Brand

Brand Forgeguard is the Stone King over the Mountain Kingdom, appointed by the Dwarven Council, responsible for the safekeeping of the Titan Icelands and the dwarven race, and last in a long line of respected kings. Brand also successfully navigated his people through a grave crisis 100 years ago, which has only strengthened his belief in the Titan-given right of kings to rule with absolute authority for the sake of the greater good, although this inflexible approach to rulership has not proved popular with some, particularly Hassel, Chief Elder of the Molten Clan. The Forgeguards have produced many of the Mountain Kingdom’s finest warriors over the centuries since Ineras Forgeguard served as personal bodyguard to the first Stone King, George Moltenfire.

Although centuries-old by this point, Brand himself is an extremely capable dwarven warrior determined to exemplify in himself the same strict martial ideals required of his soldiers or, as he often says, “Power comes not from words, but from the edge of the axe”. The crown lies heavy on Brand’s head, and he sometimes can’t help but reflect longingly on the days of his youth and the nights spent in revelry in the taverns under the snowfalls. Yet harsh reality must consign such pleasures to the idyllic realm of youth…