Deepdelve: Tales Before the Legend
Before he became a name whispered in the halls of kings and carved into the stone of legend, Tharnak Deepdelve was just another dwarf with a miner’s calluses, a stubborn will, and a war pick he barely knew how to swing.
Tales Before the Legend is a collection of short adventures chronicling Tharnak’s rise from a brash, beardless dwarf to a hardened explorer and warrior of Stonehold. These stories delve into the formative years of his life: the bitter lessons of loss, the fury of first battles, and the unbreakable bonds of comrades forged beneath miles of stone.
From his first taste of blood fighting a tunnel-beast to uncovering ancient aetherstone runes and battling the creeping darkness infecting forgotten halls, each tale adds weight to his growing legend—and scars to his soul.
As Tharnak faces monsters both literal and moral, he uncovers fragments of a lost truth: that the fall of Doramdulin, the cursed dwarven city, may hold more than tragedy—it may hold destiny. With every shadowy rune, every whisper beneath the stone, the past begins to call him.
But Tharnak is no chosen hero. He doesn’t seek glory. He fights not to fulfill prophecy, but to honor the dead, protect his kin, and reclaim what the darkness has stolen from his people.
This is not the story of a king. It is the making of a grudgebearer.
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