Art: Morticia
Artist: Gil Grissom
Sylum Inspiration: Bilbo Baggins
Mod Kin Clan: Member
Bilbo Baggins was the only child of Belladonna and Bungo Baggins. He learned his adventuring skills from his mother and farming skills from his father.
He inherited Bags End when he was sixteen, after a horrible winter that had killed almost a third of the small village of the Shire. Instead of selling it or worse marrying the neighbors daughter Lobelia, so they could get their hands on his farm, he made it prosper.
He knew he was the talk of the village as he decided not to marry, and had plans to give the land to his neighbors the Hamgees.
Then one day his world changed, when a group of refuges landed on his doorstep. He heard them asking for help at the town center but no one wanted anything to do with them. Bilbo refused to let them wander off without food and rest. He would tell you he fell for Kili and Fili first, and then young Gimli. When they stated their father couldn’t enter his home as he was to tall, he couldn’t believe it so made a plate of food and marched to the barn to give the inconsiderate bastard a piece of his mind on being a gracious guest! Only to realize that yes Thorin couldn’t enter his house as he was huge! Bilbo wasn’t small but he felt tiny compared to him.
They ended up staying a week, and Bilbo spent all the time with Thorin. He hated the idea of them leaving, and contemplating running off with them, but new his duty was his farm. Only for fate to step in, and they all had to flee as the Shire was destroyed.
It was on the trip he learned about Erebor, the dragon Smaug, and the fact Thorin was technically dead. Once they arrived and met Builwyf so many of his questions were answered. He knew he belonged to Thorin, so took Gran’s offer to be Turned.
Sylum Advent 2023: Day Seventeen
Title: Court and Spark
Author: ladyjax
Characters: Brisco County Jr/Ororo Monroe
Clans: Xavier’s School/Border Clan
Sylum Timeline: 2009 AD
Ugly Sweater Day!
Okay this one is kinda adorable!
Personally I do not own one Christmas sweater let alone an ugly one … so who has them?
Coffee House Friday: Advent Edition
Favorite Christmas Song?
Don’t forget Sylum Christmas Playlist on Spotify!
Let me know your favorite and can add it to the Playlist!
Sylum Advent 2023: Day Thirteen
Title: Lost In Las Vegas
Author: Paula Cas
Characters: Jeremiah Parks,/Ray Kowalski, Tallikut Clan members, Sylum Clan members, Original Characters
Rating: PG-13
Summary: After many years in Las Vegas, it was time to disappear until all but their Chosen Ones forgot their names and faces.
Author’s Notes: THANK YOU! Taibhrigh for the fantastic artwork. The title is borrowed from the song, Lost Vegas by the Moonshine Bandits.
Sylum Timeline: Yet to Be – this takes place in 2050 – So way out there!
Sylum Inspiration: Kili Durin
Mod Kin Clan: Hunter
Kili was the second born son of Thorin Durin. He was born 15 mins after his brother, and is the reason his mother didn’t survive. His father never held it against him, never made him feel anything but love. But when some of the older lords didn’t like what Thorin was doing they made sure to hit home on Kili. Though usually it didn’t end well for them.
As he wasn’t the first born, he had a tiny bit of leeway. And used every inch he could get, including getting his brother into trouble and always out of it. He took up archery, and became a hunter after a while, able to track reindeer for miles and drag it back home for the village.
He met Tauriel when he was sixteen, everyone considered it fate as Thorin had married their mother at the same age. They had waited for a couple of years, before getting married. It was a cause of celebration for the village, and one of the happiest days of his life.
Six months later his world was destroyed when a Warload came into Erebor demanding tribute. Kili was sure he screamed when his father fell, and hadn’t stopped until Gloin dragged him out of the throne room. He pulled away from the warrior and ran down the corridors not wanting to believe his father was gone.
It was Fili who found him stating their dad was alive but something was different. Kili was the one who had no doubts that the man in front of them was their father. His eyes were warm and filled with love when he looked at his sons, it was their father and he would face off with anyone who didn’t believe him.
And just when he thought his world was righted, the warlord attacked the village. One of the first to fall was Tauriel, she fought like the warrior she was, trying to save as many woman and children as she could. Fili pulled Kili away when she fell, but it was Thorin who lifted him up and fled the village.
There were thirteen of them who survived. Eleven by the time they met Bilbo. Kili thought maybe they would finally find rest when got to Builwyf but they were followed. In the end, there was five left. He had thought to embrace death, but while lying there next to his brother, he realized he didn’t want to leave his family behind. So when his father asked – he said yes.