Rolfir Deepstone

*“Rolfir Deepstone, Second Son, Heir to the House of Deepstone and the holdings therein, a Son of Shadowforge.”*

## Rolfir Deepstone

Rolfir Deepstone and Matilde Deepstone in Embrace

## Description

Rolfir Deepstone is a Dark Iron Dwarf with all that entails from members of the Clan. He stands at 4’7 and is a solid 60 years old, which in Human years puts him exactly at 30. He is technically the second son of the family, although he is the oldest *living* member of Clan Deepstone. His skin tone is a cool shade of gray, more of a deep stormcloud or granite color rather than a lighter slater gray. His eyes are a piercing molten color, with sharp red flecks floating in the orange mixture. His hair is black with both a beard and mustache that were well kept, but unbraided or held by ornate clasps. He generally wears simple vests and breeches, choosing robes only for the field or as part of a formal ceremony: such as weddings, diplomatic, or trade meetings. In terms of spell foci, Rolfir relied on the traditional staff over wands or spellblades. His staff was a simple design made of Blackrock Ashwood that was worked over by one of the few woodworkers in the Burning Steppes. The smoky gray staff is adorned with a ruby orb.

There is a heat that radiates from Rolfir, not merely him being a Dark Iron, but a magical heat that has been compared to standing at a distance from a campfire. Arcanists and individuals who are sensitive to arcane auras could detect the heat radiating from Rolfir as magical in nature, a direct sign that he is a trained Pyromancer.

## Family

Rolfir Deepstone is the son of *Aldir Deepstone* and *Giselle Heavyhands*, his mother being part of the *Heavyhands* branch that had remained loyal to the Shadowforge Crown while the other part of the Clan, most famously led by *Hansel Heavyhands*, broke off to found Thorium Point and the Thorium Brotherhood. Since the death of *Emperor Dagran Thaurissan* and the liberation of Shadowforge City, the Heavyhands have been restored with little incident in the Shadowforge Senate.

Rolfir is the second son in the family. His eldest brother *Faldir Deepstone* had been a respected soldier in the Shadowforge Guard before his death fighting the Blackrock Clan for the control of the upper spires of Blackrock Mountain. Faldir left a wife, *Finella Blackforge*, and a single child named *Orwell Blackforge.*

With Faldir's death, the expectations of gaining power for the Deepstone Clan fell to Rolfir, who was promptly offered as a potential husband to *House Blackforge*, aligning the two Houses interest in both ore mining and the production of forged goods and golems. Rolfir married *Matilde Blackforge*, who became *Matilde Deepstone*. The couple have produced one daughter from their marriage who is named *Tabitha Deepstone*.

Rolfir's last sibling is his sister, *Hiltrude Deepstone*. A dutiful daughter of the Clan, Hilltrude carried out her expectations in marrying *Oscar Grimdeep*, heir to the *Grimdeep Mining Combine* that has a significant interest in Dark Iron production from both the depths of Shadowforge, with some of the veins burrowed down into the Molten Core itself. So far, Hilltrude has produced three children: Roland, Torbin, and Polgana Grimdeep.