The largely needed hug of Thor and Loki, and the events that follow. No slash. Possible fix it. Loki and Thor finally talk, even if open communication was never their forte. Who needs communication when a hug does it for you? When they leave the ship, danger awaits them, and neither know if they will make it out alive.

In the battle to reclaim Moria for the lost people of Erebor, much happens. Thorin and his younger brother Frerin follow their crazed grandfather to war with the orcs within Moria, though they never could have guessed the consequences. Could this be what drove Thorin to act as he does? The loss of something precious can break a fractured heart, but in the end, stronger is the mend.