Roarke Stonebeard's page

Roarke's story is one of both profound loss and remarkable pleasure. When he was but a wee lad, his father died at the hands of thugs and his mother became too sick from grief and could barely take care of herself much less a young one. He was sent to live with his long estranged grandfather in a small mountain village. It was in this small town that Roarke found the love his mother had been unable to give him. His grandfather Toldas Stonebeard was a kind dwarf by every account and he raised Roarke to be a fine upstanding young man. He even nurtured the burgeoning magical abilities, rather than squelching them as many dwarves in the village encouraged. As his talent grew, Roarke decided he ought to strike off and make something of himself. He had heard stories of a group that could help him refine his connection to earth and stone. And after a solemn goodbye he sought them out. After training with this mysterious Druidic council, the young dwarf returned home, anxious to share the experiences with his Grandfather. When he arrived back in the village he found that it was completely empty, with no sign of wreckage or attack. It was as if all the people had simply vanished. Roarke searched high and low for anyone who could tell him what happened. But, no one seemed to know anything of the small village. Very agitated, he disappeared from society himself. He formed himself a rough shack out of the stone of the mountain and hid himself away for nearly 30 years. However now after all this time, he senses something in the earth. A voice calling out to him while he sleeps, and each night it grows louder. The earth groans to him. And so in search of both an answer and possibly to find what he has lost, Roarke Stonebeard ventures forth into the world once more.