Sausage-making and smithing. Smithing and sausage-making. Torn between
these two trades was how Dwiggans spent his youth in Gwidry. Born to a long
line of reputable blacksmiths, it was always expected he would follow suit.
Smithing ran deep in his bloodline. Though, in his heart of hearts, he knew
it wasn't his true passion. Something else called his name. He was born to
make sausage.
A revered blacksmith in Gwidry, Dwiggans' father had begun teaching Dwiggans
the way of the forge at a very young age. Dwiggans apprenticed under his
father and spent most of his waking hours at the forge. During these long
days he would eye the respected butcher whose stall was located across from
the forge. Cutting, chopping, trimming, grinding. All day long patrons
passed through purchasing their cuts of meat. It wasn't long before
Dwiggans began conversing with the butcher during his breaks or when his
father was preoccupied. He befriended the butcher and began learning some
of his craft. Namely, the sausage-making process. This process piqued his
interest greatly. All the herbs, spices, seasonings, and meat combinations
used to fashion one delectable sausage. It was his calling.
However, his father would hear nothing of it and he knew that. But
Dwiggans' dilemma would soon resolve. His father's handiwork began to slip
as he took to the firebreather more with each passing year. It was
seemingly inevitable that his father, drunk as a has-been bard, tripped and
cracked his head open on his anvil working late one night. The following
morning Dwiggans found him lying face down in a pool of blood next to an
impressive pile of empty firebreather. It didn't take an elf to piece
together what had transpired.
Dwiggans felt sorrow about his father's untimely passing but that wasn't
first and foremost on his mind - he would be expected to take over the forge
thus denying him a chance to pursue his passion for sausage-making. His
mother would need provided for so what options was he left with? He decided
shortly thereafter to enlist in the local militia to earn his living as a
mercenary. This would certainly give him more flexibility than running the
forge, take the jobs he wanted and turn down the rest. And with that
flexibility he could pursue his true passion.
After learning the basics of combat he began taking on jobs as they were
offered. Between jobs he would still make a point to drop by the butcher
for a meaty conversation. It was enough to scratch his itch. He committed
himself to never compromising on his values in order earn his living. But
life in Serin is not that simple. After a particularly rough stretch with
few jobs, Dwiggans was offered a job paying a year's compensation. But
there was a catch - kill an innocent livestock farmer to eliminate his
client's competition. He knew this went against every honest bone in his
body. But the prospect of a year's wealth was too great. He carried out
the mission with ease, slaying the innocent farmer as he slept, and that was
the night everything changed.
The very next day he learned the farmer was the butcher's brother who
provided all the meat he prepared for his living. It wasn't long before the
butcher closed up shop because he lost his supplier. Dwiggans couldn't
sleep. He couldn't eat. He wouldn't dare accept the commission. Bearing
the weight of what he'd done was too much. To dull the pain he took to the
firebreather just as his father had. He lost contact with his mother who
must be worried sick or worse. To put it simply, he was lost.
After months of downward spiral, a member of the paladin guild found him.
Dirty, disheveled, out of money, out of luck. The paladin spent a few weeks
helping Dwiggans get back on his feet. He gave him some money, found him
some honest work, and offered him guidance. The paladin accepted nothing in
return, as adamant as Dwiggans was, and simply told him what he saw was a
dwarf in need and helped him as he would help any other. Without so much as
a goodbye, the paladin continued on his travels never to be seen again.
Dwiggans was so moved by the warmth the paladin showed, he decided the only
way to repay such a debt would be joining the ranks of Serin's paladin
guild. At last he felt a sense of purpose, a feeling he welcomed. He could
right his wrongs of the past, in time. And one day, he could retire to
become the finest sausage-maker in all of Serin.
Description:
This is the hairiest dwarf you have ever laid eyes on. You notice tufts
of body hair protruding out from underneath his garb in several places. His
nose and cheeks appear red and swollen with a rough complexion and azure
eyes are accentuated by bushy, wiry brows. His reddish-brown hair is
cinched into a top knot and his burly, well-manicured beard spills out over
his barrel chest and down a rotund belly. The fragrance of sausage emanates
from his pores and his skin has a slight gleam to it that could be only one
thing...the meat sweats.
Farewell, my friend! Whether it was leading dangerous ventures (famously to victory or disaster for those who went), mixing it up against the mighty, or making divisive decisions, you embodied that which I value most in a notable denizen of Serin: Drama! One less sausage to stir the drink. A pity, but a rest will earned. Farewell!
Wow. A lot to unpack here. First off, I want to say what an ABSOLUTE BLAST I had playing Dwiggans. I learned so much about this game with him. The people I interacted with, both allies and enemies, all helped shape Dwiggans. Easily the best experience I’ve had playing AR.
I rolled him primarily to get better at PKing and because I usually play evils or neutrals so I wanted to give paladins a try. I also wanted to learn the class so I could fight more competently against paladins with other characters.
Didn’t really have an RP plan with him from the outset, it just sort of happened organically as I got more invested in the character. I give a lot of credit to Serra early on for getting me more immersed in the RP side of things, then a whole slew of characters after her (shout-outs to come), and especially Valindra toward the end. Dwiggans started as a drunk which seemed a little trite so I leaned more into the sloppy sausage connoisseur angle which just felt fitting for a dwarf.
One thing I got a lot of questions about was the Order of Light tag he had because it seemed to confuse people so I’ll explain. He was recruited by Lumubella early on to join this Order to assist the Knights in their fight against the encroaching evil (he had no added skills/spells/perks and was not part of the Knight cabal, just an ally to them). I interpreted this as something to do with the demon invasion that had been ongoing for months (maybe a year?) so I dove in. Lumubella had me complete several different missions, the last of which was killing Zaikkra. It took a month or two but I finally got a party together up to the task so we did it. Since killing Zaikkra didn’t result in anything noticeable I figured Dwiggans would be assigned another mission but it seemed Lumubella wasn’t really around anymore. That said I have zero regrets because I learned a lot and had loads of fun doing it. Thanks, Lumubella!
A paladin marries an evil goblin…can’t say this was planned but what a fun story arc it became. I almost felt bad that a low effort sausage haiku won the poetry contest when there were some high quality entries. When offered a bag of gold or Valindra’s hand as reward I didn’t hesitate because the latter sounded way more fun (and it was). For the record, I fully expected Dwiggans to be outcasted for this and was pretty surprised he wasn’t. Dwiggans’ rationale was that he could use the bond of marriage to get close enough to Valindra to exorcise Olgarda, even if it cost Dwiggans his status with the paladin guild or his life. Then Valindra’s alignment changed to neutral, much to my surprise, and I didn’t know exactly how to play off that to be honest. Not long after this I had some IRL stuff come up that cut into my AR time and as time passed my interest in playing Dwiggans steadily declined. Sorry for my absence, Val! I had a plan to close this arc with you cursing me for being a shit husband but you beat me to the punch with your delete, haha.
A few shout-outs I want to give:
-Serra for your awesome RP and inspiring me to flesh out my own. You were a joy to play with.
-Heathcote the Half-wit! You taught me a lot about paladins and I thoroughly enjoyed our many victory and sadness sausages together.
-Avenar the Average-at-Best Healer! Kidding. Without your awesome healing Dwiggans couldn’t have accomplished half his PvE achievements. And 5 out of 5 stars officiating the wedding. 100% would hire again.
-Bonfo the Brazen, Moustachioed One! A halfling showing a dwarf around the forge was humbling. I always looked forward to our interactions. Always scheming and I loved every minute of it. Hope your black market is running smoothly. Never stop.
-Trillian for your general mischief, always adding fun to every situation. Your adaptive RP is remarkable and your Tripillians performance at the wedding was one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
-Vargan for your perseverance through thick and thin. Loved witnessing your character arc from aggressive youth to pensive middle-age to mischievous old man. Great stuff.
-Skeggi for your super fun RP and beating me to a pulp, teaching by a lot by doing so.
-Militha for always keeping me on my toes, even during Consortium events where we sheathed our weapons. You impressed the hell out of me with the way you played the dark-knight class with mastery. Also, you got robbed on my PK deaths because you definitely got me twice.
-The Consortium for always running fun and inclusive events. The dynamic of your whole crew is noteworthy. Thanks for including me in your stories and adventures!
-Valindra for too many things to list here. You were my favorite AR character ever and playing off your RP was incredibly fun. The way you reacted to Dwiggans' farts still makes me laugh. You shaped him more than any other character and inspired me to develop my story and build it collaboratively.
Sorry for the novel. Thank you staff and players for fostering such an awesome game and community all around.
BlackWidow
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Well, to paraphrase someone else, (I thought it was Santayana and/or Stephen Hawking but apparently it was Issac Newton), it was by standing on the shoulders of giants that I got as far as I did with Militha.
Putting aside the fact that I've played DKs before, the addition of cure light allowed me to fight in a way which has always been a strong point for me: aiming for attrition.
Xenyar not only played Eurayel before me, but when I was looking to make a PK character and asked him for advice, drow DK was one of his suggestions to me.
Kalist directly influenced my play after I had several fights with Aelaldric, his demon-elf DK.
I won't deny that breaking wheel was too powerful... Whereas spiteful strike can be resisted, if I landed three strikes of pain (easy enough), there was very little you could do at that point.
Definitely had a lot of fun with Dwiggans both as a mortal and later running events as an IMM that you participated in. A goofy, crazy character to be sure, but was always up for something when you were around. Will definitely remember all the good times!
Time to nibble on the retirement sausage, eh? Had a blast fighting with you. Damn those avenging angels!
Mogu
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Avenging angles. Ftfy. :-P
Mogu
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You're an absolute monster. Still don't know how I pulled off that kill considering how lopsided your win was prior. Kryton logs on, I get the fear. You're the big bad this realm needs, don't you dare delete!
Awesome char! I loved Dwiggans. Fun to fight and I loved your RP. I thought the sausage thing was hilarious. I loved it when you’d be like “time fer a sadness sausage” hahaha.
I’d totally love to see dwiggans as a mob in game - could sell diff types of sausage in valour or something.
I had no clue who played this char and I was pumped to see it was you mogu.
Thanks, Kalist! Always enjoy your characters. Really appreciated Aelaldric's self-deprecating humor (not with Dwig, different char) and Skeggi has too many instances to name across several of my characters.
Haha @twerp you were indeed a great coach! I was still fairly newb when I fought Szrevan but definitely built off things you taught me. I appreciate your PK advice, every bit of it was accurate and helpful. You were a weapon switch machine. Still not as fast as you.
[reply to Vargan]
Ruled over his days
Confusing desires
Of how dwarves might slay
This truest of champions
Faced proposition most lewd
Chose his sausage when clearly
It was the sword that would do
Yet still true he was
He grieved his poor wife
Estranged not forgotten
He took his own life
And how came his end?
Did he fall on his blade?
Again with the sausage!
Engorged on goods that he made!
Trillian 2 , 0 , 0 . Farewell, my friend! Whether it was leading dangerous ventures (famously to victory or disaster for those who went), mixing it up against the mighty, or making divisive decisions, you embodied that which I value most in a notable denizen of Serin: Drama! One less sausage to stir the drink. A pity, but a rest will earned. Farewell!
[reply to Trillian]I rolled him primarily to get better at PKing and because I usually play evils or neutrals so I wanted to give paladins a try. I also wanted to learn the class so I could fight more competently against paladins with other characters.
Didn’t really have an RP plan with him from the outset, it just sort of happened organically as I got more invested in the character. I give a lot of credit to Serra early on for getting me more immersed in the RP side of things, then a whole slew of characters after her (shout-outs to come), and especially Valindra toward the end. Dwiggans started as a drunk which seemed a little trite so I leaned more into the sloppy sausage connoisseur angle which just felt fitting for a dwarf.
One thing I got a lot of questions about was the Order of Light tag he had because it seemed to confuse people so I’ll explain. He was recruited by Lumubella early on to join this Order to assist the Knights in their fight against the encroaching evil (he had no added skills/spells/perks and was not part of the Knight cabal, just an ally to them). I interpreted this as something to do with the demon invasion that had been ongoing for months (maybe a year?) so I dove in. Lumubella had me complete several different missions, the last of which was killing Zaikkra. It took a month or two but I finally got a party together up to the task so we did it. Since killing Zaikkra didn’t result in anything noticeable I figured Dwiggans would be assigned another mission but it seemed Lumubella wasn’t really around anymore. That said I have zero regrets because I learned a lot and had loads of fun doing it. Thanks, Lumubella!
A paladin marries an evil goblin…can’t say this was planned but what a fun story arc it became. I almost felt bad that a low effort sausage haiku won the poetry contest when there were some high quality entries. When offered a bag of gold or Valindra’s hand as reward I didn’t hesitate because the latter sounded way more fun (and it was). For the record, I fully expected Dwiggans to be outcasted for this and was pretty surprised he wasn’t. Dwiggans’ rationale was that he could use the bond of marriage to get close enough to Valindra to exorcise Olgarda, even if it cost Dwiggans his status with the paladin guild or his life. Then Valindra’s alignment changed to neutral, much to my surprise, and I didn’t know exactly how to play off that to be honest. Not long after this I had some IRL stuff come up that cut into my AR time and as time passed my interest in playing Dwiggans steadily declined. Sorry for my absence, Val! I had a plan to close this arc with you cursing me for being a shit husband but you beat me to the punch with your delete, haha.
A few shout-outs I want to give:
-Serra for your awesome RP and inspiring me to flesh out my own. You were a joy to play with.
-Heathcote the Half-wit! You taught me a lot about paladins and I thoroughly enjoyed our many victory and sadness sausages together.
-Avenar the Average-at-Best Healer! Kidding. Without your awesome healing Dwiggans couldn’t have accomplished half his PvE achievements. And 5 out of 5 stars officiating the wedding. 100% would hire again.
-Bonfo the Brazen, Moustachioed One! A halfling showing a dwarf around the forge was humbling. I always looked forward to our interactions. Always scheming and I loved every minute of it. Hope your black market is running smoothly. Never stop.
-Trillian for your general mischief, always adding fun to every situation. Your adaptive RP is remarkable and your Tripillians performance at the wedding was one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
-Vargan for your perseverance through thick and thin. Loved witnessing your character arc from aggressive youth to pensive middle-age to mischievous old man. Great stuff.
-Skeggi for your super fun RP and beating me to a pulp, teaching by a lot by doing so.
-Militha for always keeping me on my toes, even during Consortium events where we sheathed our weapons. You impressed the hell out of me with the way you played the dark-knight class with mastery. Also, you got robbed on my PK deaths because you definitely got me twice.
-The Consortium for always running fun and inclusive events. The dynamic of your whole crew is noteworthy. Thanks for including me in your stories and adventures!
-Valindra for too many things to list here. You were my favorite AR character ever and playing off your RP was incredibly fun. The way you reacted to Dwiggans' farts still makes me laugh. You shaped him more than any other character and inspired me to develop my story and build it collaboratively.
Sorry for the novel. Thank you staff and players for fostering such an awesome game and community all around.
BlackWidow 1 , 0 , 0 . Well, to paraphrase someone else, (I thought it was Santayana and/or Stephen Hawking but apparently it was Issac Newton), it was by standing on the shoulders of giants that I got as far as I did with Militha.
[reply to Mogu]Putting aside the fact that I've played DKs before, the addition of cure light allowed me to fight in a way which has always been a strong point for me: aiming for attrition.
Xenyar not only played Eurayel before me, but when I was looking to make a PK character and asked him for advice, drow DK was one of his suggestions to me.
Kalist directly influenced my play after I had several fights with Aelaldric, his demon-elf DK.
I won't deny that breaking wheel was too powerful... Whereas spiteful strike can be resisted, if I landed three strikes of pain (easy enough), there was very little you could do at that point.
[reply to Avenar]
Mogu 1 , 0 , 0 . Avenging angles. Ftfy. :-P Mogu 1 , 0 , 0 . You're an absolute monster. Still don't know how I pulled off that kill considering how lopsided your win was prior. Kryton logs on, I get the fear. You're the big bad this realm needs, don't you dare delete!
[reply to Kryton]I’d totally love to see dwiggans as a mob in game - could sell diff types of sausage in valour or something.
I had no clue who played this char and I was pumped to see it was you mogu.
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