Thorin Blade

As seen before his death

Belief in the power of emotional empathy and understanding. Embracing emotions.
What is important is to have compassion, forgiveness and finding common ground in others.
Valued connection and sought to bring harmony and unity to relationships.

**MANHOOD:**

A man must be able to express himself emotionally for it is in his expression that strength lies.
True Masculinity lay in the ability to connect with others on a deep emotional level.
A man must have a flexuous soul essentially.

**DREAM:**

One's dreams should be rooted in the creating harmonious connections with others. He saw fulfilment in buildig strong bonds, fostering understanding, and promoting unity. He wants the twins to find meaningful relationships through empathy and compassion.

**CONTRADICTIONS:**

When the invaders came, he seemed to joy killing them. Had no empathy for them. His beliefs only work in a communal context.

## Dream

Thorin's ambition is driven by his deep desire to protect and nurture his family, creating an environment where they can grow and connect on a profound emotional level. He believes that by fostering harmonious relationships and finding common ground with others, he can bring unity and stability to his family's lives.

He knows that his children will grow up and face a world filled with black hearts and there will be times when they will have to cross swords with others. Teaches them the way of a warrior, to raise your sword is to promise the death of the other. If they do not keep that promise, it will be them who die.

## Function

* Nurtures the brotherly love between Arden and Logan.
* He is the 1 [unity] that Arden and Logan build their 2 [identity] from.
* Teaches them the values of a solider and they contend with his ideas. Arden wants to be free, he doesn't need to do anything. Logan wants to fight for something meaningful, he doesn't want to fight because it demanded of him.
* Presents ideal love with Isabella Blade.
* Gives voice to [ ]

## Underlying Beliefs

* That the first strike must be the killing strike
* A type of prolonged patience - one who is patient survives
* The skill of fighting is more important than engaging in fighting itself
* Strength can only be found through contending with one's weakness
* One can only forgive one's enemy.
* One can only make peace with one's enemy.
* The beliefs of a soldier
	+ the idea of peace, the idea of forgiveness is a solider's belief
* Then a man makes mistakes and it is his job to learn to navigate the world. A man must be able to rely on himself.

## Symbolism

He represents the state of wholeness and the regression that comes with its oblivion. Forgetting the harshness of the world, death collects him. He accepts and welcomes Death's door, but in the process of that, dooms his children, failing to protect them.

Represents the fully formed man. Integrated anima, spiritual, materialist, bestial, extraterrestrial.

## Past

Used to be part of a mercenary band, but left the mercenary band for his dream and understanding that his dream is to beget a family of his own. He left the mercenary band near the height of their success when the band was about to be accepted into the Ranks of the Military. The break of ideologies between Thorin and Roland caused a break in the mercenary band that the band never recovered from.

## Intro

Lumping wood in the forest, converses with other lumberjacks, goes into the pub for the first time in a decade, his friends get into a fight with some soldiers, he deals with the three soldiers, and they return with 20, he kills 19 of them, the one flees, exposition with his wife and children and sees in both the same rage and heroism and worries. He feeds them his philosophy. Isabella feeds her philosophy also.