OOC note:* Well… This is my kind of thread! I hope no one will be troubled by my dwarven obsession! For starters, here goes a small ballad I made.
Title: Legend of the First Dwarf King.
Author: Kuz’gan Hammershine (Rewritten old dwarven folk legend)
Culture: Dwarves (All clans)
Listen, listen to the story of old,
When world was ruled by the strong and bold,
When the heroes challenged both death and life,
When the lands were sunk in an endless strife.
This song talks ’bout a mighty man.
Of dragons, giants and demons was bane.
His stature was hefty, his brawn of stone.
His skin was of earth, all soon to be gone.
Curse sought him, and brethren his.
Curse you couldn’t, break with a kiss…
Curse of flesh from older gods.
Curse to weaken the Earthen thoughts.
Dwarfs, Vrykul, and even Gnomes.
Forced to leave their ancient homes.
Brought to knees, their bodies soft.
Leaving their dens, going aloft.
Strong and mighty, they once have been,
World as mortals, they haven’t seen.
Prey to beings, they never met.
Even the smallest, now were a threat.
With bodies frail, their hearts filled fear.
They lost their hopes, they lost their dear.
But there was one who stood tall and strong.
A stone warrior, who fought bad and wrong.
He welcomed the curse, with open hands.
Tested himself, challenged the lands.
In the curse, he found strength.
His knowledge to others he lent.
Regions were harsh, brutal and deadly.
Many died, many weren’t ready.
Pierced, stung, crushed or bitten.
For months some haven’t eaten.
Life was bad, for Earthen race.
Hard it was, to find -the- place.
Bottomless pits, or burning earth.
Tested the mighty, tested the worth.
Looking for lands scarce and wide.
Looking for lands that could provide.
Mountains of Khaz, that was the name.
That was the place, that home became.
The great dwarf, did not wait.
He searched the lands, titans create.
Ground was snow, caverns were deep.
Gold or silver, of everything heap.
He brought his people to lands of cold.
Named the riches they did hold.
Carved city into the stone.
Refuge to those, who lost their home.
He named the city Ironforge.
Ruled the lands from hills to Gorge.
The Dwarf was just, long was his rein.
He was the first King and the Thane.