Gramoak Bolshtelk the Sanctified Pose of Rage, Captain of the Brigade, Stonemason

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Chapter 3

The babe was different. That was clear enough, his stout head, strong arms
prominent even at the ripe age of an infant dwarf. The reason he was
different was clear, he was born into rage. Not the quick, incontrollable
fires that smiths know are useless, but the slow burning, hot at the center
kind of rage. The cool, thoughtful rage, the one that never dies. He was born
from the blood of his father, wrongly disgraced and beardless for naught. The
gall, to think that one of the Bolshtelk's weren't of the stoutest courage,
even among dwarves. Still, his mother, a Bolshtelk as well remained loyal to
her kin and did not leave the clan.

As he grew it became apparent just how tempered Gramoak was. He did not
yammer and yipper needlessly, nor did he cling in groups. He walked alone and
he rarely spoke. You would only ever guess his mood by the way he fought. He
was fearless, and if anything could match his lack of fear it was his
selflessness. Countless times the other dwarves would wander off to fight the
bugbears too young, and Gramoak would simply be there to save them when it
looked bleak, with only his wooden mallet, lustrous beard, and blazing eyes
to fend off the bears.

That said, he was ridiculed a fair amount from the dwarves, he did not drink.
It was almost considered blasphemous, and when asked for a reason he only
gave a sparse few words. "It clouds me." This was the dwarf who entered into
squireship, determined to find Ysaloerye, the Biddy, and prove himself to
her. For she would understand, he hoped, and she would guide and teach.

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Chapter 2

On the subject of the disgracing:

His father was naught but the purest of dwarves, but once upon a time
Gramoak's papa, Garnoke, was sentenced to be shaved for a foolish act of
cowardliness. After a thirty day long campaign in the mines near Akan against
a duergar army there, Garnoke broke ranks and deserted. Gramoak, a young
paige, took note of this with a broken heart. His father, cast out of the
brigade, went back to being a miner while Gramoak shouldered his fathers
disgrace and learned more of the dwarven culture and studied under a kindly
Knight. At the age of forty, he was sent to travel abroad, and crusade, to
become further blessed and bring his fury against the tainted, wherever they
lurked.

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Chapter 1

Gramoak found out more about his father after a most unpleasant journey to
Enlilth's Shrine.

Many considered it stupid for Gramoak to fight Enlilth, and even Gramoak
questioned the sanity of it. However after a few brief talks and
mutual(respectful on Gramoak's part) insults it was clear that this duergar,
Enlilth, was the antithesis to Gramoak's holy path. He was also bothered by
the fact that after his disgrace his father had fled up North of Udgaard to
join his mountain-going kin, but hadn't been heard from. After hearing
Enlilth had dwarven slaves, Gramoak was resigned to a gentleman's duel.

Not because Gramoak that he could win, but because Gramoak believed(s) that
someone had to stand up to him, despite his immortal prowess. Sometimes one
must fight a battle not because they will win or lose, but because it is
there. It was with this mindset that Gramoak stood as long as he could
against Enlilth's tremulous blows simply to show that he would not back down
to his vile ways. After a short talk, Gramoak was forced to believe the worst
about his father and Enlilth's vile bottomless pit of corruption and greed.
Gramoak left the temple with his beard bloody but proud as he knew he had at
the least done his best and fought with every ounce of rage and courage he
could muster from the Stone.

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