I am a Pirate of the Sea of Swords from the crew of the Morningstar.
I was orphaned as a small child on an island in the Pirate Isles, and sold to a slaver ship. Being a half orc child in a world of human and elven pirates and raiders taught me how to be tough and self-reliant.
Captain Sami bought me and freed me, and brought me aboard The Morningstar. The Captain treated me like a son, taught me how to sail, and fight with a rapier. I became a member of The Morningstar’s crew, and we plundered ships off the Sword Coast.
Our ship was captured by the Dark Fleet. Captain Sami was captured and taken to the Underdark and most of the crew were killed. I washed ashore at Latharl’s Lantern and began to work as a henchman and mercenary out of the Wailing Wave Tavern, where I also started a courier service. I am trying to gather a group for a rescue mission to the Underdark.
I have traveled to Phandelin to deliver a package to “the Sun and the Morningstar”.
Wolfram Bhaerynforge
Mountain Dwarf Armorer Artificer Level 10
Art by Bach's Office
I am Wolfram Bhaerynforge, The Broken Hammer, Dwarven Metallurgist and Engineer turned Gladiator turned Adventurer.
I came from the forge at Ironmaster and traveled to Mirabar to perfect and to craft an ancient metal alloy passed down and kept by my clan: Arkhonel (Simply put, it’s a high nickel vanadium steel alloy cast in an efreeti flame vortex mold, rolled, annealed and extruded into a continuous lightning-charged induction strand, magma-tempered and icestorm-quenched for an otherworldly enchanted finish). It rivals Adamantine steel in strength, Mithral in elegance and capability, and is extremely corrosion resistant. Arkhonel is superior to both Mithral and Adamantine in my (very biased but expert) opinion.
My brothers and I began reconstruction of one of the underforges at Gharraghaur underneath Mirabar with other dwarves in the area. To fund our project, I began fighting (very successfully) as a gladiator in the Pits of Waterdeep, where I became the renowned “Hammer of Mirabar”. Years ago, I won the Intercoastal Middleweight Championship of the West Faerunian Pit Fighting Federation defeating the Bugbear, Traal the Ravenous. My winnings made it possible to rebuild and restart one of the smaller underforges in the caverns of Gharraghaur. We also had raised enough gold for resources and raw materials.
I led an expedition to an island near Skadaurak to prospect for rare critical minerals and ore we needed for our alloying process. However, the mining island was too close to the shadow of HoonDahrr, Red Rage of Mintarn. The mission was disastrous, and I was one of only a few survivors. The battle had consumed my legs below my knees, but I was lucky to have lived at all.
After returning from our doomed expedition, I resumed my work as a Dwarven engineer, building my laboratory in conjunction with the underforge, Broken Hammer Laboratories. I built myself Artificed legs, and I am now working to develop Infused Armor, “The Devastator”, to integrate my legs and much, much more.
I have retired from pit fighting and relinquished my championship belt back to the foul bugbear, Traal, and recently began adventuring on the recommendation of my friend, Grom Greyfang, a half-orc pirate who I met (and fought beside) in Waterdeep. This is both to fund my ventures and test my inventions. My dream is to gather enough gold and wealth to rebuild all of the forges at Gharraghaur.
