The Master Dwarven Smith speaks Green
I need a couple things, though.. A good dwarven name (I'm thinking, i'm thinking!!!)
and a question for the DM:
Could I be in the city for another reason? Instead of being hired as a guard (Though he'd likely do a good job at it), could he have been hired as a smith/apprentice smith? Also, would it be allright (If we go the smith route) to, instead of 50GP/50Xp make his Axe Masterwork? (It would cost me 100GP in materials to craft it myself, and If I were working at a smithy with 1 person Aiding Another, could take 10 on the DC 20 check.)
IE In exhchange for his help, the other smith(s?) helped him forge his masterfully crafted axe.
(If the MW is too much, I can pay some of the material cost for it...)
I could have started as a guard, then become a smith and know the other's through repairing their weapons/armour, and from that first journey.
Just a thought.