Iron Oxide

Fairnock

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**Iron Oxide**, The Dwarf who is pretty darn sure he’s a Gnome, because what else would he be?! He was raised by Gnomes after all.

**Description**:

Iron's skin is rather tanned, however his entire body is scarred from losing most of his skin in a tragic Teleportation Sigil mishap - burn scars but more fluid looking.

Iron tries his best to keep up with the fashions of Fairnock (the gnome capital), but he’s been away for a bit now. He’s currently wearing a style from about six months ago; bright blue skin tight pants (think skinny jeans), and a tight orange shirt with a very deep V-neck that goes down to just above his belly button. Because of his broad dwarven shoulders he wears two gnome capes, one on each shoulder. The left shoulder carries his magic and luxurious dark leaf green cape of chlorophyll, on the other shoulder he wears an extravagant cape that is polka dotted, purple base and green dots with sparkling glitter tassels. Around his neck he wears a hand crafted Girallon tooth necklace that dangles to about the middle of his torso. Normal, standard leather boots adorn his feet. He recently acquired a tattoo of a frigate with wheels on his left forearm.

On his back is a large framed backpack with numerous tinkering and carpenter’s tools hanging and dangling from it. Two hatchets hang from his belt and he carries a battleaxe in his right hand and a standard wooden shield in the left. Towing behind Iron is a cart, but not just any cart, it’s actually a small rowboat with wheels attached and it carries the party’s heavier goods like tents and bed rolls.

**Back story:**

Iron Oxide was found on the road as an abandoned, malnourished orphan Dwarf child by Melbyrt Zilibar, a Rock Gnome tinkerer who was part of a Gnomish travelling caravan. As he grew he worked the baffles and other odd jobs for his gnomish guardians, but always struggled with tinkering as his fingers were too big to work the fine gnomish tools. Iron is a bit small for a Dwarf and not all that bright due to his early undernourishment, however in developing years he grew much stronger by working the caravan and getting into all sorts of fights. His adopted father always told him he was actually an orphaned Gnome, and growing up with Gnomes his entire childhood, Iron genuinely thinks he is in fact a Gnome, and will always insist that he is indeed a Gnome. He can speak Gnomish but was never taught Dwarvish. He earned the name Iron Oxide for his rust colored hair and because his gnomish guardian had a thing for repairing old cast off tools and weapons, it was Iron's job to polish off the rust. Due to his circumstances Iron was often teased and called names by the other Gnome caravansary's kids. Because of this bullying he quickly learned to fight and use his Barbarian rage. Otherwise his demeanor is similar to that of a Gnome, curious about how things work and generally friendly. Two years ago Iron's caravan was stopped by an Empire checkpoint lead by a tired, arrogant man. Somehow conversations got heated and Iron's adopted father was killed in the ensuing fight. The rest of the caravan troupe was arrested and all the wagons and belongings were confiscated. Iron managed to kill two Empire soldiers, but was knocked unconscious and left for dead. Once again orphaned and abandoned, Iron is just trying to find his way in the world and fulfil his own personal quest to destroy the Empire.

Iron recently learned his actual Dwarven parents died of the plague and their names from an Elven oracle, the High Priestess Neia.

Davin - real Dad

Selina - real Mom