Tharvar Ironchin

*"And so the hand of the king marched east where he came upon the Axehead Mountains where he founded a new Dwarven kingdom on the bodies of thousands of Goblins that lay in waiting in the dark."* - Extract from the Dwarven book of kings

Tharvar Ironchin is a former Dwarf lord and hand to the king Duri Hornshield before eventually venturing east and becoming the King of the Axehead Mountains which served as a close ally to the first Dwarven kingdom Baramunz, Tharvar would venture into the mountainous maze with his own Dwarven contingent and was met by hordes of Goblins which was stated by many Dwarves that participated in the battle against the creatures that had they been a horde of Orcs they would of been slaughtered but due to the Goblin irrational behaviour and small structure they were able to gain a slight advantage eventually killing so many of them that after the battle Tharvar would stand on a pile of them claiming the founding of their new kingdom. Alongside forming a new kingdom he would also commit to the construction of a diverse tunnel system to navigate through the mountains allowing for strategical defensive positions and secret entrances and exits that only the king knew which also allowed for passage into the wild lands of the old kingdom of Valadrion, eventually in the year of 432 of the First Era the Dwarven king would pass at 321 years of age with his son Thurvir Silverstone would become the new king.

## Biography

### First Era

#### Brothers for Life

Born in what was described by many as a golden era for the race of Men as they ruled most of the realm the Dwarf Tharvar Ironchin was like many of his kin serving in a mining guild in the northern portions of the kingdom of Forline where he profited off of the rich minerals and ores that the mountains held, growing up around the other Dwarven clans he grew to be close friends with another Dwarf named Duri Hornshield who went on to lead the house Duri whilst Tharvar led his own clan but being much smaller in comparison. Before the fall of the three kingdoms both Duri and Tharvar would thrive in the north providing both siege equipment and architecture designs to the northern king of Men Gwilithon who in return would grant them permanent settlement within the Silver Mountains so long as they provided some of their resources and wealth back to Forline, having established a home within the mountains Duri would rename it to the current Dwarven home of Baramunz where he appointed Tharvar as the lead builder to oversee the mountainside construction. Once complete Tharvar would advise Duri against participating in any of the concurrent and ongoing wars as it would not be to their financial benefit and instead focused on immediately now beginning construction on defences for the mountain home in case they were ever attacked however due to their deal with the northern kingdom they were able to continue to provide resources and ideas to the northern kings that came after Gwilithon whilst expanding their own home further into the mountains.

#### Dwarvish Kings

By the time of 251 of the First Era all three kings alongside large portions of their armies would be wiped out by the dark lord leaving the remnants of the three kingdoms of Men to disband which led to the north going back to a tribalistic state leaving the Dwarves to fend for themselves, with the time that they had Duri and Tharvar were able to consolidate their power and wealth establishing the first Dwarven kingdom placing Duri Hornshield as their first king on the carved throne. Whilst Duri was the united ruler over all of the Dwarf houses included Tharvar he would begin delegating his power gifting certain influential Dwarves lordships over smaller mountains alongside their own smaller armies pledging allegiance to him, despite being offered the same thing Tharvar would decline instead choosing to remain close by his childhood friend's side and so he would be named as a hand of the king being his second in command. In the year of 334 of the First Era he would decide that his position of being hand of the king should come to an end and instead due to the influx of Dwarves another kingdom should be created for them to live in proposing the idea of colonising the Axehead Mountains to Duri who was reluctant as the Dwarves had not ventured that far east in over a century however he would allow Tharvar to gather an expedition, upon gathering enough Dwarves he would begin venturing east where he met numerous northern rulers providing some with wealth and custom forged armour. Eventually after some time he would arrive at the slopes of the mountains however since previous mining expeditions had occurred in the mountain range Tharvar would remember the Dwarven made passages that allowed him to enter, whilst exploring their old mining sites and excavations they would come across strange noises of such they had not heard for centuries. Before long the large expedition would be surrounded by Goblins who had begun inhabiting the mountains since their abandonment from the Dwarves although despite the large vast amount of them that there were Tharvar would utilise the Dwarven soldiers at his disposal gifted to him by Duri who unlike the Goblins were far more disciplined in combat, due to the Goblins erratic nature and similar height to the Dwarves they would crumble against the tight formation that Tharvar had organised who by the end of the battle had slaughtered piles of them. After slaughtering the creatures Tharvar would begin establishing his colony within the Axehead Mountains by utilising the passages through the mountains alongside constructing new passages as he destroyed the old allowing for passage and tunnels through the mountains into the old lands of Valadrion if they should ever have to flee east or west, by the year of 336 of the First Era the Dwarven kingdom of Axehead Mountains would be formed and Tharvar would become its first king. Despite being a king in his own right he would immediately send a messenger raven to Duri Hornshield informing him of his oath and fealty to the true king of the Dwarves making his own kingdom a vassal and protector of Baramunz, eventually in the year 355 of the First Era Tharvar would father a son naming him Thurvir Silverstone and also proclaiming him as his heir to the Axehead Mountains. From here for nearly a century Tharvar would rule his kingdom with relative peace and by the year of 432 of the First Era he would pass leaving the eastern mountains to his only son who would go on to form a strong alliance with Duri's son Figgar Hammersword further uniting the Dwarves.