Draknor Burntbeard
Dwarven Fighter

Draknor's Great Grandfather Repinor Stoutfoot was, during his young years, a guard for The Grand Duchy of Ulek in the city of Waybury. While traveling, Duke Oen Darkhammer's entourage was assaulted by Elves in the Elkwood forest. While repelling the attack, Repinor's beard was burnt nearly off by magical flames. The beard never grew back, and all his progeny have thin, scraggly beards the color of scorched granite (even though the family is predominately red haired). Thus, the new family name Burntbeard. Repinor swore a blood oath against the Elvin clan that did this to him and his family, but he died without fulfilling it. He died before Draknor was born.

Repinor's only son, Gratnor Burntbeard, was shunned by society because of his misshapen beard. He left Waybury as a young dwarf, and ended up in a remote mining colony in the Yatil Mountains near the Mounds of Dawn. He lived a short, uneventful life in the mines. He had but one child, a girl. He named her Tarnnor. He died when Draknor was 10 years old.

Tarnnor stayed at the mining colony as a cook and maid. One of the foremen took her as a mistress, and fathered 3 sons: Felnor, the eldest, Mennor, 13 years younger than Felnor, and then Draknor 42 years later. She died giving birth to Draknor, and Felnor became the head of the family. When Draknor was 41 years old, Felnor and Mennor were trapped in a tunnel collapse. Only a token effort to reopen the tunnel was made (the vein had already run out), and Draknor's brothers were never seen again.

Although his brothers had been content to be miners, Draknor felt that his ancestors had abandoned Repinor's and the family's honor. He swore that HE would fulfill the blood oath of his great grandfather. So instead of mining (which paid much better), Draknor joined up with the mine guard force. He learned all the skills he could, but it was a small mine in a quiet corner of the world, and had but a simple guard force.

After his brothers' apparent deaths, and with nothing left to tie him down, Draknor decided it was time to fulfill Repinor's blood oath. So, he sold the family's possessions, save but a few keepsakes and useful items. He then set off for the Duch of Ulek in Waybury, intent on learning as much as he can about who his chosen quarry is, and how best to kill them. He currently knows only that it was Elves that attacked Repinor all those years ago. But a remote cousin (Topsider Eon Walestone) of his Stoutfoot clan has been rumored to be working as a gem miner near the Molivar pass. Some of the older miners told Draknor that the miners at Molivar Pass often go down to trade at the trading town near the entrance of the Molivar pass.

Draknor looks like any ordinary dwarf, except for his beard. While the rest of his body hair is a fiery red of a forge, his thin, scraggly beard is the color of scorched granite. He is of average height and weight for a dwarf. His brown eyes smolder deep beneath his bushy red eyebrows.

Years of experience have taught him that EVERYBODY laughs at his family's beard, and he is very spiteful towards most everyone. He is also very quick to take offence, especially with anything he perceives as a snide remark about his beard. His temper often gets the best of him, sometimes getting him into fights against vastly superior foes.

Due to his blood oath, Draknor has an extreme dislike of elves (even more so than the average dwarf). The likelihood of him trusting his life to an elf, or even a half elf, are slim to nil.