Post by thayanknight on Dec 28, 2018 17:17:47 GMT -5
Race: Shield Dwarf | Age: 90 | Face and Hair: Soft w/ Brown hair | ||
Born: Adbar | Religion: Dumathoin | Build: Lean | ||
Gender: Male | Height: 4'0 | Weight: 142lbs |
Appearance
Thorik stands at an average dwarven height, though leaner of build than most of his kin. He looks to be as agile as one could expect a dwarf to be.
Personality
Thorik believes fully in his craft as one of honor. He sees himself as better than the common lockpick, because he does so in good faith. He has a very boisterous personality in public, but those he trusts would see him and more reserved and calculating in private.
History
Thorik Stonehammer was born in Citadel Adbar, to a locksmith by the name of Wulgar. He spent his childhood as many other dwarves, but his smaller frame led him to be less than the dwarf he wished he was.
As he grew into adolescense, Wulgar began teaching his son the art of locksmithing. Thorik was overjoyed to find a trade where his nimble fingers were a boon and he quickly became his father's apprentice. He learned the ins and outs of lock workings of all kinds during his apprenticeship. He was an apt pupil learning from his father, who was glad to have his son training to be just like him.
However, Thorik was ever the wandering mind looking to his peers joining up with the soldiers and heading out on expeditions. He enjoyed his work as a locksmith, but longed for adventure. On a whim, Thorik went to the barracks and before he had left, he has signed himself up to serve the Citadel as a Deepscout. His time with the Deepscouts sated his need for exploration and adventure for a time. His missions generally led him into various underground locales, many of which led them through the Underdark. The sharp mind that he is, he began to pick up on key phrases that the dwarves used to communicate with the denizens of the Underdark and decided to enlist the aid of some of the senior scouts in learning the language more fully to help him better survive and navigate in such treacherous places.
On one specific scouting trip, the mission took his unit into a deep ruin where they encountered a group of freelance adventurers who were being guided by what he eventually found out, was a master delver. Seeing the delver work made Thorik’s mind wander again to the thought that he could again do more, travel farther and see more places. He spoke to the delver a bit, where he informed Thorik that the union's office was in Silverymoon if he wished to learn more. Naught but a tenday after, Thorik resigned his post with the Deepscouts and headed for Silverymoon to learn of the Delver's Union.
The city itself was quite the culture shock for a young dwarf, but he was smart enough to navigate his way through and find the building which housed the delvers. He went in and discussed their jobs, but he'd had his mind made up since before he arrived that he wanted to join them. He was given a copy of an older text written by a dwarf named Durin called the Delver's Tome. This book contained all sorts of ways to deal with every situation one might come upon while on a delve. His trainer tried his best to get him to follow the text by the word, but Thorik was a bit of a wild spirit when it came to his delving techniques. Although he wouldn't follow specific protocol and endanger himself, his missions were generally successes.
During his time in Silverymoon, the union emphasized that its members participate in some cultural training due to the vast number of races and cultures that frequented the Gem of the North. Thorik decided he'd take to learning some of the languages used around the city to help him in his cultural training, since he found using different tongues as intriguing since his last linguistic learning experience. After much time and many delves for the Union, Thorik took it upon himself to declare himself as a 'recoverer of lost dwarven relics' and made plans to strike out on his own.
He officially left the union to pursue this dream with the freedom to move about as he wished and with less rules and regulations than the Union put on him. He went to the library to attempt to find a location a little farther away so that he wouldn't end up crossing the Delver's so he headed east toward the great dwarven ruins of Oghrann to make a name for himself. His research showed that he'd need a lot more experience to try such a delve, so he'd try to find some other places in the east that would turn up some interesting relics.
As he grew into adolescense, Wulgar began teaching his son the art of locksmithing. Thorik was overjoyed to find a trade where his nimble fingers were a boon and he quickly became his father's apprentice. He learned the ins and outs of lock workings of all kinds during his apprenticeship. He was an apt pupil learning from his father, who was glad to have his son training to be just like him.
However, Thorik was ever the wandering mind looking to his peers joining up with the soldiers and heading out on expeditions. He enjoyed his work as a locksmith, but longed for adventure. On a whim, Thorik went to the barracks and before he had left, he has signed himself up to serve the Citadel as a Deepscout. His time with the Deepscouts sated his need for exploration and adventure for a time. His missions generally led him into various underground locales, many of which led them through the Underdark. The sharp mind that he is, he began to pick up on key phrases that the dwarves used to communicate with the denizens of the Underdark and decided to enlist the aid of some of the senior scouts in learning the language more fully to help him better survive and navigate in such treacherous places.
On one specific scouting trip, the mission took his unit into a deep ruin where they encountered a group of freelance adventurers who were being guided by what he eventually found out, was a master delver. Seeing the delver work made Thorik’s mind wander again to the thought that he could again do more, travel farther and see more places. He spoke to the delver a bit, where he informed Thorik that the union's office was in Silverymoon if he wished to learn more. Naught but a tenday after, Thorik resigned his post with the Deepscouts and headed for Silverymoon to learn of the Delver's Union.
The city itself was quite the culture shock for a young dwarf, but he was smart enough to navigate his way through and find the building which housed the delvers. He went in and discussed their jobs, but he'd had his mind made up since before he arrived that he wanted to join them. He was given a copy of an older text written by a dwarf named Durin called the Delver's Tome. This book contained all sorts of ways to deal with every situation one might come upon while on a delve. His trainer tried his best to get him to follow the text by the word, but Thorik was a bit of a wild spirit when it came to his delving techniques. Although he wouldn't follow specific protocol and endanger himself, his missions were generally successes.
During his time in Silverymoon, the union emphasized that its members participate in some cultural training due to the vast number of races and cultures that frequented the Gem of the North. Thorik decided he'd take to learning some of the languages used around the city to help him in his cultural training, since he found using different tongues as intriguing since his last linguistic learning experience. After much time and many delves for the Union, Thorik took it upon himself to declare himself as a 'recoverer of lost dwarven relics' and made plans to strike out on his own.
He officially left the union to pursue this dream with the freedom to move about as he wished and with less rules and regulations than the Union put on him. He went to the library to attempt to find a location a little farther away so that he wouldn't end up crossing the Delver's so he headed east toward the great dwarven ruins of Oghrann to make a name for himself. His research showed that he'd need a lot more experience to try such a delve, so he'd try to find some other places in the east that would turn up some interesting relics.