Figgar Hammersword

*"From the House of Duri and the second king of Baramunz, Figgar was a king who truly revolutionised our kin giving us great wealth and standing over many other kingdoms."* - Extract from the Dwarven book of kings

Figgar Hammersword who was the son of Duri Hornshield was the second Dwarf king of Baramunz in the Silver Mountains that were previously within the territory of Forline before its eventual fall alongside the other two kingdoms of men, Figgar served as the prince of the Silver Mountains as he was born into the Dwarven royal house of Duri and would also serve as a general for his father in his later years. After his father's passing Figgar would be crowned as the next king of the Silver Mountains where he went on to push forward with the mining inside of the mountains providing great resources to trade making the Dwarves rich with their mines, during their expansion Figgar would come across an army of organised Orcs who were further north than the Dwarves were and had begun attacking the Dwarves however unknown to Figgar this was Tozor's plan to use the Orc tribes to weaken the Dwarven kingdoms converting them into his own stronghold, their attacks failed however during the battles Figgar was killed.

## Biography

### First Era

#### House of Duri

Figgar was born in the year 317 of the First Era being the son of Duri Hornshield who was the current leader of the house of Duri and the future first Dwarven king, like many of the dwarves at the time they all served as engineers for the kingdom of Forline which made the kingdom famous for its siege craft. After the collapse of the kingdoms and with Figgar's birth he would join his father in their nomadic ways much like the other Dwarf houses until their house would eventually settle in the Silver Mountains where Figgar's father would found the very first Dwarven kingdom of Baramunz which later became the main kingdom of the Dwarves with the other three Dwarf lords ruling their own smaller territories swearing allegiance to the Dwarven king. When he grew old enough to wield a sword Figgar was anointed as one of the commanders to his father's army, by the time Figgar had reached adulthood his father would pass leaving the reign of the kingdom now to him.

#### King of the Silver Mountains

The year now being 449 of the First Era Figgar was crowned the second king of Baramunz and all of the Dwarf lords would renew their allegiance to the king and among the three lords included Figgar's cousin Alin Blackhorn, Figgar would proceed to expand his kingdom further into the mountains bringing the Dwarves large amounts of wealth making them one of the wealthiest kingdoms in the northern parts of the realm. Around two decades into his rule in the year of 471 of the First Era Figgar would be approached Sigge who was the Lord of Orgol which was a small city/town that was not far south from the Silver Mountains and he had hoped to ally the Dwarves with his own city providing trade to both kingdoms which Figgar would accept allowing for the Dwarves to expand their resources and allegiances, to help Sigge with his city Figgar would order the construction of Leford Keep not far from the city to act as an outpost and barracks for Sigge's men to be trained and to be prepared should they ever be attacked.

With nearly a hundred years of trade and progression for the Silver Mountains Figgar's rule would be soon tested as by the year of 559 of the First Era scouts for his kingdom reported a large Orc army was marching from the north which was widely desolate land which Figgar was led to assume that they had originally come from somewhere else but was unsure. Realising the purpose of the army was for war Figgar would amass his army sending word to the other Dwarf lords however the messages would only reach Alin Blackthorn in time and so the two cousins would march their armies to the defence of their kingdom, with only half of their actual army having turned up with the other two Dwarven armies on their way Figgar and Alin would prepare their defence whilst watching the oncoming mass army of Orcs who outnumbered the Dwarves heavily. The two armies would clash with the Dwarves relying on their shields and defence to provide them with an advantage as their height would affect their head on combat against the larger enemy, with the battle slowly turning in the favour of the Orcs the Dwarves would eventually be reinforced by northmen army from Orgol who was now led by Sigge's son Beorne and with this reinforcing army the battle would sway back to the Dwarves however during the battle Figgar would be killed but the Orcs would be pushed back north from where they came.

## Legacy

When Figgar was killed his body was taken on Alin's orders to be buried in his own tomb within Baramunz like his father was and his crown was passed down to his cousin Alin who became the third king of the Silver Mountains, Figgar would go on to be remembered as the Dwarf who propelled the Dwarven kingdom into legend and wealth whilst being a stoic and noble king to his people.