Overview
Physical Description
Thyrgrim is about average height for a dwarf, and heavily muscled. His hair is kept at medium length, and braided back to fit within a helmet, while his beard is a bit longer and braided for ornamentation. His eyes are a dark gray, iron like color, with red specks within the
iris.
He is typically armored, wearing at the very least a coat of plates, and dressing up to wear Dwarven plate armor when he is expecting trouble. He can also be found with his axe and crossbow close at hand, the weapons carved with intricate runes.
Biography
Early Years
Born and raised among Dwarves in the Hold of Kor Gorum on the shores of Crobhear Lake. His father ran one of the hold's most productive smithies, producing much of the weapons and armor for the hold guards and for export. Thyrgrim didn't see a Human or Elf until his 18th year. By then, he was already training to fight for his hold, as all Dwarves in his hold were expected to defend their kin if the need arose. From the age he could wield a hammer or axe, he spent time training. When he was old enough to crank a crossbow for himself, he began to train in that as well.
Engineers Apprentice
By his thirtieh year, Thyrgrim was working alongside his Father and older siblings in the forges, learning the craft of smithing and engineering. As all Dwarves in the hold are expected to serve a certain amount of time as active guardians, he also continued to train with the weapons of his people, and took to the axe like a fish to water. During his time as an engineers apprentice, he learned from some of the holds greatest warriors.
When not sharpening his axe skills, he learned from his father how to apply his mind to issues and find ways to build his way through problems, rather than the stereotypical Dwarven way of bashing and smashing his way through the problem. Alongside his father, he assisted in engineering a rapid fire ballista for use on the walls to defend the hold. Thyrgrim himself was the one who solved the ammunition supply issue by compartmentalizing bolts into a crate that fed the ballista every time the coiled wire was brought back past a certain point. This meant the siege engineers needed to only replace the crate every ten bolts, rather than manually load every bolt.
In the World
His home holdfast being in a well defended position,with few other
cities or holds able to say the same. Thyrgrim decided to leave. Despite the traditions of his hold to disdain the majority of the outside world, Thyrgrim made the decision that when he finished his apprenticeship he would travel the land and to aid the peoples therein with their problems, and travel the rest of the world to see what engineering improvements he could discover.