+ one 2m dwarf

[disdainfully]

Hello, this is the player of Blaine and Siiri, bringing to you a, and here it comes a guy. Though I couldn't quite part with my normal ways, so he's still taller-than-you at 2 metres (at least for the time being. He will shrink.

Say hello to Thorir T. Thorsson, aka Þórir Þráinsson Þórsson, who used to go by Thorin Oakenshield in his former life and was not only a dwarf but also a king. Since he might come with spoilers, I have an spoiler&more opt-out post for him
In this life, he (together with his wife co-)owns one of the largest local businesses in Locke, THORSSON's hardware, with three large hardware stores spread out over the city. He has six children and three grandchildren and extensive family in general and has grown up in Locke and lived there for most of his life. Right now, he's 50 years of age and busy in a lot of areas outside of the store as well. Which brings me to

PRE-CR options
- he has tons of kids between the age of 15 and 29, plus grandchildren of 1 and 4. Maybe your teenage/young adult character goes/went to school/nursery with one of them?
- speaking of family, if you want to be related to him, there are all the options. His family has a lot of Icelandic heritage and relatives, but some in the US as well.
- he's active in local politics: He has been on various school boards as a parent's representative, the store has it's fingers in all kinds of local charities/sponsors stuff, and the family is a staunch supporter of the local handball team (and its club's development).
- he went to school in Locke himself and in his mid-twenties went to college there. He also was a model in his late teens/early twenties, based in London but traveling around Europe and the world.
- lastly, you could be an employee or your business could have ties with his.

Also in case you know Thorin: Thorir is a version of him that has chilled. the eff. out. Which is understandable considering that he has had a pretty nice life so far.

Comments

[metalbent]

I THINK YOU KNOW MY THREE BY NOW, NEVERMIND, BUT:

At least Aria could have been in school with one of the kids (the ones nearer 16) and Sierra follows local politics, so that would be a way for either of them to recognize the name at least. SOPHIE HAS NO CLUE, but she likes Killian, though since Killian doesn't know about him that won't help Thorir on her part.

[disdainfully]

Killian will start working for Thorir shortly, maybe she could visit him at work (it's in a smithy, there are tons of metal, idk if that would be a point of interest).

And there are two boys Jón and Albin who are 15... I think one of them should be in a band and the other more interested in some kind of sports, but I have no actual headcanon on that yet, I want to leave them vague just in case. Does that help?

[metalbent]

THAT'S A HUGE POINT OF INTEREST FOR HER, ACTUALLY. She got back beginner's metalbending skills and would be interested in going into places with a lot of it.

Sure! Aria's on the track/cross-country team, so she'd be more likely to know the one more into sports. :|b

[disdainfully]

Don't ruin his works if she asks him to he'll give her scraps and pieces that didn't work out to train with. But yes she's totally welcome to visit Killian at work once he starts working there, Thorir will be fine with that as long as he is asked first and she doesn't distract him too much/breaks things (repeatedly)

track/cross country sounds good actually, Jón could be in that because first years can't be on the football team of the school maybe /scratches chin. She could have been over at Thorir's place for a birthday or something at one point, if you'd want her to? And thus encountered thorir as that parent in the background who made sure that the house didn't burn down (idk 15th birthday?).

[metalbent]

Give her metal scraps and you get on the list of people she likes. :|b She wouldn't break things/distract Killian tbh SHE LIKES HIM, and he needs his job. though she really will want to go CAN I COME TO YOUR COOL SMITHY JOB.

That absolutely works for me! :D

OH. ALSO. Aria is also a babysitter, though obviously she'd only be old enough to do that for grandchildren. :|b

[disdainfully]

I saw that she talked to Kils and he said that she probably couldn't come - if you want to, we can log them meeting in person and figuring out the network thing or figuring out that she's friends with Killian, then he'd probably invite her.

Maybe Inger and her fiance would have asked her to babysit at one point then, and Thorir might have said hi then.

[metalbent]

Sure! I was planning to hit up his action post anyway! :)

And yes, Aria would have been thrilled her babysitting gig is how she earns actual pocket money so.

[disdainfully]

Both sound good to me!