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by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:04 am
rleduc wrote:
.~-= Hrok, Son of Brok =-~. of the East
Story
Hrok is not of Durin's folk, but a Blacklock.
The Blacklocks were one of the seven houses of the Dwarves that dwelt in the mountains of the East. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", pp. 301, 322 (note 24).
I see his people as one of those Houses that might have produced some of the wicked Dwarves who are said to have allied with the goblins in The Hobbit. Hrok is not one of those, and, in fact, his father won minor reknown in the War of the Dwarves and Orcs for holding off a goblin ambush in Eriador atop a barrow in the midst of a thunderstorm. His father perished, but allowed a whole company of dwarves to escape to safety.
However, the hand of Sauron always had a finger on his people, and many of them had used their power to make mighty enchanted weapons for evil purpose. Certainly, of all the seven houses of the Dwarves, the Blacklocks were the quickest to accept the Dwarven rings.
Hrok, himself, is proud and somewhat vain. He believes the Dwarves to have been the final perfection of Illuvatar's work, inspired through Aule. He would like to see Moria arise again as a great kingdom, and, though he is aligned to the side of light and would (so he thinks) never turn to the darkness, he definitely sees his own race as the greatest of the peoples of Middle Earth.
Biology : Dwarf
Alignment : Selfish (but sees himself as Fair)
Languages : Khuzdul, Westron, any more?
Class & Levels : Fighter Level 3
Experience Points : 9,000
XP Bonus : 0%
Hit Dice : 3D6+2
Hit Points : 12 (currently 4/12)
Armour Class : 3/5
Saving Throw : 13; +2 vs. poison wands staves spells (Dwarf); +2 to saving throws versus poison, paralysation or petrification (Fighter)
Abilities
STR : 13 (--) (3 in 6)
INT : 13 (--) (3 in 6)
WIS : 09 (--) (2 in 6)
DEX : 13 (--) (3 in 6)
CON : 11 (--) (2 in 6)
CHA : 11 (--) (2 in 6)
Gear
Clothing, Backpack (1), Bedroll (1), Purse, Waterskin {1 quart} (1), Trail rations {2 days}, Dwarf ringmail (2), Dwarf axe (1), Dwarf small shield (1), Dwarf helmet (1), Dwarf crossbow (1), boltcase (1), bolts {20}, Chalk {5}, Dwarf crowbar (1), Sack {2}, Torches {6} (1), Tinderbox.
Wealth
150 silver pieces
5 copper pieces
Encumbrance
Capacity = 13
Load =12
[f=32]
Golgildir the Elf Medium (MV 12", AC 9, HD 1, hp 1/1, AL N) great cloak,
lantern; spells: color spray; scrolls: sleep, sleep, charm person
Hirelings: Georges;
torch[/f]