Burning Bright (49421 words) by Morgyn Leri
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: The Hobbit – All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Thorin Oakenshield, Fíli, Kíli, Dwalin, Bifur, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Thranduil, Legolas, Bofur, Bombur, Óin, Balin, Dain, Dori, Ráva (OMC), Vorkha (OMC), Hrafn (OMC), Síndri (OFC), Tílithluin (OFC), Sûlclaur (OMC), Kai (OMC), Kellen (OMC), Hvityr (OC), Tyrran (OMC)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe – Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Aftermath of battle, battlefield medicine, Snark, Humor, Angst, Women Being Awesome, Dwarf Women, POV Original Character, Cultural Differences, Politics and Diplomacy, Avari, non-sexual nudity, chosen family, Oaths and Bindings, Orcs, Canon-Typical Violence, Unreliable Narrator, GFY
Series: Part 1 of Flame of Durin
After the Battle of Five Armies, Thorin collapses next to an unexpected ally, expecting that he won’t wake again. When he does, he has to deal with a cranky, snarky elf – excuse me, avari – politics and diplomacy that he’d thought he’d left for others, and learning to be King Under the Mountain in fact as well as name.
Ráva – said avari – is quite happy to watch, and be a pain in Thorin’s neck, though this is the first he’s met Thorin (or, indeed, any of the line of Durin). Even if being around Thorin does leave his head feeling rather like he’s the anvil for a particularly sadistic smith.
Unfinished, yes, but currently almost 50k, with the fourth chapter having slowed down a lot because there’s a lot that happens in the timeframe, but not a huge amount where Ráva is going to take notice. But there are others who do, so there’s figuring out what happens, and how much of it Ráva’s going to see, and how much he’s going to care about.
The first three chapters get them from The Battle of Five Armies almost to mid-winter. The next one might get them halfway to spring.