Anvald Star-Cutter

Anvald Star-Cutter was a dwarven hero who died almost two thousand years ago. Although he founded the Duran capital Halgard, he is entombed in his birthplace of the Frostbone Isles.
== History and Personality ==
Anvald became the head of his clan at a young age after his parents were killed by sea monsters in the Gulf of Silence, and he quickly gained a reputation as a true and sincere clan leader. The other two great dwarven houses at the time, led by their leaders Ulm the Silent and Harashak, were in disagreement as to how best to prevent the dwarves' extinction given their dwindling numbers and the terrible conditions of the Isles. Ulm considered endurance to be the most important virtue of a dwarf, and beseeched the dwarves to remain in the isles. His descendants are the frost dwarves, and they are currently led by Lord Ulrich. Harashak thought that wealth was the greatest gift of the dwarves, and he betrayed the other clans by sailing west with their treasures and his clanfolk on his ship, the Hammerhead. Anvald rejected both of these decisions, and he declared valour to be the ultimate gift of the dwarves, sailing off for unknown shores to the south with naught but iron and family. They landed upon the rocky shores of Dura, founding a mining community which eventually expanded to become the capital, Halgard. Anvald had one son, Torbeck, and two daughters, Freja and Sybbi. Although his name has died out, his blood continues to flow through the veins of House Northwalker through a marriage with his daughter Sybbi. Anvald met his death while defending his borders from giants around the age of four hundred. 
Anvald was stoic and traditionalist, even for a dwarf, and is commonly held as the standard to which shield dwarves are compared. Many dwarves even take efforts to emulate his manner of speech, believing his gruffness and sense of duty to be strongly tied together. 
== In the Campaign ==
The Bloodsworn visited Anvald's tomb while on the trail of the treasure hunter Darvinian DeMaggio. The elf had found records of Harashak's treachery in the "sun," section of the memorial tomb, and although much of the treasure of the tombs was missing, DeMaggio had drawn a map illustrating the route Harashak had taken.
In order to complete the "stone," section of the memorial tomb, Azuk, Keldin, Salazar and Vardis had to defeat an incarnation of Anvald. The ancient dwarf congratulated them on their victory, and told them that he had every faith in their abilities to undo the ancient treachery which Harashak had performed.
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