Arik Stonecleaver

Arik Stonecleaver was not related to the Calaelen's, but was from 
the same clan as Arkhim Stonecleaver, Orlinde Calaelen's husband.
 Arik was a strong businessman, and saw great potential in the 
Stoneheart Valley. To the north is the Dwarflands, full of mountain 
ranges loaded with ores and precious gems, along with a thriving 
underground civilisation.
 To the south are the Lower Dales, 
brilliant expanses of fields and forests and home to the Dalish elves. 
By comparison, the Stoneheart Valley may be seen as a blemish, with very
 few natural resources and a tendency towards lumbering monstrosities.
 There was still potential for money to be made, however. Goods were 
moved from the Dwarflands to the Dales by boat, and the waters off 
the coast of the Valley were treacherous. Arik set up Ironclad Goods and
 Transport, a company dedicated to moving cargo from Skor in the north 
to Tsuen in the south, using local knowledge to avoid threats. Ironclad 
was operated by the dwarf clan by the same name, and met with great 
success.
 The Stoneheart Valley had three main roads (all rather 
badly named). The Coast Road ran (as one would expect) from Skor to 
Tsuen, along the coast. The Old Coast Road ran from Sandpoint to 
Aberdeen to Doren’s Hold. What is now known as the Lost Coast Road ran 
from Sandpoint to Zelkor’s Ferry. 
 There were a few early 
troubles of course. Ironclad was accused of extortion, as caravans that 
were not part of ICT were raided far more often. The Ironclad clan 
managed to protect their reputation however by setting traps for some of
 the areas more famous bandits. Then there were the zombie hyenas, but 
every business has problems like that.
 ICT was a profitable 
business, but there was one problem. Goods being moved within the 
Stoneheart Valley were often shipped by keelboat or trireme, and the 
ex-guardsmen, thugs and psychopaths that guarded ICT convoys were of 
little use at sea. Enter Captain Olivia Mirrax, who proposed training 
young men and women both as sailors and soldiers. An academy was set up,
 and Mirrax’s Finest Marines (Later Mirrax Marines) was established.
 MM’s fortunes rise and fell with the Valley’s, just as ICT did with the
 Dales and the Dwarflands. The economy of the Valley was going so well, 
that two more companies were founded. A famous paladin of Dwerfater 
turned architect (which makes a lot of sense from a religious point of 
view) named Glodsson founded a construction company. MediaWiki:Badtitletext was designed to be a partner to Maybeth’s Great Downward 
Engineering Company. GHI would focus on surface construction, while 
MGTEC would excavate and establish mining operations below.
 The 
last company founded was Izchak's Magical Goods and Services, which was 
established only to profit off the economic boom. The only blemish was 
the disappearance of Maybeth, who must have met her death very far 
beneath the surface. Then the sleepy city of Tsar fell to cultists which was swiftly followed by the Righteous March.
 Stonecleaver, 
seeing his empire crumble acted quickly, disbanding Izchak’s and selling
 Mirrax Marines to the academy that currently operated it. He assumed 
that the economy in the region would wither, and Izchak’s and MM would 
soon be worthless. One could make an argument that he was right, MM 
would close it’s doors for a few decades, by closing the magical goods 
was an error. Rappan Athuk was dogpiled by adventurers, and trade in 
arcane baubles was never higher.
 To Stonecleaver’s credit all of 
his hard work and genius paid off. Ironclad Goods and Transport, Mirrax 
Marines and Glodsson Heavy Industries are household names to most who 
live in the valley. The only name now forgotten is Stonecleaver’s own.