~*~Irongut Clan~*~

[Hiebe 2493]

~*~*~*Irongut Clan*~*~*~

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Ironguts. The longest living clan of the dwarves. They come from all types of backgrounds, miners, smiths, mages even. Ironguts are a proud clan and highest nobels of the race. Many kings, warriors, and even ascended have came from this clan. Lead by their Clan Lord Hiebe, they are stronger then ever and are always helping fellow members of their race and are open for adoptions.

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~*~*Histories of the Clan*~*~

~*History of the Irongut Clan*~

This is the Tale of the Irongut Clan. Who are the Ironguts you ask? Well boyio I'll tell you a fine tale.... It started a long time ago back when the Dwarven King Urguan was still alive. Urguan had many sons and daughters and one of those sons was called Dwain. Now Dwain was a fine dwarf. Strong, brave, good with a iron axe... but mostly cause he was a fine drinker an eater! Now Dwain won many drinking and eating contest and his father, Urguan, noticed this. About the time when the Dwarves were so populated they started to use last names Urguan called all of his sons in to give them their last names.

~Tale of Urguan and the Naming~

Urguan wanted all their names to represent what that dwarf was good at. And so on the naming went for weeks! Some dwarfs were not happy with their names like the smith Goldfinger, whos left pinky was covered in gold from a smithing accident. Har Har but once it came to Dwain Urguan said "Dwain my son, you have shown your greatness in eating and drinking, and your gut has taken all the damage and giving strength to you like iron, so your last name shall be Irongut... Dwain Irongut.

~*Dwain Irongut*~

~Dwain as a Child~

Now Dwain loved his name as it was perfect for him! Now years went by and one day Dwain Irongut went missing from the dwarven halls. So for a great many long years, Urguan missed his son but had to focus on building the dwarven kingdoms up from stone.

But one day Dwain came back and with a family. Other dwarves you ask? why yes some dwarven families want to live out in the wilds and this is where most people though Dwain had went but we will talk more about that later.

Dwain and his family came back to the great halls of Kal'Urguan. A great feast was held and Urguan asked his son "Where have you been me boy?". Dwain repiled "I cannot say father..... but I must ask you if I may leave again to build an Outpost in your name." Urguan said "Aye but enjoy yer time here and you may leave once all the suppiles are ready".

Once the suppiles were all ready for Dwain Irongut and his family they left Kal'Urguan to build an outpost out towards the human lands of Oren. Dwain took with him his sons, the eldest Drako, and the youngest Heron. Together they spent a long few weeks to find a suitable spot for this Outpost. Once they found it they began work on it. A great Manor House went up for the Ironguts to live in, and walls for protection. A smithy was built also to help keep the fine art of smithin in the family. Dwain had many more sons and daughters born to him at this land. But his hardest working son was Draco.

~Draco Irongut~

Draco Irongut worked day and night for years on this Outpost for his father. The brains of the family went to Heron though. Heron though weaker then his older brother, was the smartest Irongut around and helped his brother build using math and logistics.

At last the Dwarven Outpost was complete! Dwain and his son Draco went back to Kal'Urguan to give good news to the king but Urguan had died. Dwain lost his mind by then. He spent his days looking at flowers weirdly and never talked much after his father died. Draco, the eldest, took leadership of the Outpost, and Heron went to studying the ancient books to find a way to help their father out of his daze. Heron found something... a book he bought off a stranger merchant showed a way to bring people back from the dead.... Heron decided not to tell Draco, as Draco was a righteous man.

Years went on and eventually Dwain Irongut died. Draco and Heron built a great tomb underneath the Irongut Manor to serve as a resting place for all Ironguts when they pasted on. Unknown to Draco, Heron built a secret room in the tomb to do his test with this book he found.

Draco Irongut was a hardworking dwarf whether it was in the mines or above ground he worked hard. He bore many sons as did Heron. Heron's sons were always weaker or smaller then Draco's sons so they were picked on more and didn't work as hard. While Draco worked and lead the Ironguts, Heron worked in his secret room. Heron would ****** up weak or lone travelers to do his experiments on. The book he found told him of ways to kill and bring people back from death. Heron was surprised to find out he could do these things as it required magic.... a trait he found must of pasted down from his father, Dwain.

Heron was becoming more and more darker each passing day and Draco noticed this. He asked his brother what is happening to him and Heron would reply "Greatness is what I shall have" and then mumblings. Draco was very frighten by his brothers actions. Staying up late, being alone, the dark look in his eyes. Eventually one day....

~Betrayal of Heron~

Draco went into the tombs to pray and honor his father. He noticed something was wrong as he heard weird sounds coming from the wall.... Draco took up his pick and busted the wall down... In the room he saw his brother Heron casting a spell.... bodies littered the floor.. blood everywhere.... Organs of what used to be alive beings in jars..... Heron looked up and saw his older brother and said "So you finally found me eh brother?" Draco replied" What.... whats is all this Heron?! What have you done!"

"I have brought greatness to our clan..... I did not you!....now watch as I bring back father to show him how much better i am then you...." said Heron is a dark voice...

"Don't!" cried Draco.

Heron casted the great spell and Dwain's tomb busted open! There stood the Old Irongut Leader.... Dwain with his axe in his hands and his body already have deteriorated.

Draco stood there unable to move... his dead ....or undead father stood before him and said in a dark.. dark voice.

"GOOD SON.... I KNEW YOU WERE THE BEST OF THE TWO.... NOW KILL YOUR BROTHER SO HE CAN'T TELL OF THIS."

Draco replied "Your not my father! He would never of had let us fight!"

Heron yelled "RISE MY PETS RISE AND KILL MY BROTHER!"

Five of the corpses re-animated and stood .... flesh barely clinging to their bones. They charged Draco. Draco brings out his axe and cuts down three of the five undead zombies.... one bit is left arm and another grabbed his axe arm.....

Then a bright light shown blinding all three "living" people there. Draco's arms were freed and a voice spoke to him "For you have followed the right path... so you shall be helped in your dire needs" Then three people in white robes stood before him and another in brown robes. The white robed men took out staffs and said in unison "Back foul deamon for you do not belong in this world!"

The spirit yelled "NOOOOOOO BLAST YOU SAGES I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE!"

Dwain's corpse fell back in his tomb and Heron so shocked by this fell to his knees.....

The brown robed man help Draco to his feet curing his wounds.

Then Draco went to his younger brother and said "Why did you do this?... I love you and wanted all of us to be happy."

"You were loved most by father and I wanted his love more!" then Heron lunged at Draco with a knife and the three white robed men blasted him into fire.

One of the white men turned to Draco and said "Fellow follower of the light... You must destroy this place and go back to your fellow kind for your sons will be needed in the centuries to come. Your brothers sons shall be too but shall forever be tainted by their fathers choice and must choose for themselves the right path. So it has been said, So it shall be done!" and with that the three whited robed men disappeared.

The brown robed man told Draco "I am here to help, I shall Sink this Manor so no one shall find it again for many, many years."

The robed man teleported all the surviving Ironguts out of the Manor with supplies and the robed man casted a spell to sink the Outpost so that it was hidden from view.

The Ironguts went back to Kal'Urguan and served their kingdoms for many centuries. Draco eventually became Lord Marshall, as his son Herson, and his son Hiebe. These dwarfs helped create the Dwarven armies reputation as fierce and feared Warriors!

As of late, Hiebe Irongut has reconstructed the old Irongut Manor with help of his friends and has started to trace the bloodlines of his Clans members and so far has found two "Cuzins" of his, Algor and Alfy Irongut.

The Manor is located on the Kings Road on the cross road between the kingdoms of Oren and Alras. There is also a tavern there for travelers and rooms to board in.

No one but the few members of the Ironguts have seen the tombs of their for fathers and Hiebe has moved all of his ancestors from Kal'Urguans tombs to their rightful place inside the Irongut tomb.

There are stories that there is a Sacred place within the tombs that only "ascended" people may be..... whatever that means..... and that the taint of Heron still haunts some of the Irongut's members....

~The false merge~

A starbreaker falsely write in the Irongut Family Book about the clans having similar blood. Recently though, Hiebe has discovered that the words are false and have been burned out of the magical book. The book is ruined so Hiebe is making another to preserve the history of the clan.

~*~*The Government and Culture of the Clan*~*~

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~*Clan Traditions*~

~Personal Weapons~

A tradition where those with the skills to use the Forge will often forge personal weapons. These weapons are a symbol of the Clansman's style of fighting and often have a symbol of the creator upon them somewhere identifying them as that specific persons.

~Songs of Action~

Many in the clan raise their voices in song, their deep, earthy voices often carrying far. Whether this be a song of work as they forge and mine or a war song as they charge into battle their voices can be heard wherever one is at work.

~Beard Braiding~

Just having a simple beard does not do for the Ironguts. The Clansmen can often be seen with braids in their beards. These can be as simple as forking the beard in two or as complex weaving it into an intricate braid.

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~*Council of Thanes*~

The Irongut Clan is ran by a council of Thains. The current Thains are listed below.

High Thain Hiebe Irongut

Thain Skippy Irongut

Thain Hogarth Irongut

Thain Morkas Irongut

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~*Trials of the Irongut*~

New members to the clan must pass the trials to prove their blood relation to the clan. The trials are given to you by a Thain.

~*Trials*~

~Trial of Skill~

The Thain creates a trial based on your greatest skill to truly test its ability. The Irongut clan has members of all skills but, how those skills are used is of great import to the clan.

~Trial of the Deep~

Set loose in an abandoned mine, you must navigate the passages to the Thain testing your skill. Show your mighty blood, know the deep!

~Trial of Intellect~

The Ironguts' skills lie not only in the physical but also in the mind. The Thain will give you a series of riddles. Answer the majority correct and show that you have the mind to perceive the meaning in unclear things.

~Trail of Loyalty~

One of the most difficult Trials, the hopeful Irongut must prove their ultimate loyalty to the Clan by facing 2 members of the clan in combat at once. The odds are against the hopeful but through facing this trial, even if it means being sent to the temple, which is likely, it shows they are dedicated to the clan even when the odds are against them.

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~*Records of the Clansmen*~

~Clansmen~

Here can be found the list of those in the mighty Irongut Clan

Skippy Irongut - Thain

Hogarth Irongut – Thain

Phelrin Irongut

Kilgrim Irongut

Mili Irongut -Exilled

Hiebe Irongut – High Thain

Valbir Irongut

Goldbeard Irongut

Morkas Irongut -Thain

Tortek Irongut

Edgar Irongut

Tylos Irongut

Grimloth Irongut

Kilross Irongut

Dominic Irongut

Mathi Irongut

Cobler Steelarm

Kel Steelarm

Gungron Irongut

Donrin Irongut

~Annals of the Deceased~

In honor of the clans they were part of, the dead are listed with the clan name they died under. The Clansmen who are merely missing are noted here as well.

William Irongut

Saviticus Irongut

Algrim Irongut

Brian – Missing

Lord Susan Irongut – Missing

Belin Irongut

Rasun Irongut – Missing

Percival – Missing

Thrym Sliverfist

Bavragor IronMaw – Missing

Thordon Irongut

Gamil Irongut

Grabthar Irongut

Silvex Irongut – Missing

Isabelle Irongut

Bowman Irongut

Balin Irongut

Nurrak Irongut

Whurgar Irongut

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~*Application*~

MC Name:

RP Name:

Character Age:

Bio (5 or more sentences):

Primary Skills:

Do You Swear Loyalty to the Thains?:

Who is the Current King?:

[Skippy 2466]

Hiebe, I have received a bird that someone wants te buy metal from te clan.

[Hiebe 2493]

'Ow much metal laddie Im sure we can git it tu dem

[no longer active 734]

*Mili sends Hiebe a bird about this*

Why did you change the name back?

[Netherfang 0]

MC Name: Netherfang

RP Name: Aigen

Character Age: 1031

Bio (5 or more sentences): Aigen the son of none. Arrived at the new land of Asulon on an orckish ship.

Making his first step on the new land he heard. that a bunch of dwarves live at kal`alras lead by a dwarven clan named Goldhands, but this name did`nt make him feal at home or the desire to join them. So he serched for other dwarven clans. One day at the cloud temple, he heard two dwarves were speaking about a clan named Ironguts.This name felt welcomed to his heart and made him think:"Not remembering mei past, Ai think, Ai have found something from mei past". So not losing time, Ai asked them where do the Ironguts live and they poited south west. Before goind to the Ironguts , Ai viseted the cloud temple monasty to buying some food for the trip and instantly, ai saw at the notice board and a post from the Irongut clan. They were looking for an architect so ai thought to my self: "Ai builded my own Shop, on the old land near Alras, so way nay accept it", Ai sended a bird to Thain Hiebe of Ironguts. And so my journey began.

Primary Skills: Blacksmithing (100) and Axe mastery (100)

Do You Swear Loyalty to the Thains?: Ai swear mei loyalty to the Thains

Who is the Current King?: King Kjell

(Sorry for the bad gramma english is not my first language)

[Hiebe 2493]

MC Name: Netherfang

RP Name: Aigen

Character Age: 1031

Bio (5 or more sentences): Aigen the son of none. Arrived at the new land of Asulon on an orckish ship.

Making his first step on the new land he heard. that a bunch of dwarves live at kal`alras lead by a dwarven clan named Goldhands, but this name did`nt make him feal at home or the desire to join them. So he serched for other dwarven clans. One day at the cloud temple, he heard two dwarves were speaking about a clan named Ironguts.This name felt welcomed to his heart and made him think:"Not remembering mei past, Ai think, Ai have found something from mei past". So not losing time, Ai asked them where do the Ironguts live and they poited south west. Before goind to the Ironguts , Ai viseted the cloud temple monasty to buying some food for the trip and instantly, ai saw at the notice board and a post from the Irongut clan. They were looking for an architect so ai thought to my self: "Ai builded my own Shop, on the old land near Alras, so way nay accept it", Ai sended a bird to Thain Hiebe of Ironguts. And so my journey began.

Primary Skills: Blacksmithing (100) and Axe mastery (100)

Do You Swear Loyalty to the Thains?: Ai swear mei loyalty to the Thains

Who is the Current King?: King Kjell

(Sorry for the bad gramma english is not my first language)

Accepted Please talk with me or the other thains on getting your trials completed. Once they are you will be an official irongut

[Gamil Irongut 4]

MC Name:spychicken956

RP Name:Rory_Rockfoe

Character Age: 37

Bio (5 or more sentences): Rory is a young dwarf who was raised in the wilds by his mum and da. His father was a skilled lumberjack and axe thrower and taught Rory all he needed to know about defending himself. When Rory was a child he used to go out and find sticks and rocks which he would bring back home and ,with the help of his father, would tinker with them making small little doodads to play with. When he was old enough his father let him help in the furnace room and although Rory enjoyed working there he always wanted to go back to his little work shop and tinker some more. As he grew older so did the myriad of things he had built small catapults for tormenting the cat, a little minecart track that would bring him snacks from the kitchen and a bunch of other things. Eventually he got bored of the lonely life he had been living and set out for the dwarf cities.

Primary Skills: Axe fighting, archery, and blacksmithing

Do You Swear Loyalty to the Thains?: Aye!

Who is the Current King?: Kjell Ireheart

[Battle Jacx 14]

MC Name:Battle_jacx

RP Name: Pastor_Kilross

Character Age: 219 years.

Bio (5 or more sentences): Kilross has had a dark past filled with many tragedies and death. He belonged to an small dwarven village as a child, but left due to his fathers magical practices, however weak, (Due to him being an dwarf, his powers were weak, and took a full life to learn) unfortunatley resulting in the death of a close friend of his. He spent along time travelling before he ended up in the anti-magical group the Wihuns- committing many an evil deed, and helping in the death of many magical creatures. He left the Wihuns- seeing that it was wrong down to the core, and later becoming a priest of the Reformed Church. He has spent many years as a priest, building many a church and helping many a soul, he now wishes to join the IronGuts as the result of a dream- or as he see's it a vision that was sent to him.

More info here- http://www.lordofthecraft.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=Kilross_Blanchwick

Primary Skills: Kilross is a priest, and obviously an Holy dwarf, but as well as his devotion to religion and wanting to do good, he has had many jobs in his life- resulting in him having farming and lumber jacking skills of the greatest extent, and some mediocre sword fighting skills if needed to fight for a cause he saw right, according to his Religion.

Do You Swear Loyalty to the Thains?:Aye' I woul' never think bout' betrayin' them in any way.

Who is the Current King?: Kjell

[Hiebe 2493]

Kilross who are your patrons ? Do ye follow human gods or our dwarven ones.

Rory ye will Ned tu complete yer trials tu join. Talk tu me er da udder thains fer dis.

[Battle Jacx 14]

Kilross follows the reformed church, which is not quite a human church as it is mixed races and even has an upcoming church in Kal'Alras-meaning that some form of ruler has to have accepted it in some manner, therefore I presume it to be accepted by at least some of the Dwarven populace The Religion however is mostly the same as the human religion- so t]he human patrons. More info to be found about the church here if you wish.

If this is to stop Kilross's acceptance into the IronGuts then I must inform you that he will not be willing to change under any circumstance.

(Please excuse if this double posts, my posts sometimes do when my internet's having a bad day))

[Hiebe 2493]

Hrm....maybe da trials will decide yer fate. ( also what'd your tinezone?)

[Battle Jacx 14]

I'm in Scotland, but to be honest I don't know the exact time zone... (And I may not be able to come on the server for up to eight days due to complementation-a.k.a Holidays and terrible wi-fi)

God shall elp me trough mah trials and e' shall elp me pass!

[Hiebe 2493]

Har Har. Sounds gud lad.

(That's ok in about 8 hours behind you lol)

[Hiebe 2493]

Taking them Under our Arms

Ironguts, Im proud tu say dat we ave taken anudder smaller clan under our wings. Dey will be part ove our clan and we shall protect dem. Treat dem loik fellow clansmen and dey will support our ways and we support dem. Dey are honorable in me eyes and dey shuld stay wit us frum dis point on. Steelarms, Im pround to announce ye as fellow members ove da clan but ye may keep yer surname. Let all ove us prosper.

[no longer active 734]

I have never heard of them. How many are there?