Zweihard Blacksteel Episodes

Zweihard Blacksteel (Character), son of Einard Blacksteel, is a Hill Dwarf Noble Coalminer living in Dwarf County, Eridon, near Tharnham. Distantly related to cousin Balrog Blacksteel (Character) (Dicing with Death Episodes 11 to 16),.

Episodes
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 * DwD133 Recap
 * DwD133 Recap

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==== Dicing with Death Episode 134: Zweihard: 26th June 2018   ==== Zweihard is the 3rd in line of the Blacksteel Family and has recalled from Dwarf Academy in Goldhill, West of Mistrya, where he has spent the past 10 years. He arrives home in Autumn of 1509 to Blacksteel Keep, in a village north of Tharnham in Dwarf County, Eridon. After a little time at home with his family, Einard Blacksteel (Zweihard's father), it is time for Zweihard to undergo a coming of age ritual to create something worthy in the wilderness. Zweihard is tasked to craft something of worth in the wilderness away from civilization. Zweihard's remembers his older brother Einard Blacksteel Jr has gone under the same ritual may years earlier. The next day Zweihard heads out into the Hemdorkas Hills with his goat. After a time of trekking, the dwarf comes across a dead halfing Cleric of Sayor, and standing over him group of hobgoblins. After fighting the hobgoblins, Zweihard puts the remains of the dead cleric on the back of his goat. While doing so he finds a ball of Mithril and a map to a valley.
 * 19th June 2018
 * Character Creation

Zweihard heads further west into the Hemdorkas Hills and finds a valley with an abandoned small keep. One of many abandoned keeps in the hills. Zweihard spends the night within. The next morning the dwarf wakes up to the sound of orcs outside the keep. Zweihard enters battle with the 3 of them and is victorious.

Zweihard heads further west and finds an abandoned copper mine that has been mined out. He finds some eggs in a nest with a hyper-realistic statue. He retreats from the cave after finding out it is a basilisk nest and realises those eggs were basilisk eggs.

Another day Zweihard finds a waterwheel near a creek. He finds a path underground and finds a Forge of Sayor. He looks for fuel. He then lays the dead halfling cleric to rest.

In the workshop he finds some more mithril that wasn't there a moment ago. Zweihard hears a voice from his god "Forge Me".

He finds that the forge is in need of fuel to work, so he heads off in the search for coal, guided to head west.

Zweihard comes across another abandoned Dwarf Village, in ruins. Passing though, next to an old well is a hobgoblin atop of a giant scorpion, laden with many packs. After attacking the scorpion, Zweihard discovers the hobgoblin can speak dwarven. Hesitating only for a moment to kick open a pack, Zweihard kills the unarmored hobgoblin in a single blow.

Inside the packs are a little coal, some food, some weapons. On further inspection, the weapons are unused, brand new, dwarven weapons that were created in Mil Faldur.

Zweihard, using his goat, takes the time to move all the packs to his camp at the Forge of Sayor, having to make a few trips to transport all the cargo across. With new supplies Zweihard sets to work in restoring the holy forge.

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Zweihard first casts detect evil and finds none inside room holding the Forge of Sayor. He then casts detect magic and finds the 3 engraved holy symbols on the holy forge it self radiate magic.

Zweihard wishes to cast the Analyze Balance spell to inspect the make and solidity of the Forge of Sayor, but he requires four iron coins to do so. With no free Iron at hand, Zweihard melts down his iron Holy Symbol and crafts four iron coins from the materials, using strength of stone to improve the quality of the mold. With the rest of the Iron he creates a new Holy Symbol, slightly smaller than the old one.

With the newly minted Four Iron Coins in hand, Zweihard casts Analyze Balance and determines that the Forge of Sayor is structurally sound and perfect surfaces beyond that of a normal forge. Zweihard decides that he will craft a mithrl face-plate for his helmet as his grand crafting project. But he is hungry.

"You can't forge on an empty stomach" - Zweihard's Instructor at Dwarf Academy.

Now low on food supplies, Zweihard sets out again from camp with his goat, searching west.

Half a day of trekking later, Zweihard finds himself in another valley and finds some running creeks that form the Pre-River stage of the Honey Rapids river. Zweihard spends about an hour checking around the creeks for the sign of civilization, and finds a old fishing trap. Zweihard manages to catch 3 fish. He camps the night, feeding fish to Goat. Goat the most is happy hes been since the trip to Tharnham from Dwarf Academy.

The next day Zweihard fishes for four hours and only catches one fish. That afternoon he starts off looking for berries or other foods for 4 hours and finds nothing down the Honey Rapids river. He camps for the night.

Zweihard is ambushed at the night by two small humanoids. Eventually he discovers they are wererats. Zweihard kills one of them, causing the other to flee.

Zweihard drags the body of the wererats back to his forge.

Zweihard starts work on mithrl face-plate for his helmet.


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