Role

Chapter 5

Aran Gird
Added Wed Oct 20 07:56:42 2004 at level 9:

Life has always been hard for a woman in Aran Gird. The male dominance in the duergar societies is so
strong that it only leaves the most degrading tasks to the women. As everything you get used to it, but
for someone who has intuitive ambitions beyond breeding, cooking and tending wounds it is no future to
be seen in the dark tunnels of Aran Gird.
Hedda was born into a powerful clan, but her gender was a big disappointment to her father. She could be
used to tie some alliances with other clans, but nothing else. She was however taught to read and as she
showed some promise with healing the wounded soldiers who returned from the war against the svirfs, she
was allowed to learn from the clanhealer. Her gifts was more offensive of nature than for the healing, so
the old priest quickly dismissed her. Hedda felt strongly that she deserved more than life which was
planned for her, but it was futile to argue with her father. One week after her mother declared her ready
for breeding, Hedda tried to escape from Aran Gird to the surface. Several books and tales had told her
of life on the surface and she knew if she made that far, her life could be all that she ever dreamed of.