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youngestone) wrote2015-02-21 09:35 am
youngestone) wrote2015-02-21 09:35 am
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PLAYER INFO
Name: Fae
Contact Information: PM
Time Zone: Central
Characters Played: Martin the Warrior
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Kili
Character Canon: The Hobbit (movies mostly)
History: For whatever reason he has to share with Fili
AU History: Kili was born not five years before his father was killed in a skirmish against Caldera. He hardly remembers the man and remembers only being raised by his mother and uncle (and assorted babysitters). Never having known the luxury of life from before his great-grandfather’s insanity, Kili grew up a happy child. The threat of the war with Gigas hardly bothered him, his uncle’s blacksmithing and his mother’s work kept him and his brother warm, safe, and fed, and he had some friends. He was a normal kid. They suspected he was Rock Earthkin, and that just made things better.
The revelation his primary type, Fairy, damaged that a bit. Caldera, or at least his part of it, didn’t have a lot of Fairy-types and there was of course his family history. Most of his friends didn’t care that Kili was Fairy-typed, but enough other people did that it bothered him a little. It wasn’t enough to ruin his confidence, but as a teenager it certainly hasn’t helped it any.
All in all, Kili’s life before his uncle departed for Union was about the same as any other Calderan kid’s. He went to school, he learned drills in the event of a Gigan attack on the city, he went home, he gave his mother grey hair, and he did everything with his older brother. Life was fairly normal.
The May 2014 attack on the city brought a big change to Kili’s life, one that he was excited about. He had thought the only people other than Calderan were the Gigans and to meet the people from Union was just amazing. He wanted to go and see their city, meet people and have a life outside of Caldera. His mother and uncle forbade it at the time, though when Thorin left in October Kili knew his mother would relent sooner or later.
She did. She wanted both Fili and Kili to go to Union and join their uncle, but Fili was needed in Caldera and sent Kili on ahead. He managed to find a group of travelers willing to take him to the city. Armed with his bow, his Carbink, and a good luck stone from his mother, Kili set out.
It’s weird, doing something without Fili.
Canon Personality: Perhaps Kíli’s most defining trait is his loyalty to those he cares about, especially his family and especially his uncle Thorin. Almost everything Kíli does is to impress, please, or aid his uncle in some way. Part of him knows that Thorin loves him regardless of if he’s a perfect nephew, but a larger part of Kíli is afraid that if he screws up too badly, he’ll lose his uncle. He knows that it’s silly, he really does, but he’s barely the Dwarvish equivalent of an eighteen year old boy and it’s hard not to worry sometimes, especially given Thorin’s temper. Still, in nearly everything that could possibly come up, Kíli will defer to Thorin regardless of his own opinions. He may disagree, but his uncle is more important. Family in general is more important to Kíli than himself and he always wants to make sure they’re safe and getting what they deserve. Fíli may be the older one who looks after his younger brother, but Kíli will do anything he can to help his brother in any way possible. He would never want his brother to give up something to help him, even if Kíli needed it, because his brother is their uncle’s heir and the oldest while Kíli’s the wild child. (To be fair, they’re both a little wild but Kíli is known for being the reckless brother while Fíli is very obviously the more sensible of the two. Not that that’s saying much.) Part of that, though, also comes from being the younger brother. No younger sibling likes being babied by their older siblings, and Kíli’s no different. He appreciates his brother’s concern but really, he’s fine, don’t get out of the boat, go with Thorin to Erebor, he’ll catch up later.
This loyalty extends to his friends and people Thorin trusts. Kíli’s loyalty to his family will always trump his loyalty to someone else, of course, but he’s not afraid to jump in and help a friend who’s in hot water. It’s not that hard to earn his friendship and loyalty, though that doesn’t mean he’ll consider you a close friend easily (Dwarves are a private, insular people after all, and Kíli is Dwarf). Put up with his antics, prove yourself in some way, and you’ve got a Dwarf who’ll slice a Troll’s ankle to get you out of trouble. Once you’ve got his loyalty, almost nothing with break it and if you’re family you are stuck with him for practically forever. It would take a huge disaster of a screw up for Kíli to no longer consider you a friend and even then he might be able to forgive you. Granted, as a Dwarf he’s also naturally stubborn so it won’t be easy to earn his forgiveness but it is possible.
As a young Dwarf (seventy-seven is barely of age for Dwarves), Kíli is filled with a particular exuberance. He’s excited to see and do things and he went on the Quest eager to fight Orcs and other monsters, partially because he wanted to prove to his uncle that he made a good decision allowing Kíli, the second youngest of the Line of Durin, on the Quest but also because he’s never really fought them before. He’s left Ered Luin on trips to other lands before, but these trips were all on the western side of the Misty Mountains, an area that at the time wasn’t exactly riddled with Orcs and Goblins. All he knows of them are stories and the occasional two or three Orc raiding party that was easy to fend off; he’s a bit like the young American men who enlisted in war in the early 20th century, the men who thought going to Europe in the war would be noble and they would come back heroes. He even joked about Orcs with Fíli, amused by Bilbo’s reaction. Like those young men, his first real encounter with the enemy leaves Kíli a little more wary and a little shaken. It takes a lot to really bring Kíli down though, such as near death experiences, and he bounced back from that experience fairly quickly. He no longer jokes about Orc raids, but he’s still excited to be on the Quest with his family and friends. He just knows that they’re going to get back the Mountain and that Thorin will be a great King and that everything will work out just fine for everyone. He has that youthful sense of immortality and invincibility, even after being injured by a poisonous arrow. The idea that he or anyone on the Quest could die is one he refuses to entertain. Because of this and his die-hard loyalty to his family and friends, Kíli comes off as a bit reckless and while he’ll joke about it, he really doesn’t deny it. He is. It’s a fact. Why else would Dís make him promise to come home?
An interesting thing to note about Kíli is that although he was raised in a typical Dwarf family and has been surrounded by Dwarven culture since he was born, there are a few areas where he differs greatly from the typical Dwarf. Because of various incidents in their history (both recent and ancient), Dwarves dislike Elves as a whole and generally don’t think much of the other Free People either. They are very secretive and insular, protective of their culture and themselves. Kíli was raised with this private culture and he naturally respects and honors it. However, unlike pretty much every Dwarf ever, Kíli has almost no problems with non-Dwarves. He doesn’t necessarily respect them and their culture, at least not right off the bat, but he doesn’t see anything wrong with befriending people of other races. Given time, he can come to respect a non-Dwarf’s culture, or at least respect that their culture is as important to them as Dwarf culture is to him. The best example of this would be during the Feast of Starlight in Mirkwood. When he asks Tauriel about the feast and she explains what it’s about, he notes that he never saw starlight as all that important. As Tauriel explains what it means to Elves and to her in particular, Kíli listens. He does not dismiss it as Thorin or another Dwarf might have; he even mentions it in conjunction with her later, when he’s delirious from pain.
Tauriel also brings up another aspect of Kíli that is incredibly strange. Kíli finds Elves attractive. This may also extend to the Race of Men and Hobbits but he most certainly admires Elves. Twice, Kíli is seen flirting (or trying to flirt) with Elf-maids, once in Rivendell with a harp player and then later with Tauriel in Mirkwood. Given everyone’s reaction to the incident in Rivendell, it can be assumed that Kíli routinely tries to flirt with pretty girls of any race and has expressed interest in and admiration for Elves previously as Dwalin, basically a Dwarf’s Dwarf, just gives him a look and teases him when he can’t tell the difference between a male Elf and a female Elf. Still, this is largely unheard of in Dwarves. What’s even more unheard of is a Dwarf, particularly one of Durin’s Line, actually falling for an Elf as Kíli has with Tauriel. He’s well aware that it’s hopeless, though, as Elves and Dwarves really aren’t meant to mix like that.
So far no explanation has been offered for Kíli’s fascination with Elves but I have my own. Kíli, when compared to any other Dwarf in the Company, is the most un-Dwarf-like. Dwarves typically have larger noses and stronger features than the other Free People and they pride themselves on their beards and braids; think Gimli, Dwalin, or even Kíli’s brother Fíli, all of whom have some if not all of the aforementioned traits. Most Dwarves use an axe, a sword, or some other close range weapon such as a pike or club.
And then there’s Kíli. He has no braids at all, prefers his bow to a melee weapon, has no facial hair except for a little stubble (likely a personal, practical choice), and has features more suited to a Man than a Dwarf, softer and less heavy-set. As we know that Kíli is one of the youngest members of the party (possibly the youngest, depending on Ori’s age) and that Gimli is younger than he is and yet (in his father’s locket) already looked more like a Dwarf than Kíli did at the time, I’ve taken this to mean that Kíli is a little insecure. In fact, it’s likely that he was compared to Elves as an insult given his looks and his preference for the bow, a typically Elvish weapon. However, given that Dwarves maintain that their maker (Aulë, who they call Mahal) created each Dwarf as they were meant to be, Kíli has taken this to mean that he is meant to look like he does and like what he likes and if that’s the case than clearly the Elves aren’t all that bad either. Besides, he genuinely does find them attractive, their outward delicate appearance such a contrast to a Dwarf’s stout, sturdy body that it’s hard not to be intrigued. Falling in love with one...that was an accident. He is reckless, after all.
AU Deviation: Well for starters, he’ll be an actual teenager and not a seventy-seven year old teenager. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good thing because this means he’s simpler and a little more mature than his canon self—after all, when you come of age in years rather than decades, you have to be a little less of a screwball. It’s a bad thing because this means he suffers from all the teenaged insecurities without the decades to work them out. Kili feels awkward that he’s half Fairy-type. If he were his canon age, he’d’ve had eighty years to come to terms with it and work through it and be better adjusted to the idea even if he didn’t like it. Here? He’s had maybe ten where he was able to understand that he’s a bit of a weirdo and learn to adjust to it.
Otherwise, there’s not much difference. This is a Kili from the start of the adventure, where he’s optimistic and excited and eager to prove himself. There’s just a lot less pressure on him to not screw up, so he might screw up a bit more. He’s still stubborn, loyal, and private while at the same time being willing to befriend and learn about people outside of Caldera. He still defers to his uncle, even if Thorin is more approachable and less a figure of awe. He still doesn’t like being babied.
Canon Abilities: Kili’s canon abilities are as follows:
-General Dwarven stamina and strength. This is never really defined but it is clearly greater than that of a healthy, normal fully grown human warrior.
-Archery. Though Thorin does use a bow in the second film, Kili is the main archer of the group. He’s a good shot.
-Some sort of crafting skill. Okay, so this is never actually stated as something he has in canon but it’s implied by his nature as a Dwarf that he has some skill in a craft. I generally say jeweler and/or woodworking.
-Swordfighting. All Dwarves are skilled with a melee weapon. Kili’s just odd in that it’s not his primary. He just uses a regular one-handed blade, not even a shield.
-Music! He and his brother both play the fiddle and, like all of the Dwarves, are good singers (especially when the song is about harassing poor Bilbo)
-He’s also pretty good at making a mess of things. Ponies, trolls, the whole deal with Tauriel, the harpist in Rivendell…to be fair, though, he is young.
Enlightened Abilities: Kili, much to the shock of his family, is a Fairy/Rock type and has been since birth. While the Rock type isn’t the shocker, he’s the first Fairy type in the family as far as they can remember…and given his great-grandfather’s illness and typing, it’s a little odd.
He favors the Fairy typing a bit right now in looks, having features more delicate than that of most of his family (though that isn’t saying much) and generally looking a bit younger than he actually is. That being said, he is very obviously Rock type—he’s dense as hell and probably actually can’t break a bone. Other than that, however, he’s largely normal looking for now. He also only has two real “abilities” to start off. The first is essentially Stone Edge, where Kili attacks with rocks coming from beneath his opponent. The other is one he doesn’t really like to use and tends to use it accidentally. It’s Baby-Doll Eyes, essentially. For the longest everyone just thought he was good at Lilipup eyes but no, it’s just his typing. Using it doesn’t get him out of trouble, but it either charms people or confuses (in a non-status effect way) them because he doesn’t really look like the sort to be able to do that.
When Kili first evolves (level 30ish) he will begin to look more Rock-like. He’ll gain grey stone shoulder and thigh coverings, not very thick but still hard to pierce. Strange Unown like runes painted with blue ink will cover them, though they don’t offer any actual benefit except looking pretty in the moonlight. They just glow when he attacks. He also is able to hone his love of projectile weapons to attack with a move similar to Power Gem. His “Baby-Doll Eyes” morphs into the same move but with the added bonus of occasionally actually causing the status confusion people, and he gains a move like Rock Blast only much slower (mostly because he doesn’t throw rocks, but instead shoots stone-tipped arrows).
His final evolution at about level 55ish completes his Rock armor transformation. The rock coverings now go down his back, arms, and chest and down to his knees, leaving his calves and forearms free of rock. It is thicker on the shoulders, back, and thighs though it thins as it gets closer to the untransformed skin. The runes have spread from just the rock covered skin to his regular skin as well; the blue “ink” sparkles in the right light and catches the moonlight. As for moves, he gains two; one similar to Moonblast and another similar to Dazzling Gleam. Both moves can be enhanced to a degree if he channels the light through the runes on his skin
He has the Egg Mastery skill on top of his Earthkin abilities as well as a Rock-type Enhanced bow.
Starter Pokémon: Carbink, brought to Caldera by a group of Union and traded for a Pancham he was raising. He named it Belbul.
Notes/Special Considerations: Nah we’re good
SAMPLES
-What do you seek for humanity’s future?
…I dunno. [He doesn’t look at the interviewer. He hates those kinds of questions and won’t answer it any other way]
-What does the story of the Savior mean to you?
Wish Caldera had a story like hers. We just have the red giant nearly killing us all.
[He pauses]
Wait, is this a literal question or one about my opinion on Union? Because I’m not sure either way.
-What do you look for in the Pokémon with whom you bond?
I’ll let you know when I have more than Belbul! [He grins] But a sense of fun is a good start. Tough, too...and it’d probably help if they weren’t Grass or Water-type. They don’t do well back home.
-The gods of old have returned. How would you be judged if you were chosen as a representative of humanity?
[Belbul is sitting in his lap, trying not to laugh. Kili makes a face.]
Gods, I hope they don’t pick me! Pick someone else, like my uncle or mother. Even Fili’d be better for it.
-What would you say is your greatest duty, and why?
[Not missing a beat:] Help my uncle and family as best I can. That’s why I’m all the way down south, after all. I can do more here to help than I can in Caldera.
-When encountering a rare and powerful Pokémon, what is most important? Researching it, bonding with it, or defeating it? Why?
[He rubs his neck]
Not upsetting it, for one, and then maybe getting someone to ask what it wants and if it’s friendly? I heard about the…things with the flowers from last spring and the Heatran thing. Really, if I ran into something like that I’d probably leave it alone if it wasn’t doin’ anything to hurt people.
-What do you do to ensure we never again awaken the wrath of the gods upon humanity?
...not piss them off?
[What. He’s seventeen!]
-What strengths make you most qualified for your role within your city?
Not sure I have one yet. I’m only seventeen. I haven’t even gone into the military.
-No Enlightened chooses their abilities - and not all are Enlightened. What type abilities would you most desire to manifest and why?
[...sigh. He doesn’t look at the interviewer as he responds. Oh, this is an old and familiar question.]
I don’t want to talk about it. I’m, what is it, Enlightened, I’m Fairy-type, no point in pretending otherwise.
-What area do you seek to explore? The peaceful forest, in search of new, previously overlooked discoveries; the uncharted caves, in search of the unknown; or the wildest of mountain terrain, in search of danger, adventure, and thrills?
[That gets a laugh out of him]
Mountains every time! Have you ever been? They’re gorgeous in the right weather, all white and snowy or green when it’s summer time. They’re way more exciting than a forest anyway, though caves are pretty fun. More dangerous than mountains though, caves. You can get out of the way of a landslide if you’re lucky. Cave-ins doom everyone.
Name: Fae
Contact Information: PM
Time Zone: Central
Characters Played: Martin the Warrior
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Kili
Character Canon: The Hobbit (movies mostly)
History: For whatever reason he has to share with Fili
AU History: Kili was born not five years before his father was killed in a skirmish against Caldera. He hardly remembers the man and remembers only being raised by his mother and uncle (and assorted babysitters). Never having known the luxury of life from before his great-grandfather’s insanity, Kili grew up a happy child. The threat of the war with Gigas hardly bothered him, his uncle’s blacksmithing and his mother’s work kept him and his brother warm, safe, and fed, and he had some friends. He was a normal kid. They suspected he was Rock Earthkin, and that just made things better.
The revelation his primary type, Fairy, damaged that a bit. Caldera, or at least his part of it, didn’t have a lot of Fairy-types and there was of course his family history. Most of his friends didn’t care that Kili was Fairy-typed, but enough other people did that it bothered him a little. It wasn’t enough to ruin his confidence, but as a teenager it certainly hasn’t helped it any.
All in all, Kili’s life before his uncle departed for Union was about the same as any other Calderan kid’s. He went to school, he learned drills in the event of a Gigan attack on the city, he went home, he gave his mother grey hair, and he did everything with his older brother. Life was fairly normal.
The May 2014 attack on the city brought a big change to Kili’s life, one that he was excited about. He had thought the only people other than Calderan were the Gigans and to meet the people from Union was just amazing. He wanted to go and see their city, meet people and have a life outside of Caldera. His mother and uncle forbade it at the time, though when Thorin left in October Kili knew his mother would relent sooner or later.
She did. She wanted both Fili and Kili to go to Union and join their uncle, but Fili was needed in Caldera and sent Kili on ahead. He managed to find a group of travelers willing to take him to the city. Armed with his bow, his Carbink, and a good luck stone from his mother, Kili set out.
It’s weird, doing something without Fili.
Canon Personality: Perhaps Kíli’s most defining trait is his loyalty to those he cares about, especially his family and especially his uncle Thorin. Almost everything Kíli does is to impress, please, or aid his uncle in some way. Part of him knows that Thorin loves him regardless of if he’s a perfect nephew, but a larger part of Kíli is afraid that if he screws up too badly, he’ll lose his uncle. He knows that it’s silly, he really does, but he’s barely the Dwarvish equivalent of an eighteen year old boy and it’s hard not to worry sometimes, especially given Thorin’s temper. Still, in nearly everything that could possibly come up, Kíli will defer to Thorin regardless of his own opinions. He may disagree, but his uncle is more important. Family in general is more important to Kíli than himself and he always wants to make sure they’re safe and getting what they deserve. Fíli may be the older one who looks after his younger brother, but Kíli will do anything he can to help his brother in any way possible. He would never want his brother to give up something to help him, even if Kíli needed it, because his brother is their uncle’s heir and the oldest while Kíli’s the wild child. (To be fair, they’re both a little wild but Kíli is known for being the reckless brother while Fíli is very obviously the more sensible of the two. Not that that’s saying much.) Part of that, though, also comes from being the younger brother. No younger sibling likes being babied by their older siblings, and Kíli’s no different. He appreciates his brother’s concern but really, he’s fine, don’t get out of the boat, go with Thorin to Erebor, he’ll catch up later.
This loyalty extends to his friends and people Thorin trusts. Kíli’s loyalty to his family will always trump his loyalty to someone else, of course, but he’s not afraid to jump in and help a friend who’s in hot water. It’s not that hard to earn his friendship and loyalty, though that doesn’t mean he’ll consider you a close friend easily (Dwarves are a private, insular people after all, and Kíli is Dwarf). Put up with his antics, prove yourself in some way, and you’ve got a Dwarf who’ll slice a Troll’s ankle to get you out of trouble. Once you’ve got his loyalty, almost nothing with break it and if you’re family you are stuck with him for practically forever. It would take a huge disaster of a screw up for Kíli to no longer consider you a friend and even then he might be able to forgive you. Granted, as a Dwarf he’s also naturally stubborn so it won’t be easy to earn his forgiveness but it is possible.
As a young Dwarf (seventy-seven is barely of age for Dwarves), Kíli is filled with a particular exuberance. He’s excited to see and do things and he went on the Quest eager to fight Orcs and other monsters, partially because he wanted to prove to his uncle that he made a good decision allowing Kíli, the second youngest of the Line of Durin, on the Quest but also because he’s never really fought them before. He’s left Ered Luin on trips to other lands before, but these trips were all on the western side of the Misty Mountains, an area that at the time wasn’t exactly riddled with Orcs and Goblins. All he knows of them are stories and the occasional two or three Orc raiding party that was easy to fend off; he’s a bit like the young American men who enlisted in war in the early 20th century, the men who thought going to Europe in the war would be noble and they would come back heroes. He even joked about Orcs with Fíli, amused by Bilbo’s reaction. Like those young men, his first real encounter with the enemy leaves Kíli a little more wary and a little shaken. It takes a lot to really bring Kíli down though, such as near death experiences, and he bounced back from that experience fairly quickly. He no longer jokes about Orc raids, but he’s still excited to be on the Quest with his family and friends. He just knows that they’re going to get back the Mountain and that Thorin will be a great King and that everything will work out just fine for everyone. He has that youthful sense of immortality and invincibility, even after being injured by a poisonous arrow. The idea that he or anyone on the Quest could die is one he refuses to entertain. Because of this and his die-hard loyalty to his family and friends, Kíli comes off as a bit reckless and while he’ll joke about it, he really doesn’t deny it. He is. It’s a fact. Why else would Dís make him promise to come home?
An interesting thing to note about Kíli is that although he was raised in a typical Dwarf family and has been surrounded by Dwarven culture since he was born, there are a few areas where he differs greatly from the typical Dwarf. Because of various incidents in their history (both recent and ancient), Dwarves dislike Elves as a whole and generally don’t think much of the other Free People either. They are very secretive and insular, protective of their culture and themselves. Kíli was raised with this private culture and he naturally respects and honors it. However, unlike pretty much every Dwarf ever, Kíli has almost no problems with non-Dwarves. He doesn’t necessarily respect them and their culture, at least not right off the bat, but he doesn’t see anything wrong with befriending people of other races. Given time, he can come to respect a non-Dwarf’s culture, or at least respect that their culture is as important to them as Dwarf culture is to him. The best example of this would be during the Feast of Starlight in Mirkwood. When he asks Tauriel about the feast and she explains what it’s about, he notes that he never saw starlight as all that important. As Tauriel explains what it means to Elves and to her in particular, Kíli listens. He does not dismiss it as Thorin or another Dwarf might have; he even mentions it in conjunction with her later, when he’s delirious from pain.
Tauriel also brings up another aspect of Kíli that is incredibly strange. Kíli finds Elves attractive. This may also extend to the Race of Men and Hobbits but he most certainly admires Elves. Twice, Kíli is seen flirting (or trying to flirt) with Elf-maids, once in Rivendell with a harp player and then later with Tauriel in Mirkwood. Given everyone’s reaction to the incident in Rivendell, it can be assumed that Kíli routinely tries to flirt with pretty girls of any race and has expressed interest in and admiration for Elves previously as Dwalin, basically a Dwarf’s Dwarf, just gives him a look and teases him when he can’t tell the difference between a male Elf and a female Elf. Still, this is largely unheard of in Dwarves. What’s even more unheard of is a Dwarf, particularly one of Durin’s Line, actually falling for an Elf as Kíli has with Tauriel. He’s well aware that it’s hopeless, though, as Elves and Dwarves really aren’t meant to mix like that.
So far no explanation has been offered for Kíli’s fascination with Elves but I have my own. Kíli, when compared to any other Dwarf in the Company, is the most un-Dwarf-like. Dwarves typically have larger noses and stronger features than the other Free People and they pride themselves on their beards and braids; think Gimli, Dwalin, or even Kíli’s brother Fíli, all of whom have some if not all of the aforementioned traits. Most Dwarves use an axe, a sword, or some other close range weapon such as a pike or club.
And then there’s Kíli. He has no braids at all, prefers his bow to a melee weapon, has no facial hair except for a little stubble (likely a personal, practical choice), and has features more suited to a Man than a Dwarf, softer and less heavy-set. As we know that Kíli is one of the youngest members of the party (possibly the youngest, depending on Ori’s age) and that Gimli is younger than he is and yet (in his father’s locket) already looked more like a Dwarf than Kíli did at the time, I’ve taken this to mean that Kíli is a little insecure. In fact, it’s likely that he was compared to Elves as an insult given his looks and his preference for the bow, a typically Elvish weapon. However, given that Dwarves maintain that their maker (Aulë, who they call Mahal) created each Dwarf as they were meant to be, Kíli has taken this to mean that he is meant to look like he does and like what he likes and if that’s the case than clearly the Elves aren’t all that bad either. Besides, he genuinely does find them attractive, their outward delicate appearance such a contrast to a Dwarf’s stout, sturdy body that it’s hard not to be intrigued. Falling in love with one...that was an accident. He is reckless, after all.
AU Deviation: Well for starters, he’ll be an actual teenager and not a seventy-seven year old teenager. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good thing because this means he’s simpler and a little more mature than his canon self—after all, when you come of age in years rather than decades, you have to be a little less of a screwball. It’s a bad thing because this means he suffers from all the teenaged insecurities without the decades to work them out. Kili feels awkward that he’s half Fairy-type. If he were his canon age, he’d’ve had eighty years to come to terms with it and work through it and be better adjusted to the idea even if he didn’t like it. Here? He’s had maybe ten where he was able to understand that he’s a bit of a weirdo and learn to adjust to it.
Otherwise, there’s not much difference. This is a Kili from the start of the adventure, where he’s optimistic and excited and eager to prove himself. There’s just a lot less pressure on him to not screw up, so he might screw up a bit more. He’s still stubborn, loyal, and private while at the same time being willing to befriend and learn about people outside of Caldera. He still defers to his uncle, even if Thorin is more approachable and less a figure of awe. He still doesn’t like being babied.
Canon Abilities: Kili’s canon abilities are as follows:
-General Dwarven stamina and strength. This is never really defined but it is clearly greater than that of a healthy, normal fully grown human warrior.
-Archery. Though Thorin does use a bow in the second film, Kili is the main archer of the group. He’s a good shot.
-Some sort of crafting skill. Okay, so this is never actually stated as something he has in canon but it’s implied by his nature as a Dwarf that he has some skill in a craft. I generally say jeweler and/or woodworking.
-Swordfighting. All Dwarves are skilled with a melee weapon. Kili’s just odd in that it’s not his primary. He just uses a regular one-handed blade, not even a shield.
-Music! He and his brother both play the fiddle and, like all of the Dwarves, are good singers (especially when the song is about harassing poor Bilbo)
-He’s also pretty good at making a mess of things. Ponies, trolls, the whole deal with Tauriel, the harpist in Rivendell…to be fair, though, he is young.
Enlightened Abilities: Kili, much to the shock of his family, is a Fairy/Rock type and has been since birth. While the Rock type isn’t the shocker, he’s the first Fairy type in the family as far as they can remember…and given his great-grandfather’s illness and typing, it’s a little odd.
He favors the Fairy typing a bit right now in looks, having features more delicate than that of most of his family (though that isn’t saying much) and generally looking a bit younger than he actually is. That being said, he is very obviously Rock type—he’s dense as hell and probably actually can’t break a bone. Other than that, however, he’s largely normal looking for now. He also only has two real “abilities” to start off. The first is essentially Stone Edge, where Kili attacks with rocks coming from beneath his opponent. The other is one he doesn’t really like to use and tends to use it accidentally. It’s Baby-Doll Eyes, essentially. For the longest everyone just thought he was good at Lilipup eyes but no, it’s just his typing. Using it doesn’t get him out of trouble, but it either charms people or confuses (in a non-status effect way) them because he doesn’t really look like the sort to be able to do that.
When Kili first evolves (level 30ish) he will begin to look more Rock-like. He’ll gain grey stone shoulder and thigh coverings, not very thick but still hard to pierce. Strange Unown like runes painted with blue ink will cover them, though they don’t offer any actual benefit except looking pretty in the moonlight. They just glow when he attacks. He also is able to hone his love of projectile weapons to attack with a move similar to Power Gem. His “Baby-Doll Eyes” morphs into the same move but with the added bonus of occasionally actually causing the status confusion people, and he gains a move like Rock Blast only much slower (mostly because he doesn’t throw rocks, but instead shoots stone-tipped arrows).
His final evolution at about level 55ish completes his Rock armor transformation. The rock coverings now go down his back, arms, and chest and down to his knees, leaving his calves and forearms free of rock. It is thicker on the shoulders, back, and thighs though it thins as it gets closer to the untransformed skin. The runes have spread from just the rock covered skin to his regular skin as well; the blue “ink” sparkles in the right light and catches the moonlight. As for moves, he gains two; one similar to Moonblast and another similar to Dazzling Gleam. Both moves can be enhanced to a degree if he channels the light through the runes on his skin
He has the Egg Mastery skill on top of his Earthkin abilities as well as a Rock-type Enhanced bow.
Starter Pokémon: Carbink, brought to Caldera by a group of Union and traded for a Pancham he was raising. He named it Belbul.
Notes/Special Considerations: Nah we’re good
SAMPLES
-What do you seek for humanity’s future?
…I dunno. [He doesn’t look at the interviewer. He hates those kinds of questions and won’t answer it any other way]
-What does the story of the Savior mean to you?
Wish Caldera had a story like hers. We just have the red giant nearly killing us all.
[He pauses]
Wait, is this a literal question or one about my opinion on Union? Because I’m not sure either way.
-What do you look for in the Pokémon with whom you bond?
I’ll let you know when I have more than Belbul! [He grins] But a sense of fun is a good start. Tough, too...and it’d probably help if they weren’t Grass or Water-type. They don’t do well back home.
-The gods of old have returned. How would you be judged if you were chosen as a representative of humanity?
[Belbul is sitting in his lap, trying not to laugh. Kili makes a face.]
Gods, I hope they don’t pick me! Pick someone else, like my uncle or mother. Even Fili’d be better for it.
-What would you say is your greatest duty, and why?
[Not missing a beat:] Help my uncle and family as best I can. That’s why I’m all the way down south, after all. I can do more here to help than I can in Caldera.
-When encountering a rare and powerful Pokémon, what is most important? Researching it, bonding with it, or defeating it? Why?
[He rubs his neck]
Not upsetting it, for one, and then maybe getting someone to ask what it wants and if it’s friendly? I heard about the…things with the flowers from last spring and the Heatran thing. Really, if I ran into something like that I’d probably leave it alone if it wasn’t doin’ anything to hurt people.
-What do you do to ensure we never again awaken the wrath of the gods upon humanity?
...not piss them off?
[What. He’s seventeen!]
-What strengths make you most qualified for your role within your city?
Not sure I have one yet. I’m only seventeen. I haven’t even gone into the military.
-No Enlightened chooses their abilities - and not all are Enlightened. What type abilities would you most desire to manifest and why?
[...sigh. He doesn’t look at the interviewer as he responds. Oh, this is an old and familiar question.]
I don’t want to talk about it. I’m, what is it, Enlightened, I’m Fairy-type, no point in pretending otherwise.
-What area do you seek to explore? The peaceful forest, in search of new, previously overlooked discoveries; the uncharted caves, in search of the unknown; or the wildest of mountain terrain, in search of danger, adventure, and thrills?
[That gets a laugh out of him]
Mountains every time! Have you ever been? They’re gorgeous in the right weather, all white and snowy or green when it’s summer time. They’re way more exciting than a forest anyway, though caves are pretty fun. More dangerous than mountains though, caves. You can get out of the way of a landslide if you’re lucky. Cave-ins doom everyone.