History of Aristii Dwarves

The History of Aristii Dwarves (THAD) is a historical paper written by Piketoneer and GrimmBunny released on September 6, 2021. It covers the history of the Dwarves, especially their impact on the Empire of Aristios.

= The History of Aristii Dwarves =

Preface
Through out the long ages of Eldham the nation of Aristios has grown to become the largest and one of the most powerful of its kind from humble beginnings in Yurki to a continental superpower.

Dwarves have existed in Aristios for almost its entire history from Tarxien to Morianas.

This page is dedicated to those dwarves that left there mark on the History of Aristios.

The First
While the dwarvish race has existed in the realms of Eldham and Rathnir since after the awakening of the first born, not all of the Fathers of the Dwarves awoke in an orderly fashion.

Some of the fathers awoke in the Blue Mountains some in the Iron Hills others in the Grey Mountains.

The youngest of these fathers awoke in the sea.

The first known of these Aristii dwarves awoke on the coast of Phaedrae (Ingar at the time) somehow this final child of Aule through unknown means (perhaps in his stone form flung into the sea by ignorant miners) broke from his rocky womb right into the sea.

His first breath was a salty and unpleasant one as he choked and writhed in suffocating agony.

As even before the flame of life had entered him when he was a mere drone of a Valar he had no experience with this much water.

Eventually with all his muster he burst from the water clinging to the sandy shore of this desert beach.

Though pained were his emerald eyes and choked with salt his red hair he rose and marched to the nearest thing he could see which was Phaedrae.

This new dwarf entering a city of men would seem to be holding a hot lantern to a keg of black powder but the dwarves knew well of these Second sons of Eru.

As Aule and all of his Valar kin were well instructed and learned of the children of Eru. Aule in his impatience had crafted the dwarves in reference to the children of Eru.

The young dwarf could speak in 3 tongues: Quenya, Common tongue, and Dwarvish/Miners speak. (as Aule had instructed him before the fire had gave sentience)

The young dwarf would eventually migrate north as he felt a deep desire in him, not one for lush forests or grassy plains but stone halls, metal works, and a rocky hearth.

This desire led him to the mountains in the far north of what is as of the present Sanctus province.

Where he founded the first dwarvish city in all of Aristios, Morianas. The gates of Morianas stand tall fine cut and smoothed stone leads to a wooden gate and few know what leads beyond.

(But my dear reader that is the tale of, The First)

The Grimm Stone
Through the course of Aristii and Dwarvish history many great artifacts have been forged and found.

These artifacts are few in number but potent in possession of those who can wield them. These include (though not limited to) Glangfinder (pickaxe of the first lord of Morianas), Mithrilfinder (the reforged Glangfinder), The Emperor's Sword and so on.

Though one of the greatest of these was The Grimm Stone, (Quenyan: Ambal -o ló ). The stone is said to have been chipped from the Gate of Night, an ancient gate formed by the Valar as an entrance and exit from Arda into the Void. How the stone was chipped is unknown but the force must have been mighty.

As the stone through all known means of smithing, mason work, elvish enchantment and raw force has been all but damaged or deformed. The stone remains polished and free of tarnish as it has throughout the long ages.

The stone was discovered by the first dwarves to settle in the Oreyn Shield but after the destruction of this kingdom the stone has been lost to time. Some say it is still within the deep and ever delving halls of Oreyn others say it has been lost to the sea to the fiery pits.

Though I offer a different destiny for the Grimm Stone.

The stone was indeed lost that day the Oreyn Shield fell but not lost to all.

The maia known as Torion, a being with no base physical form had taken the form of a Dwarf known as Turin as he admired them greatly. In admiration of the relic and in the midst of the destruction of Oreyn he took the relic to safeguard.

The whereabouts of Torion and the relic are lost to time but a simple description held within an ancient poem titled “The Fall of Oreyn” tells us information regarding Torion and the relic.

“Tall and certain was Turin

The Stone stood in sight black as night

Turin knew he was right

To take the stone from hearth and home

Escaping from earthen throne

Now he keeps the stone from thief and war

Until Oreyn receives its Lord."

Torien in his physical form now goes by many legendary names such as Grimm Man/Dwarf or most commonly as the Grimm Keeper. These names are likely due to the common tongue name of the stone “The Grimm Stone.”

Torien has gifted his time in Arda to the keeping of the stone and shall remain until as the prophecy states Oreyn receives its lord.

Torion's Requiem
As Torion made his travels through Eldham the long ages passed over him and time like water broke itself on the shores of his youthful look which never wa ned.

Torion never stuck to one place very long. With the constant creeping of thieves and bandits seeking the Grimm Stone which never left is sight nor possession. After leaving the ruin of Oreyn he would travel south marching through what is Now Varn Torum and eventually unto Aristios a kingdom of men.

In a village which is likely a city now, Torion would settle for a time and you must know dear reader “a time” for an immortal being like Torion could be a century for a being with a lifespan of millennia.

Torion in this settlement would find companionship with a young Aristii who would help conceal Torions dwarvish and istari characteristics. Through the use of masks and eventually a cloak (oddly a dwarvish fashion piece).

As the decade passed Torion was the same as ever, his long black beard never graying, his skin never aged and his build was unchanged.

But his friend, like all men, would age his red hair turning gray and his strength would wane and wrinkles of time would appear upon his face. As all men according to the Aristios religion (Voclarianism) are mortal as they hold The Gift of Volclari, other races see it as a curse, and sects of men have rebelled against it through dark magic.

Stretching their lives unnaturally long, becoming slaves to the material world where they no longer belong.

The Gift Grants them a freedom the other races of Eldham and Rathnir do not enjoy; this freedom allows them to escape the bounds of the world as their Fea are not bound to it.

The grief Torion experienced from the death of his friend is only a grief an immortal being can feel as the mortals may grieve over death there is the hope of seeing the loved one again.

But for Torion, an immortal, he would never see them again.

Torion would leave his home after nearly a century of settlement he would travel east settling in a new town for a time.

Though his grief had hardened him, Torion still cared and loved for the mortal races. Thus he would meet another human whose name was Yee Teid. Yee was a kind ambitious Aristii. Torion and Yee would work together and settle the land of Poetenoburg in the east of Aristios.

Yee would grow old, his life would wind down and end like all men. Torion seeing the inevitable was stricken with grief; he and Yee would part ways and Yee would prepare for the end of his life.

Torion now travels across Aristios and his whereabouts are rarely known and accurate.

Yee is entombed in the dwarven halls of Morianas as he felt Torion would have a simpler time seeking the resting place of his old friend if he was entombed among the dwarves.