Dwarves of the Black Forge

[DnDdad]

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[FONT=&quot] O[/FONT][FONT=&quot]nce a great and powerful race of Dwarves called the Skullhammer Clan lived in peace for hundreds of years in the Dark Fire Mountains on Western edge of Fallcrest. These dwarves lived in BlackForge Keep which was the biggest and grandest keep of all the dwarfish clans in Fallcrest. They were well known throughout the land for their craftsmanship in creating the best magical weapons known. Everyone hero wanted a Skullhammer made weapon and many paid a small fortune to have one. They were made from a special metal the dwarves called BlackHeart Iron. The iron was found deep inside Dark Fire Mountain. The iron had an innate magical aura inside it. The dwarves used this aura to enhance the weapons powers and abilities. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]T[/FONT][FONT=&quot]he BlackHeart iron the dwarves found was not actually a metal. It was a magical prison that holds an evil black dragon named Crixion the PlagueBringer. Crixion was imprisoned in the magical stone and hidden away inside the Dark Fire Mountains long before the dwarves took up residency. The evil dragon lay dormant for a thousand years until the first Skullhammer dwarf broke a single piece off the stone. This awakened the beast and thus began the slow corruption of the Skullhammer clan. Every time the dwarves would remove a piece of stone from Crixion’s prison his powers would grow stronger. The Skullhammer dwarves made thousands of magical weapons over the years from the stone. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]As Crixion’s power grew he started to slowly corrupt the Skullhammer clan. Crixion broke their will and turned them into devoted followers. Crixion ordered the dwarves to find all the magical weapons they had created; because the only way he could escape his prison was if he had every piece of BlackHeart Iron[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]back. Then the dwarves could use the combined magical energy in a ritual to free Crixion from his prison. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]T[/FONT][FONT=&quot]he dwarves set out to recover the magical items for Crixion their new lord and master. Over time the dwarves found all but five of the magical items, but these were no ordinary items they were the five original items created from the BlackHeart iron by the dwarves. These treasures were created for the five Dwarf Lords of the lands.[/FONT]

 

[DnDdad]

Hello,

I hope you all enjoyed my post. I am new at this and I would appreciate any feed back you may have.

Thank you,
DnDdad

 

[zoroaster100]

Nice campaign seed.

 

[wcpfish]

perhaps a splinter faction is aware of the corruption and asks the PCs to find the remaining five weapons and destroy them. Obviously if they are still in the hands of dwarven royalty this could put the players in a sticky spot "Excuse me, Mr. Dwarflord that axe that is the symbol of your clan and the greatest weapon ever forged....it's actually incredibly evil and it must be taken by us to be destroyed....if you could just, ahem, ...hand it over, we will be on our way."

Perhaps the party convinces the five dwarven lords to join them in a mission to the mountain and use the weapons to first free the dragon then slay him with those same weapons. Perhaps the party must kill the dragon while the dwarf lords and their personal retinue battle the corrupt dwarves. Sounds very epic and cool to me! Best of luck!

William C. Pfaff
President of Escape Velocity Gaming

 

[GreyLord]

Screw saving the five weapons...let's get an epic party and make it very clear we are there to clean Crixion's house...and then tell him we too very much want to get the five weapons so we can slaughter him and take his stuff!

 

[DnDdad]

Thank you all for your input. I am glad you all enjoyed the article. I plan on posting more articles in the future.