to figure out and since most dwarfs are craftsmen of some sort. It wasn’t until she met Vili in the blue mountains did she finally figure it out. Dis and Vili met while building up an outpost in the mountains. She was visiting the outpost with her brothers and Vili was one of the craftsmen. Strapped to his right arm was a small throwing hatchet and a wooden chisel. After meeting Vili, Dis pestered him weeks until he agreed to a date.
Vili: Vili’s mark is equally as simple as Dis’s mark. His mark is a wooden shield with a single sword at the top. Within the shield is the runes for love and beauty. Its located high up on his right arm and is often covered up by his tools or a sleeve. He never believed that he would find his “one” after traveling to the Blue Mountains. So many died during the journey and the chances of him finding his “one” were slim. Then came Dis, daughter of Thain son of Thor. After a chance meeting while working on a project the pesky exiled princess would hardly give him a monuments rest. Vili lasted for three weeks before finally giving in to her demands for a date.
Fili: Like his mother and uncles, Fili was very confused by his mark. It’s a delicate pure white snowflake with northern ruins carved into its pattern. It sits quietly at the top of his right shoulder. Fili swears that there are days where he can feel the marks cold touch. As a child Fili has a very clear memory of his mark burning him. The pain was so bad that he ran crying into his mother’s arms. Dis later explained that something must have happened to his soulmate and that his mark is burning because of it. (Secretly she worried that this meant that Fili’s soulmate was dead, but she never let her worries show.) Fili hated his mark for a while after the pain calmed down. As he got older, he forgot that the mark even existed, it wasn’t until he met Skadi that he remembers his mark. Although, he would take a year to figure out that the runes in the snowflake spelled out Skadi’s name.
Skadi: Skadi’s mark has always trouble her and for the longest time she wasn’t even sure if she still had one. Her mark is/was located on her right shoulder. When she was young her mark took the form of a lion’s face with a sword held in its mouth. But after nearly dying at the claws of a Shadow Lion, Skadi’s mark disappeared completely. It wouldn’t reappear until she hit adulthood. Returning with a searing pain that felt like a hot iron being pressed into her skin. Now her mark shows a Lion’s paw flanked by twin blades with runes etched into the blade. The left blade spells the name Fili and the right says Lionheart. Surprisingly the mark exists over scars on her shoulder and when she touched it, she swears she can feel its warmth. Skadi’s didn’t know what to make of her new mark; it remained a mystery to her until she met Fili. When they met, Skadi’s mark started to heat up again. It would take her another year and a lot of research to figure out what the gods where trying to tell her.
Kili: Kili’s mark is an arrow. A very fancy elven arrow, with vines curling around it. For the longest time, Kili thought that maybe his “one” made arrows. It wasn’t until someone pointed out the elven design of the arrows the Kili began to worry. This caused a lot of self-doubt in Kili’s mind. It didn’t defiantly didn’t mean that his “one” was and Elf. They probably just made arrows for the elves, or were just a really skilled craftsman, right? Right? Wrong! Once he met Tauriel, Kili’s fate was sealed. He fell hard for Tauriel and even harder on his pride.
Tauriel: Tauriel’s is very simple. Too simple for her “one” to be an elf. Elven marks are elegant and meaningful. Not a plain trio of arrows with strange symbols on them. When Tauriel was young she would have done anything to change her mark but as she got older, the more the mark to grow on her. After serving the high elves, Tauriel had her fill of snotty nobles and their rules. She hated breaking Legolas heart, but they both knew better. Meeting Kili was experience for her. Never in a million years would she have ever thought that her “one” was a dwarf. But the more she thought about it, the more it made sense. Stupid, ironic sense.
Legolas: Like many others, Legolas hatted his soul-mark for the longest time. What prince of elves has an axe for a soul-mark! Certainly not the noble or respectable kind. No sir. Legolas would hide his mark for centuries before finally coming to terms with it. For the longest time he believed that battle was is true soulmate, but after the Battle of the Five Armies, Legolas thought differently. Legolas would quietly resign to forget his mark ever existed and submitted to his fate of never finding his “one”. Then he met Gimli, and then his axe grew vines. Vines with bright orange marigolds and pretty little white starflowers. Legolas was begrudgingly sold on the idea of dwarves not long after.
Gimli: He has a strange mark. Gimli’s mark is a bow with elk antlers and stars all around it. No one knew what his mark meant; not his parents, nor his uncle, even his cousins were confused. Gimli took it all in stride, thought. He my not be the smartest dwarf in history, but he knew that the gods had a plan for him. Why else would he have a mark full of stars? Then he met Legolas and……… Gimli realized nothing. Even after fighting together for years, Gimli stilled knew nothing about his mark. It wasn’t until Legolas spelling the whole thing out for him, that Gimli finally understood. He wasn’t completely disappointed.
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Well that was fun to write. I have a fanfic in the works about this whole concept.... but I have no clue who long that will take me to write. Fingers crossed that my writers block stays away for a while. Anywho....
Enjoy the content and Peace out.
