Kili

Basic Information

• The Basics

  RACE: AGE: YEAR OF BIRTH: PLACE OF BIRTH: GENDER: OCCUPATION: MARITAL STATUS: SEXUALITY: CURRENT RESIDENCE:

  Dwarf Around 77 Third Age 2864 Thorin’s Gate, Ered Luin Male Archer, Composer ? Straight Erebor

• Appearance

  HEIGHT: 1.43m
  BUILD: Slim (by dwarf standards)
  HAIR: Dark brown
  EYES: Brown
  WEAPON(S) OF CHOICE: Sword and Bow
  
  He has the dark hair that is common in the Line of Durin. At times, it appears almost black, but it is really only a dark brown. Kili is not one for vainity and avoids making a fuss over his appearance as much as possible. As a consequence, his hair is usually very unkept, though he sometimes tolerates his mother braiding his hair. As long hair sometimes gets in the way of his archery, he uses an hair clasp with the knotwork symbol that he designed engraved upon it.
  
  His eyes are dark brown and when he is in trouble with his mother or uncle, or wants something which he thinks his mother will be reluctant to let him have, he can adopt a puppy dog expression to try and worm his way out of it. It worked very well as a young dwarfling, but as he's got older, it doesn't work as well.
  
  Kili is rather slim for a dwarf, lacking the musculature that dwarves like Dwalin who have worked many years at the forge and wielding heavy weapons in battle have built up over the years. However, he is still more robust than most elves and hobbits in terms of upper body strength. At 1.43m (or 4ft 8in), he is tall for a dwarf, though not quite reaching his uncle and Dwalin in height.
  
  Typically, Kili prefers to wear comfortable, plain clothing that is practical. His favourite colours to wear are blue, brown, grey and black. In battle, he prefers to wear chain mail but does have a regal suit of armour which he wears when it is required to 'impress' visitors when they visit his uncle's halls in Ered Luin. When he is traveling, he usually wears a long, brown leather fur trimmed coat, a brown vest decorated with geometric dwarven patterns, a blue woolen tunic, brown trousers and heavy boots. Many of the items he owns are inscribed with his royal knotwork symbol, including his sword.
  
  As he is a young dwarf, he does not have a long beard and often gets teased about it because along with his favoured weapon, the bow, dwarves say it gives him an elvish appearance. However, he has decided that growing a long beard is out for him if he wishes to remain an archer, so he will not grow one even when he is old enough for it to start growing out. He is quite proud of his Durin heritage and had a talented scribe tattoo the Durin anvil and seven stars to represent the seven dwarf races on his arm when he came of age, along with his knotwork symbol. He hopes one day that he can add the knotwork symbol his One to it when he finds her.
  
  Kili has been trained all weapons that his close elder kin are experts in, but his favoured weapon is the bow, a weapon he chose because it is light and not unwieldy. Although he can wield axes, war-hammers and maces, he finds that he has difficulty wielding those because he lacks the strength to do so as it takes a lot of practice building up the strength and control. In close combat, he prefers the sword and carries one which he smithed himself.

• Personality

  Before the Quest:
  
  Kili is a friendly dwarf who makes friends easily. Other than losing his father he has experienced very little hardship in his young life and as such he looks on the world with a positive light. The hard life in the mountains is off-set easily by the love and closeness of his family, the lack of which would have worn down a dwarf in the same circumstances.
  
  Being young and lacking in experience of the wider world, he can be reckless at times and acts without thinking of the consequences on occasion. As he has not experienced the real dangers of the world, he sometimes sees orcs, goblins, wargs, trolls and dragons as something of joke to scare younger dwarves with.
  
  Along with the rest of his family, he wants to see the dwarves great again and retake their home. He is content living in Ered Luin as it is all he has known, but he sees how heavy their exile weighs on the shoulders of the older dwarves, especially his uncle and he wants to do the right thing by them and their people to see them restored in their rightful place. He hopes that when/if Fili becomes king of their people that he can stand at his side and give him the help he needs in looking after their people. He has seen the struggles of his people as they attempt to scrape a living in Ered Luin, he has listened to their stories and even lived some of their hardships with them and wants to give them a better life.
  
  On a more personal note, he wants to find a wife who will love him for himself, and not the status or the perceived wealth that being his wife will bring. He is tired of seeing the pettiness, in-fighting and manipulation that he sees is common among the dwarrowdams (dwarf women) who think of themselves as nobles and worthy of high status and finds their behavour off-putting. He wants a lady he can share his interests with.
  
  His main fear is that he will lose a member of his family, especially his brother and his mother. The prospect of the quest both frightens and excites him because he wants to explore the wider world, but is unsure of the dangers that he will face. From the stories that his elders told him, he knows the quest will be a challenge, but his lack of experience of it is a source of anxiety.
  
  Being inexperienced, he is nervous of letting his family, especially his uncle down. He is also frightened that he will fail to live up to the promises he made to his mother of returning to her. Although the burden of the problems facing their people is heavier on his uncle and his brother, he often wonders what will become of them if the quest fails because they will remain in poverty and hardship in the Blue Mountains.
  
  Unlike his elders, especially his uncle, he is more willing to accept elves because he's had no direct conflict with them, only what he has heard from stories. He has a gregarious nature and is particularly fond of hobbits because when he is in the Shire, he enjoys spending time in their pubs. If given the opportunity, he will play a fiddle if it is available. During celebrations or meal times when there is a large gathering of his kin and people, he has a tendency to get rowdy and drunk, but in a good natured way. He is a bit of a prankster and enjoys coming up with jokes to play on people.
  
  His family, especially his brother, mother and uncle mean a great deal to him and his very protective of them.
  
  After the Quest
  
  In the days before he went on the quest to reclaim Erebor, he was reckless, flirty and a bit of a prankster. His experiences on the quest, particularly the incident when he was shot with the arrow, have caused him to mature in his out look on life, but he still retains his love of pranks. Kili has always been a kind dwarf who loves his family deeply, particularly his mother and his brother. He is very protective of his family and friends. He is a generous dwarf will help those in need because he values family and friends above gold and gems. He tries to be friendly with all races, even elves, even though his uncle dislikes them. Due to his experiences on the quest, he is not as sociable as he was when he was before and as a result prefers to spend time alone in nature, or in the company of animals when he is not with his family. Occasionally he does feel the need to be gregarious and will go to the tavern or mead hall when he’s in that mood to drink and share his music.