Krummul Orcslayer was a Titanium Dwarf from Gor Vazumbrog who was renowned for joining the Dauvek Veker at the young dwarven age of 23 and slaying a nest of Ancient Deep Crows and later becoming the High Elder of the Dauvek Veker . He is now revered as one of the great ancestors of Dwarven Ancestor Worship.
Early Life[]
Krummul Orcslayer was born in 2804 BA in Gor Vazumbrog during the Segbandalic Golden Age. At age 23, he joined the Dauvek Veker which was unprecedented for any Dwarf before him and for years after. As proof of mettle and worth of entry, he slew an entire nest of Ancient Deep Crows, returning with their feathers and heads as proof.
Feats as High Elder[]
As Krummul proved himself in battle against the orcs and other monsters throughout his life, he was promoted to High Elder of the Dauvek Veker, which was the highest rank. In 2681 BA, disaster struck at the reclaimed Hul-Jorkad when a rich and powerful orcish warhost arrived and breached the hold in a bloody frenzy, looking for their lost god, in turn reverting the progress of the Segbandalic Expeditions. It was only by a miracle in the defender’s favour that the Titanium Dwarves managed to retreat, with the arrival of the famed Krummul Orcslayer and a 500 strong warhost of the Dauvek Veker’s finest. Brandishing his personal two-handed greatsword “Setzunklufa” or Skycleaver, a relic crafted by his own hands from the bone of some beast he had slain in the depths of the Serpentspine, he himself slaughtered a hundred score orcs before the day was done and the last living Titanium Dwarf was evacuated from Hul-Jorkad.
Krummul's Vow to the Surani[]
In 2672 BA, it was by missive of the God-King, Mušargil the Gardener of Men of the Surani city state that would one day become Eduz-Vacyn, that the Dwarves became aware of the actions of the Orcish Warhost. The God-King, though technically capable of destroying the host on their own, had encountered an issue that plagued many of his contemporaries, manpower. Whilst they could have used their bound Djinn and wish the host destroyed, it would have opened himself to an attack by his rivals, who had directed the host to his lands with bribes and trinkets. Consulting his advisors, one stated that he had heard a tale that the “Stone-carvers” that inhabit the mountains and trade from the “Great Harbour” upstream of the Suran have been rumoured to struggle with nightmares from the bones of the earth. Weary of wasting power that would risk leaving him open to his rivals, he sent his finest warriors to request their aid in destroying the ones that plague his realm.
The response to his call to aid was a legion of 16,000 of the Segbandal’s finest, with 3,000 warriors from each hold, and 1,000 of the Dauvek Veker, led by Krummul Orcslayer himself. They met with Mušargil, and though most of the details of the exchange are lost to this day, at least one passage from Krummul Orcslayer’s speech has survived intact.
“I am Krummul, Son of Vlondir. To you, Mušargil, this day, I and these 16,000 souls of the Segbandal who follow me swear to not leave this sandblasted realm until every last orc is slain. Until their filth no longer taints the lands you call your gardens. We swear under Oath to Halanna and our Ancestors, upon Dagrin and his Beard, upon Hehogrim and his mastery of every Craft known to Dwarvenkind, and ancestors new and old, that we shall fight alongside your soldiers, clad as they are in bone and copper. We shall teach your people to craft this into a harder metal, one that will not bend nor break as easily against the black metal of the orcs. This we give to you as penance for our failure to contain them. In return, we ask permission to cross your realm and do battle together against them. In show of friendship, we shall teach your people to hew the stone with the tools they shall make with our penance. In return, we ask yours and ours to break bread and beer together, as equals. For only as equals, can the orcs be defeated. Only together, only united, can this menace be stopped. I say this to you as Krummul, Son of Vlondir, also known as Orcslayer. This truth every dwarven soul here swears.”
The orcish warhost was destroyed, wiped from the land within the next three months. The humans fought alongside the dwarves as equals, and though it was not without struggle, the two races found victory. This further brought fame to Krummul and the Dauvek Veker as he achieved such a great victory.
Death of the Orcslayer[]
The life of Krummul Orcslayer ended not with bloodshed or broken bones, but the feebleness of old age. He did not see the end of his 263rd year of life. Already venerable by dwarf standards, the last 30 years of his life had been spent in retirement, where he codified a series of texts of knowledge that would become a veritable holy book for the Dauvek Veker and many dwarves beyond. He died surrounded by friends and family, one of the few Dauvek Veker to ever do so, before and since.