Hjar Gaunt

Hjar Gaunt is a Maelstromyr from the Court of the Boar, and the leader of the uprising in the second war for Dorun. Hjar was born as one of the Grym Princes, the estranged sons of Iron Gaunt whom it was said of, that one of would succeed their father. Hjar was not a trueborn prince however, his true father was Talln't Tombs. He was raised in Orcis Hjar was close to Dramour, Kotanmaru, and Abies Nobilis. He had the ability to channel the spirit of a boar into battle rages. Hjar established the rule of the Gaunt Kingdom of Dorun in 21,054.

## Hjar Gaunt

### Aliases

King Hjar, Hjar, Hjar Grym, The Last Grym Prince

### Relatives

Iron Gaunt (father)Talln't Tombs (true father) Sophia Tarque (mother)Iron Grym (older half brother) Haegon (older half brother)Utane (older half brother)Lila Hjarkin (adopted daughter)Hjeff Gaunt (daughter)Kyle Gaunt (son)

### Affiliation

The Heroes of Oakhurst/The Gaunts/The Nameless Kingdom/The Thieves Guild

## Appearances

### Appearance

Hjar Gaunt is a stocky dwarf man with auburn hair and a thick braided beard, he often wore a leather tunic, or his royal plate armour.

### The Sunless Sin

Hjar was discovered with Dramour, captured by greenskins in the sunless citadel, while he was thieving for the local guild. After Kotanmaru freed them, the pair pledged themselves to Kotanmaru. Hjar used metal scraps to made crude weapons and armour for himself and Dramour. Here, Hjar met Pardus Stormstrider, Meepo, and Jeremiah Gertle, before teaming up and facing off against the rogue druid Belak. Hjar was badly hurt during the fight, but made a full recovery.

### The Storm Below

Warnings came to Oakhurst after the events of the sunless citadel arc, that a chaos storm was coming to destroy Orcis. As evacuations were underway, the party went to find Michael Landrum, who had began researching the sunless citadel. He told the party that they would never make it across the Majesty Channel before the storm hit and that their only hope was to travel through the Underdark. Hjar followed Kotanmaru down, deep into the ground. In the tunnels near Velkenvelve, Hjar met a handsome Quaggoth who called him Prince Derendil, his companion Stool, and Shushar the Woke. Hjar became infatuated with Prince Derendil, but shortly after arriving in Sloobludop, Demogorgon emerged, attacked the subterranean town, and killed Derendil in the process. The party fled deeper underground, arriving at Gracklstugh. Hjar felt strange being surrounded by so many of his own people, and even unknowingly came in close proximity to his half brother, King Iron Grym before Kotanmaru released Themberchaud on the city. Hjar fled the city with the others into Neverlight Grove, where Hjar went exploring by himself. Against all his instincts and the voices he began to hear, he travelled further and further up a towering mushroom until he came to an internal chamber where he saw the court of Zuggtmoy and fled. In the next town, Blingdenstone, the party made a home for themselves. Hjar spent a couple months honing his smithing skills with the local smith, Gondo Gondo. He also befriended Aleana, a dancer in the local club, Raw Chicken. After having steeled themselves over a long period of time, the party decided to pursue a ritual Kotanmaru devised to force the demon lords to fight each other. The party sailed the Darklake, searched an abandoned Mantol Derith, and then took disguises as slaves to get into Menzobarranzan. In a temple in the city centre, Hjar witnessed Graz'zt slaying Lolth and battling the emerging Themberchaud. In the chaos the party took the black heart of Lolth, deciding it would be able to complete the ritual. The party returned to the Darklake, met Sashra Mellow, went to Blingdenstone and witnessed the Rage of Demons. Having survived, they travelled to the Vault of Kings, and headed for the surface through Gauntlgrym. To pay the toll, Hjar offered Aleana, and Sashra, as slaves to Prince Iron Gaunt.

### To Death with Dormani

Hjar and the party headed north and up until surfacing near Henrak Thun'gar. There, from a cliff, they could see the beaches packed with refugees up and down the horizon. They were smuggled into the city through the sewers by Nuratachalanutawa. In the city, Hjar passed a little pink dragonborn girl, she was standing in front of a house that guards had burned down for containing refugees. Hjar took her with him and named her Lila. Nut had taken then to a safe house of the veteran Abies Nobilis who instantly bonded with Hjar. In the house also, there was Mallory Wuran, and Smig Hip. After some rest, the party followed a portal that was rumoured to lead out of the city, but instead it lead to a chamber in the Crimson Palace where refugees were being executed. In there too was Dissectum Anguis, the dragon emperor, and Prince Hamut Derindel. At the eleventh hour, Michael Landrum burst into the rescue, with other resistance members and helped the party escape. A long and arduous chase into the furthest reaches of Dormani followed, until Hjar and the party were eventually safe, and discovered new purpose in Uild. Hjar learned from a mercenary leader, the king of nothing, that he was the last of the prophesised Grym princes. There he revealed that Dissectum Anguis was a puppet for the true ruler, the Gaunts, and that his father was unfit to rule. Hjar raised the banner of the boar, and a battle cry against the prophecy, 'our tusks pierce time'. This kick-started the second war for Dorun. Shortly after the end of the war Hjar married Sheela Embers, but then Mallory Wuran re-emerged to take claim of the kingdom, he too was a bastard of a line of the Dragon Emperor. Mallory was defeated, but severely injured Hjar, making his life a painful and still one. Many years later, Hjar had a daughter, Hjeff, and a son, Kyle, who were mainly raised by Abies as he reformed the Nameless Kingdom. Lila took the noble name Hjarkin and formed her own house. On his deathbed, Kotanmaru reunited Hjar and Aleana and left them alone. Hjar was later found dead, and it is widely accepted that he was killed.