Hakkear Asharm was born in Nogrod. As a child he worked helping his family run the tavern. Hakkear was constantly meeting travellers, adventurers and warriors who would tell them of his exploits, igniting Hakkear dream to become an adventurer. When Hakkear reached the age of 18 he told his family he planned to become an adventurer and would be setting off that evening. Hakkear being the eager dwarf he was left that evening and began traveling towards Minas Tirith in hopes of finding some quests or tasks to do along the way. After several days of travel on foot Hakkear finally found someone who look as if they needed assistance, as he approached them he was surrounded and knocked unconscious. Hakkear awoke in a barn completely engulfed in flames. As he got up and tried to find an exit a flaming beam landed on his left arm burning the tissue scarring it permanently. Hakkear managed to escape the barn but his passion for adventure died there and then. As he returned back to his families tavern in Nogrod he found that his father had been killed by a drunken patron in the tavern. Since then Hakkear ran his families tavern for the next 15 years. Until his mother died an old age and Hakkear decided he was going to move to a new city and open a new tavern, and start life fresh in a new place. Hakkear has still not found the place he wants to settle after two years of travelling.