A Dwarf's Tale

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Our story begins far off in the northern mountains of Nosgrath. Where one of the three major dwarven strongholds lie. These mountains may not be the richest in the lands, but what these dwarves lack in wealth, they make up in spirit. The heroine of this tale is a young dwarf named ProudBeard. ProudBeard lives in the slums of the city with his mother and father who were huge gamblers. They bid everything the family owns just for a chance at something greater, but they weren't very good at it. So much so, they made a bet with a local Elven cartel and lost, and they couldn't pay what they owed. The cartel snuck into the mountains, and set fire to the slums districts all over the Mountian. ProudBeard was only a child at this time, he had watched his parents being slaughtered, yet his life was spaired. The Elven cartel leader, who was a magical bard, had taken in the young dwarf as an apprentice of sorts. The elf took ProudBeard out of Nosgrath and raised him as his own. Many decades have passed and ProudBeard is now 123 years old, which is still quite young for a dwarf. He had become a bard just like his Elven master, and works with the cartel. Now the tale of ProudBeard the bard, truly begins…