Tag: dwalin

khazadbitch:

So I went through a ton of caps to find clear enough images to suss out exactly what Dwalin’s trademark badass knucketats actually say. There are a few characters missing, either they’re scarred over or there never was a good look at them in the film, but I think the conclusions I’ve reached are extremely logical. It’s like playing hangman in Khuzdul. 

Anyway, absolutely nobody should be surprised with what it turned out to be—one of the only dwarvish lines in Tolkien’s works, a battle cry uttered by Gimli at the Battle of Hornuburg. Surprising nobody, WETA is composed of extremely thorough nerds. Not only are these phrases characteristic of the Dwarves as a people, they’re also extremely well suited to be etched into Dwalin’s skin, given his life experiences. 

So yeah. The more you know. 

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