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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 640495" data-attributes="member: 8530">Dwarven Weapons and LegendsMoradin’s Maul and Drundarr’s AxeIt was during the seige of Mountaingate, approximately 5,600 years ago, that a pair of unique magic items entered into the life of King Drundarr.   The invading army of over a thousand giants had forced the population to retreat to the city’s two castles.   They seige lasted for several months, during which time all but the two castle of Mountaingate were destroyed by the giants.It was during this time that a magical axe was created for King Drundarr, to use against the enemies.  It took several weeks of preparation for the master smiths and priests of Moradin to get the Castle’s forge properly prepared to create the item.  Many of the dwarves in the city donated rings and other items made from either mitheral or adamantite to melt down to create the item.   A group of human and dwarven rogues also braved capture by the enemy in smuggling an enchanted shaphire from the other castle to the forge, so that it could be imbedded into the handle of the weapon.  The end result was an axe, specifically made for King Drundarr, designed to bring defeat to the giants.   Shortly after the axe was created a swarm of 200,000 ravens descended upon the city, a gift from a raven god worshipped by the humans in the other castle.   King Drundarr had his clerics then pray to their own god, Mordain, to also come to Mountaingate’s aid.   Meanwhile, the morale of the giants began to wane under the constant attacks from the birds, and the number of giant deserters grew daily. Three weeks later their prayers of the priests were answered, with the arrival of a dwarven High Priest of Moradin named Thurdin, from the fabled dwarven city of Kouvz’d.   Thurdin’s arrived via a Plane Shift spell, dedicating himself to fight for King Drundarr, and weilding the great Maul of Moradin, a hammer created by the god himself.    The King and the High Priest led the dwarves of Mountaingate into battle against the more than 400 giants that reaminded in the city.  The two dwarven leaders pushed their assault until they came upon the leader of the giants, a stone named Bregathalark.  Thurdin brought down Flame Strikes on top of the foes bodyguards, and then singlehanded took out Bregathalark’s second-in-command, a fire giant named Harakalaw, as King Drundarr charged and slew Bregathalark.   With their two leaders slain, the remaining giants hastily retreated, and the day was won.   A grand celebration followed, during which the rather humble High Priest Thurdin chose to quietly depart and return to Kouvz’d, not being comfortable with praise and adolation centered at him rather than Moradin.   It is unknown what became of the Maul of Moridin, although there are rumors that it was last seen being weilded by a dwarven warrior/priest on the Phlooredah continent at the Battle of Mount Karjjil approximately 150 years ago. King Drundarr and his followers left Moutaingate shortly after that, travelling west to found the dwarven city of Highforge.   The axe was later weilded by Hartharr, the great-grandnephew of Drundarr, during the epic battle of Grey Dragon Lake, approximately 4,800 years ago.   It later became the property of the King of Fort Drundarr.  It was last known to be in the possession of King Brothamund III of Highforge, who lost in 225 years ago in a climbing accident while near the summitt of Mount Roundtop.  (Both items will reappear in the "League of Assassins" story.</blockquote>

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