CLAN DRUMM | THE SURFACE DWARVES OF UR

[Noer 577]

 

 

 

CLAN DRUMM

THE SURFACE DWARVES OF UR

PENNED BY THE PARTNERSHIP OF

URIST AND URRION

 

I. History

The wild goat of a dwed known as Ur the Hammer was born to Urric Doomforged nearly half a millenia ago. The baseborn dwarf possessed a coarse temperament thoroughly common among his kin, but where he differed was his restless sense of ambition. Even at a young age, Ur routinely found himself questioning the strict hierarchy of the old Grand Kingdom at every turn - the dwarf felt trapped within the caves of Urguan and questioned how he could find his ancestor’s glory through cutting stone and patrolling deep roads. When opportunity struck for the dwarf to take his leave from the Kingdom, he did by electing a path common to many houses of yore, and setting sail for Aeldin seeking glory and conquest.

 

There, the dark dwarf established a legend of conquest by serving under a multitude of mercenaries, eventually building the renown to command his own guard. In his campaigns, he even encountered the madcap Balthar Blackaxe,  great uncle to King Wulfgar and brother to Paragon Valen. The stark dwarf of old was impressed with Ur command of battle, and offered his daughter Val to him to maintain surface dwarf ties - thus Ur began a family with Val, who brought with her an inheritance to the then wealthy West Karik Trade Company.

 

An uncommon sight in that far-flung continent, it was not long before many of the imperial court wished to see the berserker dark dwarf. He soon found himself before the Emperor Audemar Horosid, who took favor on the dwarf and offered him a crest and honors if he were to serve alongside the Nauzica Brigade in the Exeter Wars.

 

Ur, upon receiving the offer, had feared he had become complacent as he once found himself in Urguan as a beardling - he accepted the Emperor’s offer, but on the condition that his children would take his stead. His two sons, Urir and Urri, along with his berserker daughter Urara, took to military service under Charles Henry Horen and Frederick ver de Line with grace and tact, offering strong berserkers and dwarven steel, while Ur sailed off once more to start his legend anew. His children took the name Drumm (pronounced Droom) as a bastard form of Doomforged and were granted the coat of arms of a goat in honor of Ur’s pride against the Emperor, enabled to fly their own banners as they fought alongside the Nauzica Brigade.

 

Yet, the fate of that Nauzica band is known to many - Urir and Urri both perished at the calamity of the Battle of Ronda, where Charles Henry Horen had attempted to coup the Horosid usurper and reclaim his birthright. Their young children, Urrigon and Urist respectively, were forced into exile alongside the remainder of the Nauzica Brigade.

 

Urrigon and Urist, the dark dwarf cousins, had kept to the Johannians in their exile and restoration until dismissed by the third commander of the Nauzica Brigade, the entitled and presumptuous John Jrent, bastard to John I. Despite this slight, they still kept their allegiance to the surface and even played a minor role in establishing the Blue Mountain colony, with Urrigon wedding the daughter of the Blue Mountain King. The pair of cousins kept afloat through mercenary work and the mining trade, awaiting the ripe opportunity to restore their name to glory...

The cousins Drumm found themselves in Ves not long after the burning of Adria and the installation of Prince Myre, seeking the favor of the young pretender Emperor Joseph I. The pair had hoped their Nauzican heritage would enable them a high position in court. The Orenian was willing to hear them for the sake of their forefathers, yet decided against any action concerning them. Shortly after Joseph fell from Grace following the defections of Curon, Ves and Haense. While he settled into his role as a member of the city’s elite class, the wealth of Drumm at his side, the other kin of Ur came to settle with him. They ventured from far and wide, heeding the call of their cousins, and soon the Clan was reunified in Ves, and bestowed lodging by the City Clerk in Mt. St. Catherine. They achieved two seats in the City Assembly, and now seek Patrician status. The Clan refounded the West Karik Merchant Company, originally conceived by Balthar, one of their many great ancestors.

 

II. Customs and Culture

 

Spoiler

ON THE HOLDING OF RELICS: Those artifacts of runic and magick nature, pertaining to the legitimacy of Clan Drumm as an institution of righteous nature or contributing to the prestige of Clan Drumm as a curator of the astonishing, are to be stored in the Clan Hall of Drumm, and be kept safe from those wanting to corrupt the sanctity of their existence as memories of times long past. They are to be brought out only for ritual or upon agreement of ½ of attending kinsmen at a Clan meeting.
 

ON THE WORSHIP OF DORMMAR: Dormmar the Many-Faced, Lord of Flesh, was historically known as the patron of the Clan. However, given the cosmopolitan lifestyle of surface dwarves and distance from the Doom Forge, foreign influences have taken root in Drumm faith and custom. The Silver Comet of St. Tobias is considered a great omen for the Drumms, and most Drumms keep to the dietary traditions and scriptures of the Blue Mountain faith.

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ON THE COMFORTS OF LIFE: It is with great respect for all descendants that the kin of UR indulge in their luxuries. While their lodgings may still bear the subterranean cross all sons of Yemekar bear, their hall bears the comfortable fixtures that one might find in a Heartlander villa, with bathhouses, uniquely decorated floors, and many surpluses of different types of food. A life lived in discomfort may be virtuous to some, yet DRUMM folk find it a life lived as folly.

 

 

A Portrait of Urrigon Drumm

 

 

 

III. Clan Government and Law

 

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THE NAMING OF SONS: All descendants of UR shall take his name as prefix, and hold themselves as the bearers of UR’s name. A second name is permitted, and they shall bear the last name of Drumm and Drumm alone. Those raised to mothers bearing the line of UR may decide to adopt the name immediately, forgoing the process of adoption, though this caveat is rendered null upon the second generation removed from Drumm.
 

THE DECIDING OF LAW: If there is to be a change in the laws of Clan Drumm, it shall be decided by a meeting of AT LEAST ⅔ of the Clansmen currently living in the confines of the Clan Hall.

 

THE ADOPTION OF KIN: Only those bearing the blood of UR are to bepermitted to petition for Adoption to the Patriarch of Clan Drumm. The petition is to then be brought to a meeting of the Clan. ½ of Clansmen living must be in attendance, and the vote must be won by a ⅔ majority to succeed.
 

THE BANISHMENT OF KIN: Only those who may inflict such harm upon their own may warrant banishment from the Hall of Drumm. If a member of Clan Drumm is believed to be inflicting or has inflicted such harm upon the Clan, then there shall be a congregation of the Clan, in which a trial shall be performed, and it must be by a majority vote that it is concluded that harm was intended and performed upon UR’s descendants. There is no alternative punishment.
 

ON THE TERMS OF BANISHMENT: Those Banished find no quarter in the Halls of Drumm. If they return, they are to be slain in accordance with Drumm’s code. This being said, with a suitable amount of compensation in hand, one may buy themselves back into the family, reparation for any damages inflicted. The Clan must decide a sufficient amount upon banishment.

 

ON THE ELECTION OF PATRIARCH: Once every four years, ((4 IRL Weeks), the yearly congregation of Drumm shall elect a patriarch to serve as the legal head of the Drumm Clan. There is no requirement for this position, aside from their male status and their blood being that of Drumm.

 

IV. Current Clansmen

SONS OF DRUMM:

URIST (donchomirzakhan)

Urrigan (Scipp3r)

URRION (PUNISHED_MACKIN)

URRIC (_WACKO)

URO (Gwynon)

URION THE SLOW (NPC)

URZY DRUMM (KBR)
URARDEY DRUMM (RedMarch)

BANISHED KIN:

URPOCALYPSE DRUMM (UNKNOWN)

[Hiebe 2493]

Whut....

 

Says Dwain the Judge

[mateolog 1623]

Baldin laughs “Thes es ney Dwedmar clan, thes are just midget ‘umans weth beards. Whot a disgrace.”

[Zezimus 1523]

Sat in his study in the dwarven city of Kal'Varoth, Wulfgar ponders the rumours of these 'Drumm' folk, distant kinsmen of his crazed great uncle, Balthar of the Blackaxe. "With any luck, they will 'ave little in common," he remarks, remembering the old dwarf's many past attempts on his life.

[D3F4LT 1026]

Thumril would snort some Wizard powder he found in the barracks before flying off to 'Thumrilgrad'.