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<blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5822468" data-attributes="member: 55680"><p>This one connects with Jacob Marley's post:</p><p></p><p>The Shrine of Father Dorek</p><p>Type: Hex Description (Hex 03.07), NPC description and background information.</p><p></p><p>In the rocky hills of this hex, the vagrant dwarf maintains a small shrine dug into a hillside where as small fire is kept eternally burning with a slow smoky blaze. No matter how far the vagrant dwarf wanders, he always returns here to feed the fire and look mournfully into its flames.</p><p></p><p>This dwarf, once known as Father Dorek when he led the monastery, was of the habit of taking long walks in the forgotten tunnels beneath the dwarven monastery while contemplating the mysteries of the divine. On one such ramble, he came across a passage of tunnel that radiated heat and when he ran his hands along the tunnel wall the warm areas spelled out the dwarven Forge Rune, or at least so Dorek claimed.</p><p></p><p>Excitement raced through the old dwarf and he quickly sent for mining equipment and delved into the rock for the source of the heat. There he found, encased in the rock, a being of fire and smoke. To Father Dorek, this creature could only be an avatar of The Drinker of Iron (whose symbol is a firebird), the dwarven god of the forge, and he set about freeing the creature from the rock that imprisoned it.</p><p></p><p>Alarmed at Father Dorek’s heresy, and even more alarmed at the thought of a monster loose in their halls, the Brothers of the monastery ousted Father Dorek from his position and his home. Too afraid to confront the being of fire and smoke, they redirected the flow of the springs of the mountain to pour through the tunnel where Dorek found the creature, hoping that water would rob the creature of its power.</p><p></p><p>So far it seems that the plan of the dwarven Brothers has worked. That spring water, heated by the imprisoned being of fire and smoke, now pours out in the Pool of the Firebirds. At night, strange cries from deep in the mountain can be heard by the dwarven monks and strange orange rocks have begun to turn up at the Pool of the Firebirds. These rocks, perhaps the tears of their prisoner, become smoky orange gems of breathtaking beauty when cut correctly. Every so often two dwarves of the monastery are chosen by lot to venture to the Pool of the Firebirds, one to gather the orange stones and one to ensure that the gatherer keeps none for himself.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-What exactly is the being of fire and smoke? Was Dorek right about it? Or is it a demon? An elemental? A demigod? How did it wind up imprisoned in solid rock?</p><p>-Do the gems that are cut from the orange stones have any interesting properties?</p><p>-Who do the dwarves sell the gems to? What have they done with their new income?</p><p>-What would happen if the being of fire and smoke ever broke free? What is the vagrant dwarf doing to make this happen?</p><p>-Is there anything else of interest in hex 03.07?</p><p>-What else is down there in the tunnels beneath the monastery?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daztur, post: 5822468, member: 55680"] This one connects with Jacob Marley's post: The Shrine of Father Dorek Type: Hex Description (Hex 03.07), NPC description and background information. In the rocky hills of this hex, the vagrant dwarf maintains a small shrine dug into a hillside where as small fire is kept eternally burning with a slow smoky blaze. No matter how far the vagrant dwarf wanders, he always returns here to feed the fire and look mournfully into its flames. This dwarf, once known as Father Dorek when he led the monastery, was of the habit of taking long walks in the forgotten tunnels beneath the dwarven monastery while contemplating the mysteries of the divine. On one such ramble, he came across a passage of tunnel that radiated heat and when he ran his hands along the tunnel wall the warm areas spelled out the dwarven Forge Rune, or at least so Dorek claimed. Excitement raced through the old dwarf and he quickly sent for mining equipment and delved into the rock for the source of the heat. There he found, encased in the rock, a being of fire and smoke. To Father Dorek, this creature could only be an avatar of The Drinker of Iron (whose symbol is a firebird), the dwarven god of the forge, and he set about freeing the creature from the rock that imprisoned it. Alarmed at Father Dorek’s heresy, and even more alarmed at the thought of a monster loose in their halls, the Brothers of the monastery ousted Father Dorek from his position and his home. Too afraid to confront the being of fire and smoke, they redirected the flow of the springs of the mountain to pour through the tunnel where Dorek found the creature, hoping that water would rob the creature of its power. So far it seems that the plan of the dwarven Brothers has worked. That spring water, heated by the imprisoned being of fire and smoke, now pours out in the Pool of the Firebirds. At night, strange cries from deep in the mountain can be heard by the dwarven monks and strange orange rocks have begun to turn up at the Pool of the Firebirds. These rocks, perhaps the tears of their prisoner, become smoky orange gems of breathtaking beauty when cut correctly. Every so often two dwarves of the monastery are chosen by lot to venture to the Pool of the Firebirds, one to gather the orange stones and one to ensure that the gatherer keeps none for himself. Hooks: -What exactly is the being of fire and smoke? Was Dorek right about it? Or is it a demon? An elemental? A demigod? How did it wind up imprisoned in solid rock? -Do the gems that are cut from the orange stones have any interesting properties? -Who do the dwarves sell the gems to? What have they done with their new income? -What would happen if the being of fire and smoke ever broke free? What is the vagrant dwarf doing to make this happen? -Is there anything else of interest in hex 03.07? -What else is down there in the tunnels beneath the monastery? [/QUOTE]
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