A Home Lost

Thuf spent most of his adolescence in a reclusive Kingdom of mountain dwarves deep in the mountain range of Saidian. From an early age he learned the arts of blacksmithing from his father and basic clerical tasks from his mother. As the years passed his belly enlarged and his whiskers grew. He found within a passion and a talent for the healing arts, and as such was assigned to the healers guildhall upon his thirteenth birthday. Though his newfound duties left him with little time to himself, his free time was spent mostly reading books from the expansive library the Kingdom maintained. Thuf's favorite subjects included the recounting of various adventurers from an era before the Cataclysm. Nearing his eighteenth birthday, it came to pass that the home Thuf knew and loved was no more. They came swiftly and with no warning. A horde of goblins and other unmentionables slaughtered most of his kin and looted everything. When they were done they destroyed much of the dwarven stronghold, only leaving ruins in their wake. Those dwarves who escaped the goblin wrath made their way down Mount Saidian and headed towards the great cities of Thera. Thuf was among these weary and battered dwarves. He found a guildhall much similar to his own and Thuf was last seen heading out into the wilds with a hunting party...