Role

Chapter 7

Among the giants of the Clouds and Mountains, news travels slowly. Removed
from the rest of the world in an attempt to find spiritual solice, they still
gain rumours and whispers via the peddlars that reach their remote habitats.
One such rumour has caused a great stir amongst the people.

Religious to a fault, the tribe of the Men-ji claim a long and distinguished
bloodline. Their numbers spread across the ranges of the North, beyond into
the cold wastes, where they can live a harsh nomadic life. Believing in a
rite of passage to adulthood that involves walking out into the inhabited
world to the south, each giant has always brought back tales of what they had
found and how it has shaped them. Commonplace is it to bring the faith of a
new God or Goddess, so it might be tested amongst the people. But rarely is
it that a new one blooms - for the Giants are far removed from the politics
that hold the immortal's attentions. Amongst the exceptions, is the faith of
the Hammersong. The harsh environment and his stories of testing, forging and
perfecting have fed the pride of the Men-ji to a greater level than that of
the average giant. Believing that their environment makes them stronger both
physically and spiritually, it became a popular faith to adopt amongst the
families and soon few saw the benefits of another philosophy.

It was not long after Quird left his tribe for the Rite of Adulthood, that
these rumours reached his home - just weeks after reaching his own ears. The
Hammersong has returned. The fires of his forge heat the earth once again.
Years of tradition weighed on Quird's shoulders as his ancestors glorious
tales of Dwarves that knew the way drew his youthful curiousity. What are
these creatures so strong yet small? What great tests is it they endure to
have spawned such a hardy philisophy?

Questions that needed answers. And answers that would be found far from home.

So it begins.